lēmi telpa
Sahityam
Pallavi
lēmi telpa peddalevaru lērō
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Are there no great souls who would inform You about my poverty?
Anupallavi
ā¹ mahimalella māni ī mahilō puṭṭirō (lēmi)
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Or, are they born in this World shedding all those mights?
Charanam
nī² rūpamunu³ pūni manasu nirmalulaiyuṇḍa lēdā
dhārā dharābha śarīra tyāgarāja⁴ vinuta (lēmi)
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dhārā dharābha śarīra tyāgarāja⁴ vinuta (lēmi)
Having assumed Your Form, are they not existing here with purified mind? O Lord whose body has the splendour of rain-cloud! O Lord well-praised by this Thyagaraja!
Variations
- 1 ā mahimalella – ī mahimalella : ā mahimalella - seems to be appropriate.
- 3 rūpamunu – rūpamuna : rūpamunu - is appropriate.
- 4 tyāgarāja vinuta – tyāgarāja nuta
Commentary
- 2
nī rūpamunu pūni
– this refers to the stage of Sarupyam. The four stages of mukti are – Salokya – being co-located with Lord, Sameepya – being in the neighbourhood of Lord , Sarupya – being of likeness of Lord, Sayujya – union with Lord. Please refer to Adi Sankaracarya’s Sivananda Lahari, verse 28 –
- O Lord of bhavAnI! I attain - to similarity of form with Thee by performing Thy ritualistic worship; to closeness with Thee by singing Thy praise; to residence in Thy heavenly plane by associating and conversing with Thy noble devotees; and to oneness with Thee by contemplating on Thy form constituted of the whole of this living and non-living world. Thus in this very embodiment I shall attain life’s fulfilment. (Translation by Swami Tapasyananda)
- Thirumandiram verse 1510 also refers.
- The state of Sarupya is, no doubt, reached - Through the eight fold yoga way; - But unless it be Sanmarga-in-Yoga, - The Sarupa state cannot be; - The yoga way but leads to bodily Siddhis diverse; - But for the Sarupa state to realize, - None these but the pure way of Jnana-in-Yoga. (Translation by Dr. B Natarajan)
- “To reach the world of the IshTa-Devata (Chosen favourite deity) and live in that world is called Salokya-Padavi. The next stage is the Samipya stage. This is the stage where one lives in the beatific presence of that God. The next stage which is Sarupyam is the process of becoming that very form by continuously meditating on the form. The ultimate is the Sayujya-padavi where one becomes in essence the object of one’s adoration. This is an identity status, both in form and essence.” Discourse of Kanchi Mahasvami on Saundarya lahari - Source [[http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/2003-October/012978.html Sarupyam]]