manasA mana sAmarthya
Sahityam
Pallavi
manasA mana sAmarthyamEmi O (manasA)
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O My Mind! Of what avail our skills?
Anupallavi
vinu sAkEta rAju vizvamanE rathamunekki
tana sAmarthyamucE tAnE naDipiJcenE (manasA)
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tana sAmarthyamucE tAnE naDipiJcenE (manasA)
Listen! Lord Rama - the King of Ayodhya - mounting on the chariot called the Universe, is conducting it Himself by His own skill!
Charanam
ala nADu vasiSThAdulu paTTamu kaTTE
palukula vini vEgamE bhUSaNamulosagina kaikanu
palumAru jagambulu kallalanina¹ ravijuni mAya
vala vEsi tyAgarAja varaduDu tA canaga² lEdA (manasA)
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palukula vini vEgamE bhUSaNamulosagina kaikanu
palumAru jagambulu kallalanina¹ ravijuni mAya
vala vEsi tyAgarAja varaduDu tA canaga² lEdA (manasA)
That day, didn’t He (Lord rAma) - the bestower of boons to this Thyagaraja - by casting His net of illusion wide, change (the minds of) – (1) Kaikeyi, who, hearing (through her maid servant mandara) the words of Vasishtha and others regarding His (Rama’s) coronation, immediately gifted away her ornaments (to her maid servant), and (2) Sugriva – son of Sun who often lamented that the World is illusory?
Variations
- 1 kallalanina – kallamanina
Commentary
- 2 canaga lEdA – though the word ‘canaga ’ has been translated as ‘change’, the exact meaning is not clear.