manasu nilpa
Sahityam
Pallavi
manasu nilpa zakti lEka pOtE
madhura ghaNTa² virula pUjEmi¹ jEyunu
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madhura ghaNTa² virula pUjEmi¹ jEyunu
If one does not have the capacity to restrain the mind,
what will worship with a sweet-sounding bell and flowers accomplish?
Anupallavi
ghana durmaduDai tA munigitE
kAvEri mandAkini yeTu³ brOcunu
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kAvEri mandAkini yeTu³ brOcunu
If an arrogant person takes a holy dip,
how can (river) Kaveri or (river) Ganga save him?
Charanam
sOmidamma⁴ sogasu-gANDra kOritE
sOmayAji⁵ swargArhuDaunO⁶
kAma-krOdhuDu⁷ tapambonarcitE
kAci rakSiJcunO tyAgarAja nuta
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sOmayAji⁵ swargArhuDaunO⁶
kAma-krOdhuDu⁷ tapambonarcitE
kAci rakSiJcunO tyAgarAja nuta
Will the performer of Soma sacrifice become
eligible for heaven if his wife desires a lover?
if a person given to lust and anger, performs penance,
will it fructify and protect him? One praised by Tyagaraja!
Variations
- 1 pUjEmi – pUjayEmi
Commentary
- 2 Could this have been kaNTha ?
- 3 mandAkini – a tributary of Ganga. However, it is another name of Ganga. In Srimad-Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kanda, Chapter 95, the river adjoining Chitrakuta (Chitrakoot) is also called Mandakini.
- 4 sOmidamma – sOmi-dEvamma – A title conferred on the wife of a sOmayAjin .
- 5 sOma-yAji – The details of sOma sacrifice are contained in [[http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/yv/yv06.htm Yajurveda – Kanda 6]]
- 6 swargArhuDaunO – As per Hindu Traditions, no sacrificial rite can be performed without wife; therefore, if the wife is corrupt, the rite would be of no value.
- This is a simile for the mind and body; they should function in unison, otherwise, hypocritic actions will not give the desired results. Pure and harmonious actions of mind-speech-body (manO-vAk-kAya ) - known as tri-karaNa zuddhi - is emphasised for achieving any purpose. ([http://www.advaita.org.uk/discourses/downloads/sadhana.pdf Advaita-Sadhana – Discourses by Kanchi Mahaswami Chandrasekharendra Saraswati])
- 7 kAma krOdhuDu – This will apply to all the six internal enemies – kAma, krOdha, lObha, mada, mAtsarya .
- General – Please also refer to Kriti [[Manasu swadhinamaina]], wherein Sri Tyagaraja states ’ To that great person whose mind has been brought under self control, there is no need for further sacred prayers (mantra ) or mystical formulae (tantra )?'