mariyAda kAdurA
Sahityam
Pallavi
mariyAda kAdurA
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O Lord! It is not honourable.
Anupallavi
karuNAkara vArini vIrini sari jEsi cUcucuNDunadi (ma)
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O Merciful Lord! It is not honourable to remain always making comparison between that man and this man.
Charanam
rAgamu tALamu rakti bhakti jnAna
yOgamu mariyanurAgamu¹ lEni
bhAgavatuludara zayanulE² kAni
tyAgarAjArcita tAraka carita (ma)
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yOgamu mariyanurAgamu¹ lEni
bhAgavatuludara zayanulE² kAni
tyAgarAjArcita tAraka carita (ma)
Those (so called) great devotees, who do not have knowledge of music – Raga and Taala, pursuit of true knowledge tinged with loving devotion, and Supreme Love towards the Lord, are indeed subject to rebirth; O Lord worshipped by this Thyagaraja! O Lord who has the history of enabling fording of the Ocean of Worldly Existence!
Commentary
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1 anurAgamu – Supreme Love. Please refer to kRti ‘anurAgamu lEni manasu ’, wherein Sri Thyagaraja states that unless one develops Supreme love (anurAgamu ) towards Lord, he cannot attain real knowledge.
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2 udara zayanulu – the following verse from ‘Bhaja Govindam’ of Adi Sankaracharya is relevant –
- punarapi jananaM punarapi maraNaM punarapi jananI jaTharE zayanaM | iha saMsArE bahudustArE kRpayA(a)pArE pAhi murArE ||
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“It is ordained to be born again and die again; indeed it is ordained to sleep in the womb of mother again; this Worldy existence is difficult to ovecome; therefore, O Kind Hearted Lord – the slayer of mura! please protect me.”