muddu mOmu
Sahityam
Pallavi
muddu mOmu ElAgu celaGgenO
munuleTla kani mOhiJcirO¹
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munuleTla kani mOhiJcirO¹
How the charming face (of Rama) would have appeared!
How the sages would have been entranced (beholding it)!
Anupallavi
kaddanucunu² cira kAlamu hRdayamu
karagi karagi nilcu³ vArikeduTa rAmuni (muddu)
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karagi karagi nilcu³ vArikeduTa rAmuni (muddu)
(The sages,) with the conviction that it would happen, who were waiting
for a long time with their hearts melting: (how charming… appeared) facing them!
Charanam
manasu nirmalamagu bhUsura⁴ kRtamau
maJci pUjA phalamO tolutaTi tapamO
ghana nibha dEhuni janana swabhavamO
dhanapati sakhuDaina⁵ tyAgarAjArcituni (muddu)
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maJci pUjA phalamO tolutaTi tapamO
ghana nibha dEhuni janana swabhavamO
dhanapati sakhuDaina⁵ tyAgarAjArcituni (muddu)
Was it the result of the fervent worship by
pure-minded Brahmins, or was it due to their penances?
Or was it the born-nature of the one with raincloud-hued body that
(the charming face of) the one worshipped by Siva, the friend of Kubera, (appeared)!
Renditions
Variations
- 4 bhU-sura kRtamau – bhU-sura kRtamO - bhU-sura kRtamau - is appropriate.
Commentary
- 1
munuleTla kani mOhiJcirO
– “how the ascetics became entranced?” –
- “In a story often cited, 60,000 sages wanted to become united with Vishnu in his incarnation as Rama. Rama tells the sages that he cannot oblige them in his present role, for as Rama he is sworn to monogamy. But he will oblige them in his next incarnation as Krishna; the sages can all be reborn as cowherd women (Gopis) and unite with him in love…” [[http://www.srivaishnava.org/sgati/sddsv1/v01026.htm Sages as Gopis]]
- Sri Thyagaraja brings this out in the ‘Nauka Charitra’ kriti – ‘perugu pAlu bhujiyiJci’ – rAga ghaNTA , wherein Gopis lament - kOTi janmamulu tapamulu jEsi kOrinadellanindukA
- “is it for this purpose that we sought (this birth) by performing penances through millions of births?”
- 2 kaddu – ‘it shall happen’ - here it refers to the conviction of ascetics about the impending arrival of the Lord.
- 3 karagi karagi nilcu vAru – this refers to the ascetics who awaited the arrival of Rama – as given in Srimad-Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kanda, Chapter 116 and Aranya Kanda, Chapter 1 refer.
- 4 bhU-sura – this may refer to vaziSTha, vizvAmitra, agastya and other Rishis who play prominent role in Ramayana.
- 5
dhanapati sakhuDaina tyAgarAja arcita
– In the books, this has been attributed to Lord Siva. This meaning seems to be appropriate and the same has been adopted.
- The story regarding the friendship between Kubera and Lord Siva is given in [http://www.urday.com/rudra.html Shiva Mahapurana] - Rudra Samhita - Gunanidhi – The Brahmin’s son.