natajana paripAla
Sahityam
Pallavi
nata jana paripAla ghana nannu brOvavE¹
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O The Great One who protects those who supplicate! Please protect me.
Anupallavi
zruti moraliDa lEdA bhU²-sUtra dhAri nIvE kadA (nata)
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Are You not the puppeteer who holds the strings of this World? Haven’t the Vedas proclaimed so?
Charanam
jita manOrathulaku mauna yatula tapO niyatulakai
hitamu sEya tanakahitapu³ vrAtalanu jendina
zrita padambu jIvanAmRta phalambu nIvani nA
hitamu⁴ pUja⁵ viDanADani ataDE tyAgarAja nuta (nata)
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hitamu sEya tanakahitapu³ vrAtalanu jendina
zrita padambu jIvanAmRta phalambu nIvani nA
hitamu⁴ pUja⁵ viDanADani ataDE tyAgarAja nuta (nata)
Realising that You are indeed the Lord, praised by this Thyagaraja, - (1) who dispensed to Himself unfavourable fate in order to do what is favourable to (a) those who have overcome their desires, (b) those silent sages and (c) those restrained ascetics, - (2) whose feet are sought for by those dependent on Him and (3) who is the end result called the nectar of Life, I did not abandon my pleasurable (ritualistic) worship.
Renditions
Variations
- 1 brOvavE - brOvavE mA
- 2 bhU-sUtradhAri – sUtradhAri
- 5
pUja viDanADani – pUja viDanADina
. However, in all the books the meaning derived is ‘who did not abandon the worship’. As, the word ‘viDanADu
’ means ‘abandon’, the meaning taken in these books is quite opposite. Therefore, it is doubtful whether the word is ‘viDanADina
’ or ‘viDanADani
’. In the latter case, the meaning as derived in the books is appropriate. Accordingly, the translation has been done by changing the word to ‘viDanADani
’ in keeping with the meaning.
- However, if the purport of the Kriti is that Sri Thyagaraja has abandoned even daily ritualistic worship in favour chanting of names uniterruptedly, then ‘viDanADina ’ may be correct.
References
- 3
tanaku ahitapu vrAtalanu jendina
- Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, Chapter 4, verse 6 is relevant –
- “Though I am unborn, of changeless nature and Lord of beings, yet subjugating My Prakrti, I come into being by My own Maya.”
- (Subjugating My Prakrti : He does not come into being as others do, bound by Karma, under the thraldom of Prakrti (Nature). He is not tied by the fetters of the Gunas – because He is the Lord of Maya.)
- (By My own Maya : My embodiment is only apparent and does not touch My true nature.) (Translation and Notes by Swami Swarupananada)
- In the incarnation as Sri Rama, in order to protect the sages and other virtuous and pious people from the terror spread by Ravana and his horde, the Lord underwent – apparently – untold miseries looking from Worldly point of view. Therefore, the statement ‘He dispensed unfavourable fate for Himself’.
Commentary
- ‘‘This Kriti is listed in the category of ‘doubtful’ in some books, which means it is doubtful whether this Kriti was indeed composed by Sri Thyagaraja.’’
- 2 bhU-sUtradhAri - This does not seems to be proper usage.
- 4 hitamu – this form of the word does not seem to be appropriate. It should be ‘hitapu ’.