nIkE daya rAka
Sahityam
Pallavi
nIkE¹ daya rAka nE jEyu panulella
neravErunA rAma
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neravErunA rAma
O Lord Srr Rama! Can any of the tasks performed by me be accomplished unless You Yourself have compassion?
Anupallavi
EkOpiJcaka² nEnu³ nIvanu jnAnik-
ElAgu sukhamiccunE O rAghava (nIkE)
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ElAgu sukhamiccunE O rAghava (nIkE)
O Lord Raghava! How could comfort be attainable to that (so called) wise man who, without being united with You, says ‘I’ am ‘You’?
Charanams Combined
manasu nilvani vAru mAyA jAlamu jEsi
mari mukti konanaunE⁴
kanu saMjnaku rAni kAntanu balimini
karamiDa vazamaunE O rAghava (nIkE)
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mari mukti konanaunE⁴
kanu saMjnaku rAni kAntanu balimini
karamiDa vazamaunE O rAghava (nIkE)
Otherwise, would it not amount to persons whose mind could not be restrained, attaining mukti by resorting to trickery? O Lord Raghava! would it not amount to a woman who would not consent to a signal of the eye, conceding when molested?
vADika lEni vidyala cEta sabhalOna
vAdiJca pOnaunE⁴
cADi vinna mATa madini nilpa lEni
sarasuni vitamaunE O rAghava (nIkE)
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vAdiJca pOnaunE⁴
cADi vinna mATa madini nilpa lEni
sarasuni vitamaunE O rAghava (nIkE)
(Otherwise,) would it not amount to a person arguing in an assembly on a subject not acquainted with? O Lord Raghava! would it not amount to the kind of a gentleman who could not keep to himself a matter he heard stealthily?
meppulakai bahu dharmamu jEsitE⁵
migula brOva tagunE⁴
tappu mATalu kAdu tAraka nAma
zrI tyAgarAjuni paini O rAghava (nIkE)\t
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migula brOva tagunE⁴
tappu mATalu kAdu tAraka nAma
zrI tyAgarAjuni paini O rAghava (nIkE)\t
(Otherwise,) if one undertakes a great charity for ostentation, would he not be worthy of being saved much? O Lord Raghava! O Lord whose name is the carrier across the ocean of Worly Existence! Pardon me; these are not incorrect statements; O Lord Sri Rama! Can any of the tasks performed by me be accomplished unless You Yourself have compassion on this Thyagaraja?
Renditions
Variations
- 4 O rAghava – In some books, this word is found in Pallavi, Anupallavi and each segment of all charanas.
- 5 jEsitE – jEsina : jEsitE - is appropriate.
References
- 1 nIkE daya rAka – Unless You Yourself have compassion – Spontaneous compassion cannot come unless there is yearning.
Commentary
- 2 EkOpiJcu (EkOpiJcaka – negative) – This seems to be the colloquial usage of the word ‘EkI-bhaviJcu ’. In tamizh, this word is available as it is ‘EgOpittal . This word means ‘coalesce’ ‘be united’.
- 3 nEnu nIvu - This refers to the mahAvAkya ‘hamsa’ (hamsa-sOhaM) - ‘aham brahma asmi ’