nIvE kannaDa
Sahityam
Pallavi
nIvE kannaDa¹ jEsitE nE-
nevaritO telupudunayya
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nevaritO telupudunayya
O Lord! if even You disregard me, to whom shall I complain?
Anupallavi
bhAvAbhAva² mahAnubhAva zrI rAmacandra
bhAvaja janaka nA bhAvamu telisiyu (nIvE)
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bhAvaja janaka nA bhAvamu telisiyu (nIvE)
O Being and Non-Being! O Noble-minded! O Lord Sri Ramachandra! O Father of cupid! Even after knowing my state of mind, if You disregard me, to whom shall I complain?
Charanams Combined
kOrina kOrikalIDErunanucu ninnu
ArAdhiJcina nannu AraDi peTTuTa
mEra kAdu nAdu nEramEmi nann-
ElukOrAyI lOkamunaniGka (nIvE)
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ArAdhiJcina nannu AraDi peTTuTa
mEra kAdu nAdu nEramEmi nann-
ElukOrAyI lOkamunaniGka (nIvE)
It is not proper to slight me who worshipped You thinking that the wishes sought by me would be fulfilled; what is my fault? please govern me; in this World, if even You still disregard me, to whom shall I complain?
bhaktilO³ zrI rAma bhakti mElani ziva
zakti santatamu viraktitO nuti sEya
zakti jUci nija bhaktulu pogaDaga
vyaktuni jUciyAsakti⁴5 kaligenu (nIvE)
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zakti santatamu viraktitO nuti sEya
zakti jUci nija bhaktulu pogaDaga
vyaktuni jUciyAsakti⁴5 kaligenu (nIvE)
(a) While Lord Siva and Parvati ever extol You renouncing everything else, considering, of devotion to Gods, devotion to Rama to be superior, and (b) (while) true devotees extol You looking at Your might, (c) love towards You arose in me beholding Your distinctness; therefore, if even You disregard me, to whom shall I complain?
- O Redeemer of the fallen! In order to be associated with pious people, I whole-heartedly sought Your sanction to ever perform chanting of name ‘Rama’ which is unrivalled of all name chanting;\t therefore, O Sun – benefactor of Lotus – paternal (Solar or Raghu) dynasty! if even You disregard this devoted Thyagaraja, to whom shall I complain?
Variations
- 1 kannaDa – kanneDa - nanneDa : nanneDa - is wrong.
- 4 jUciyAsakti – jUcinAsakti - jUciyAsakti - is appropriate.
- 7 satamu – satatamu
References
- 2
bhAvAbhAva
– Being and Non-Being - The following verse from Tirumandiram is relevant –
- He is and He is not; my Lord; Break Your stony heart and there He is; Ancient is He, Pure is He, Constant is He, Pure Gem is He; He is Light beyond speech, Interminable is He. (3015)(Translation by Dr. B Natarajan)
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bhAvAbhAva vivarjitAyai namaH – One of the names of Mother given in ‘Lalita Sahasranamam’ (680) – Salutations to Her who is beyond Being and Non-being.
- 3 bhaktilo zrI rAma bhakti mElani – The reference to Lord Siva and Sakti is from Phalasruti of Vishnu Sahasranamam where Devi Parvati asks Lord Siva the means for hearing the thousand(s of) names of Vishnu recited by the learned every day. Lord Siva replies that simple repetition of the name of ‘Rama’ would be equal to reciting Vishnu Sahasranamam.
- 5 Asakti – This word has been translated as ’love’ keeping in line with the usages in the following verse of Narada Bhakti Sutra –
Commentary
- 6 sammatamuna – whole-heartedly – Though this word has been attached to ‘kOriti ’ (sought), it may also be attached to the word ‘saGgati sEyuTaku ’
- 8 vratamu – generally, this word means ‘vow’. In the present context, this word ‘vow’ does not convey the meaning adequately. Therefore, the Sanskrit meaning ‘command’ (sanction) has been adopted. Any suggestions ???
- 9
nata janaka kula abja hita
– This is how it is given in all the books. In some books, this has been taken as two epithets ‘like father to the devotees’ and ‘Sun of Solar race’. One of the meanings of ‘ka’ is ‘Sun’; ‘abja hita
’ may also mean ‘Sun’. But ‘nata jana
’ by itself does not convey any meaning.
- Therefore, this has been split as ‘janaka kula abja hita ’ meaning ‘the Sun of his paternal (janaka) (Solar or raghu) dynasty’. ‘nata’ has been taken as an epithet of ‘tyAgarAja ’. The word ‘janaka’ may not be taken to mean ‘Kinga Janaka’ but only ‘paternal’.