nija marmamulanu
Sahityam
Pallavi
nija marmamulanu telisina
vArini nIvalayiJcEdEmakO¹ rAma²
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vArini nIvalayiJcEdEmakO¹ rAma²
O Rama! I know not why You make even those who have understood (Your) true secrets languish? \t
Anupallavi
aja gaja-rakSaka gaja carmAmbarAdi³
daiva bhEdamula⁴ lIla kalga jEsina nI (nija)
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daiva bhEdamula⁴ lIla kalga jEsina nI (nija)
I know not why You make even those languish who have understood the true secrets of Your enacting the grand sport of differences in the deities of Brahma, Vishnu, Siva and others?
Charanam
zruti zAstra purANa vidAdi⁵
SaNmata⁶ niSThula nAma parAdula
kSiti patulan⁷ kumatulugA jEsina
kSEma⁸ tyAgarAja nuta zrI manOhara⁹ (nija) \t
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SaNmata⁶ niSThula nAma parAdula
kSiti patulan⁷ kumatulugA jEsina
kSEma⁸ tyAgarAja nuta zrI manOhara⁹ (nija) \t
I know not why You make even those languish who have understood the true secrets of Your joy in deluding (1) those knowers of Vedas, sciences, epics etc, (2) those dedicated to six-fold forms of worship, (3) those devoted to chanting of Your names etc, and (4) those kings – Lords of the Earth? O Lord praised by this Thyagaraja! O Lord who steals the heart of Lakshmi!
Renditions
Variations
- 1 EmakO –The word is not found in the dictionary. From the context, it is clear that it means ‘for what reason’. The nearest word is ‘EmiTiko ’ meaning ‘I know not why’.
- 2 rAma – zrI rAma
- 4 daiva – gauNa : daiva - is appropriate.
- 5 vidAdi – vivAdi - vidhAdi : vidAdi - is the appropriate word.
- 7 kSiti patulan ku-matulugA - kSiti patulaGkumatulgA - kSitipatulangamatulugA
- 8 kSEma – zrIda : kSEma - is appropriate
- 9 zrI manOhara - zrI manOhara nI
Commentary
- 3 gaja carmAmbara – elephant skin as garment - Refers to slaying of Gajasura by Lord Siva – [[http://www.dlshq.org/ Gajasura1]] [[http://www.shaivam.org/siddhanta/mamata.html Gajasura2]]
- 6 SaNmata – six-fold forms of worship – ziva, viSNu, zakti, kumAra, gaNapati, sUrya .