oka mATa
Sahityam
Pallavi
oka mATa oka¹ bANam-
oka² patnI vratuDE manasA
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oka² patnI vratuDE manasA
O My Mind! Lord Sri Rama is vowed to one Word, one arrow and one wife.
Anupallavi
oka³ cittamu kalavADE
oka nADunu maravakavE (oka)
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oka nADunu maravakavE (oka)
He has unwavering mind (OR single willed); never forget Him.
Charanam
cira⁴ jIvitvamu nirjara
vara mOkSamosaGgunE⁵
dhara baragE⁶ dEvuDE
tyAgarAja nutuDu (oka)
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vara mOkSamosaGgunE⁵
dhara baragE⁶ dEvuDE
tyAgarAja nutuDu (oka)
He confers long-life and non-decaying blessed state of emancipation; He is the God effulgent on this Earth; O My Mind! Lord Sri Rama - praised by this Thyagaraja - is vowed to one word, one arrow and one wife.
Renditions
Variations
- 4 cira jIvitvamu – ciraJjIvitvamu
- 5 mOkSamu – saukhyamu : mOkSamu - seems to be appropriate.
- 6 baragE – baragu
References
- 3 oka cittamu – ‘cittamu ’ also means ‘will’. In Vishnu Sahasra Nama, one of the names of the Lord is ‘siddha sankalpa: ’ (253)
- “Siddhasankalpah -Sankalpa means “intellectual willing and wishing”. One who gains all that He wishes for, or One who immediately gains what He wills is called Siddha-sankalpah. Ordinarily we fail to gain what we demand because of the disintegration within ourselves. The Lord, the Perfect, is One who instantaneously gains all that He wishes; hence the Upanishads define Him as the Satya Sankalpavaan.” [[http://www.mypurohith.com Vishnu Sahasra Nama]]
Commentary
- 1 oka bANamu – this may be translated as ‘single aim’ or ‘never failing in one’s aim’.
- 2 oka patNI – One of the reasons for which Sri Rama is called ‘maryAda puruSOttama ’ is his vow for single wife. This is one of ‘limits’ (maryAda ) set by Sri Rama as opposed to even his own father – Dasaratha – who is stated to have had 60,000 wives other than 4 queens.
- 4 cira jIvitvamu nirjara vara mOkSamu – Sri Thyagaraja seems to mean ‘bhukti’ and ‘mukti’ here.