orula-nADukOvalasina-dEmi
Sahityam
Pallavi
orulanADukOvalasinadEmi
parama pAvana zrI rAma
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parama pAvana zrI rAma
O Supremely Sacred Lord Sri Rama! Why should I blame anyone else?
Anupallavi
paritApamu tALaka moraliDagA
karuNa lEka nIvE nanu jUDaga (orula)
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karuNa lEka nIvE nanu jUDaga (orula)
Being unable to bear the misery, when I appeal, even if You look at me without having compassion, why should I blame anyone else?
Charanams Combined
maJcivAri sahavAsamu bAsi
koJcepu narula koraku nuti jEsi\t
eJcina kAryamu kUDani gAsi
sahiJcakuNDeDidi nA pEru¹ vAsi (orula)
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koJcepu narula koraku nuti jEsi\t
eJcina kAryamu kUDani gAsi
sahiJcakuNDeDidi nA pEru¹ vAsi (orula)
Having abandoned the company of good people, and having extolled petty people in order to obtain wants from them, and yet, as desired tasks could not be accomplished, I am unable to bear the grief - this is the luck of my name; why should I blame anyone else?
rAziyanucu² narulanu cE pUni
vAsiyuNDeDidi bhavAni³
Aza priya nE mundu⁴ rAni
jEsina karmamanukOvale kAni (orula)
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vAsiyuNDeDidi bhavAni³
Aza priya nE mundu⁴ rAni
jEsina karmamanukOvale kAni (orula)
Considering it to be might be fate, I am satisfied relying on people; O Lord dear to Lord Siva – one who loves Bhavani! I should only assume this to be the actions done by me, the effects of which have not yet manifested; why should I blame anyone else?
dEva tyAgarAja vinuta sanaka
bhAvanIya raghu kula tilaka
I varakunu nAdu tanuvalayaga
nIvE telusukOvale gAka (orula)
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bhAvanIya raghu kula tilaka
I varakunu nAdu tanuvalayaga
nIvE telusukOvale gAka (orula)
O Lord well-praised by this Thyagaraja! O Most Eminent of Raghu dynasty cherished or held dear by Sanaka – mind-born son of Brahma! As my body is languishing till now, You Yourself should know; therefore, why should I blame anyone else?
References
- 4 mundu rAni karmamu – Karma not yet manifested - karma is of three types – “Sanchita, Agami and Prarabdha. Sanchita Karma is the store of the effects or the impressions of all the actions performed by an individual in his countless previous births. All these effects of actions have to be experienced by the individual in different bodies. An action or a group of actions out of the Sanchita Karma, which can be experienced only under some particular conditions, is allotted to a particular body for the sake of experience in those conditions demanded by this special effect or group of effects of an action or actions. This allotted portion is called Prarabdha. The Agami Karma consists of actions performed by the individual through a particular body or the mind which will bear fruit in future.” Source - [[http://209.85.175.104/search?q=cache:Eci_Yhs3l-cJ:www.swami-krishnananda.org/mundak/The%2520Mundaka%2520Upanishad%2520by%2520Swami%2520Krishnananda.doc+%22prArabdha+sanchita%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=9 Mundaka Upanishad]]
Commentary
- General – caraNas 1 and 2 are very difficult to translate because the context is not known and wordings are very terse.
- 1 pEru vAsi – this is a method of cursing oneself that ‘my name is unlucky’.
- 2 rAziyanucu narulanu cE pUni vAsiyuNDeDu – the meaning of this phrase is not clear.
- 3 bhavAni Aza priya – though this has been translated as ‘Dear to Lord Siva’, the word ‘Aza ’ is confusing.