padavi nI

sAlagabhairavi Adi tyAgarAja telugu kRti

Sahityam

padavi nI sadbhakti kalguTE

Existence of true devotion towards You is the (real) status.

cadivi vEda zAstrOpaniSattula
satta teliya lEnidi padaviyA (padavi)

Being erudite, is it a status not knowing the purport of Veda, Sastra and Upanishad etc?

dhana dAra sutAgAra sampadalu
dharaNIzula celimiyoka padaviyA (padavi)

Are acquisitions like wealth, wife, offspring, house as also friendship of kings - Lords of Earth, a status?

japa¹ tapAdiyNimAdi² siddhulacE
jagamulanEcuTayadi padaviyA (padavi)

Deceiving the World with siddhis - Anima and others - attained by repetition of mantras, penances – is it a status?

rAga lObha yuta yajnAdulacE
bhOgamulabbuTaydi padaviyA (padavi)

Attaining enjoyments as a result of (performance of) sacrificial oblations etc tainted with desires and coveteousness – is it a status?

tyAgarAja nutuDau zrI³ rAmuni
tatvamu teliyanidoka padaviyA (padavi)

Is it a status not knowing the true nature of Sri Rama - one praised by this Thygaraja?

¹ japa tapAdi – part of Eight-Fold aSTAGga yOga – yama, niyama, Asana, prANAyAma, pratyAhAra, dhAraNa, dhyAnaM, samAdhi
² aNimAdi siddhulu - Eight-Fold siddhi - aNiman, laghiman, prApti, prAkAmya, mahiman, IzitA, vazitA, kAmAvazAyitA
Srimad Bhagavatam, Book 11, Chapter 15 (generally known as uddhava gIta), wherein eight primary siddhis and another 10 secondary siddhis are mentioned. [[http://www.srimadbhagavatam.org/canto11/chapter15.html#Text%204-5 Uddava Gita]]

³ zrI rAmuni tatvamu – Sri Thyagaraja worshipped Sri Rama as Paramatma – same as ‘satta’ mentioned in anupallavi – though the form (Sri Rama) was his iSTa daivaM – the chosen idol. Please refer to Kriti ‘zyAma sundarAGga’ – rAga dhanyAsi