pAhi rAma rAmayanucu

Sahityam

Pallavi

Charanams Combined

Variations

• ¹ sItA – siTa
• ⁴ akhaNDa vRttito – akhaNDa bhaktito - ‘‘‘It is considered that ‘akhaNDa bhaktitOnu ’ is an interpolation’’’.
• ⁵ vIri – vAri
• ¹¹ cEyi paTTi dayanu brOcunO – cEyi baTTE dayanu jUtunO

References

• ⁴ akhaNDa vRtti – “The mental ‘thought’ that occurs at the moment of realization, when Brahman is effectively ‘known’ is called akhaNDAkAra vRRitti but … this is not a knowing as such but the mind ‘taking on the form of the undivided.’” [[http://www.advaita.org.uk/discourses/backto_truth/knower_known.htm Akhandakara Vritti-1]] [[http://www.geocities.com/snsastri/panchadasi-chapter-5.html Pancadasi-Chapter 5]] [[http://www.tamil.net/erumbugal/?p=125 song of Tamil Saint tAyumAnavar regarding akhaNDAkAra yOgAnubhUti]]

Commentary

• General – In the book of CR, the statements in caraNas 1 to 5 are attributed to a ‘darzana ’ (beholding) which Sri Tyagaraja had.
• ² valvalu diddi – Lakshmana is stated to be always busy carrying out the orders Sri Rama; when he goes near the Lord, he makes up his garments to be presentable.
• ³ caNDa zatrughna – Satrughna is considered a terror to his enemies.
• ⁶ dharma artha kAma mOkSa – pursuit of all these, for their own sake, results only in rebirths for enjoyment of the fruits thereof. The great Telugu composer and devotee of Lord Venkatesvara – Annamacharya, in his Kriti ‘nAnATi batuku ’ says - tegadu pApamu tIradu puNyamu – meaning ‘the sins will not abate and the merits would not be exhausted’. For the complete song, [[http://www.karnatik.com/c1508.shtml nAnATi baTuku ]]
• ⁷ mOkSa –Sri Tyagaraja considers even Moksha to be of lesser value because, in that state, the distinction of Lord and devotee vanishes and, consequently, the devotee cannot express his devotion to the Lord. See note also.
• ⁸ marmamu – Sri Tyagaraja has not spelt out the ‘nature of secret’; However, from the context, it is clear that devotion to Lord is both the path and the goal – and that is the secret. This is what [[http://www.celextel.org/othervedantabooks/naradabhaktisutras.html Narada Bhakti Sutras]] say on devotion –

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