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rAma rAma rAma nApai

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rAma rAma rAma nApai nI daya
rAkayuNDavaccunA O rAma
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O Lord Rama! Is it justifiable for Your mercy not to descend on me?
tanayuni E jAtiyaina¹ brOvani
talliyu bhuvini kaladA O rAma (rAma)
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O Lord Rama! Be it any species, is there a mother on the Earth who would not protect her offspring?
tanaku² tAnu vaJcana cEsukonu
dhanavantuDu kalaDA³ O rAma (rAma)
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O Lord Rama! Is there a richman who would deceive himself?
ilanu nizcayamuga nIvu lEni tAv-
endainanu kaladA O rAma (rAma)
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O Lord Rama! Is certainly there a place anywhere on this Earth where You are not there?
sutuni mATaku talli taNDrulu
asUya⁴ paDuTa kaladA O rAma (rAma)
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O Lord Rama! Are there parents who would feel envious at the words of their own child?
brahma⁵ niSThuDainaTTiyA ghanuniki
prabala vaJcana kaladA O rAma (rAma)
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O Lord Rama! For that kind of great person who is ever absorbed in the Supreme Self, is there any great deceiption?
tolli jEyu karmam⁶anubhivimpakanu
tOyuvAru kalarA O rAma (rAma)
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O Lord Rama! Are there persons who could escape without experiencing the results of actions done in the past?
kanaka⁷ taruNulAsa lEni saMsArulu
kalalainanu kalarA O rAma (rAma)
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O Lord Rama! Are there house-holders, even in dreams, who do not have the desire for gold and women? (Or) Are there house-holders who do not have the desire for gold and women even in dreams? \t
nirvikAra zrI tyAgarAjuniki
ninnu vinA kalarA O rAma (rAma)
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O Immutable Lord! Are there anyone to this Thyagaraja other than You?
  • 3 kalaDA – kaladA
  • 6 anubhavimpakanu – anubhaviJcakanu
  • 1 jAtiyaina – Here, ‘caste’ is not meant.
  • 2 tanaku tAnu – The implication is that ‘I belong to You and if Your mercy does not come, then it would amount to deceiving Oneself (Lord)’.
  • 4 asUya – this word means ‘envy’, ‘intolerance’, ‘malignity’. It is possible for parents to be ‘intolerant’ towards their children; but ‘malignity’ or ‘envy’ is not possible. Therefore, ‘envy’ has been adopted.
  • 5 brahma niSThuDainaTTi – a person who is absorbed in the Supreme Self has crossed over all possible delusions. Therefore, there cannot be any such deception. But, at mundane level, there may be set backs which would not, in any case, matter to such a person. I feel that the word ‘prabala’ has been introduced by Sri Thyagaraja to differentiate this. However, it is not very clear as to whom Sri Thyagaraja refers as ‘brahma niSTha ’ and how the comparison is to be reconciled with the statement that ‘it is not correct for the Lord not to have compassion on him’. Is he referring to himself as ‘brahma niSTha ’?
  • 7 kanaka taruNulAsa kalalainanu lEni – This can be interpreted in two ways ‘Are there house-holders, even in dreams, who do not have desire for gold and women’; or ‘are there house-holders who do not have desire for gold and women even in dreams’. The placment of the word ‘kalalainanu’ is such that it would normally result in the former translation. However, for the reasons stated below, the latter version seems to be more appropriate.
    • In case the latter version is adopted, then Sri Thyagaraja, who has eschewed all Worldly desires (in waking state), might be subject to certain delusions in the dreams (svapna) because of the vAsanA s. This, he wants the Lord to ignore.
    • In case the former version is adopted, the purport of is not very clear. Does Sri Thyagaraja say that he is also a house-holder and the Lord should not take cognizance of his desire for wealth and wife? May not be, because in many Kritis, he says that he has no desires at all in this World – ‘vaddanE vAru lEru’ – rAga SaNmukhapriya refers.
    • However, we should keep in mind that the kritis of Sri Thyagaraja are, in fact, a dialogue with Lord Rama which he carried out throughout his life. Therefore, the Kriti may also be part of evolutionary Thyagaraja.
    • Alternatively, this Kriti may belong to the category of ‘self depreciation’ – Atma garhaNa as described by Dr V Raghavan, in his Introductory Thesis to the book ‘The Spiritual Heritage of Tyagaraja’ by Sri C Ramanujachariar. Please visit the following wesite to know more - [[http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/oppiliappan/archives/1997/msg00037.html Atma Garhana]]
    •       Adi Sankara, in his ‘Sivananda Lahari’ (verse 20) states –
Updated on 2024-11-28
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