saMsArulaitE

sAvEri Adi tyAgarAja telugu kRti

Sahityam

Pallavi

saMsArulaitEnEmayya zikhi
piJchAvataMsuDeduTanuNDaga

O Lord! how does it matter even if people live with family, if Lord Krishna – adorned with peacock feather on the crest – is in front of them?

Anupallavi

hiMsAdulella rOsi haMsAdula¹ kUdi
prazaMsa jEyucunE proddu
kaMsArini nammuvAru (saM)

Show Word Meanings

(a) Abandoning causing injury (to others) and all such acts, (b) joining the company of Self-realised, those who at all times trust Lord Krishna – enemy of Kamsa - by extolling Him, how does it matter even if they live with their familes?

Charanams Combined

jnAna vairAgyamulu hInamainaTTi bhava
kAnanamuna tirugu mAnavulu² sadA
dhyAna yOga² yutulai nI nAmamu palkucu
nAnA karma³ phalamu dAnamu sEyuvAru (saM)\t

Show Word Meanings

Those people, who are wandering in such jungle of Worldly Existence which is devoid of true knowledge and indifference to Worldly objects, (a) become relinquishers of the fruits of various actions, (b) by being endowed with Yoga and meditation, and (c) chanting always Your names, even if they live with family, how does it matter?

krUrapu yOcanalu dUru jEsi tana
dAra putrula paricArakula jEsi
sAra rUpuni pAda sArasa yugamula
sAre-sAreku manasAra pUjiJcuvAru (saM)

Show Word Meanings

(a) Rebuking cruel thoughts from the mind, (b) engaging one’s wives and children in the service of the Lord, those people who always whole-heartedly worship the Lotus Feet of the Lord of the form of essence of everything, how does it matter even if they live with family?

(a) Joining the company of great devotees, (b) surrendering all enjoyments to Lord Hari, (c) singing the glory of Lord - the indweller of the treatises – in the best tunes to the accompaniment of lute music, those people who totally trust the Lord praised by this Thyagaraja, how does it matter even if they live with family?

Renditions

Variations

² mAnavulu – yOga yutulai : mAnavuDu - yOga yutuDai
⁴ zrI rAgamuna – rAgamuna

References

¹ haMsa – Another form of ‘ahaMsa ’ – ‘I am that’ wherein ‘that’ refers to paramAtmA . Please refer to Kriti of Sadasiva Brahmendra – ‘khElati piNDANDE ’ wherein he mentions ‘haMsas-sOhaM sOhaM-haMsamiti ’.
³ karma phalamu dAnamu sEyuvAru – In this regard, the following verse from Srimad-Bbhagavad–Gita, Chapter 5 is relevant –
- “The well-poised, forsaking the fruit of action, attains peace, born of steadfastness; the unbalanced one, led by desire, is bound by being attached to the fruit (of action).” (Translation by Swami Swarupananda)

Commentary

⁴ zrI rAgamuna - In some books, this has been taken as the specific Raga – zrI rAga .