samukhAna nilva
Sahityam
Pallavi
samukhAna nilva kalgunA kamalAnana
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O Lotus Faced! Is it attainable to stand in Your august presence?
Anupallavi
kSama¹ kalgu bhU tanaya lakSmaN-
Adi mahAtmulakE kAniyanyulaku (samukhAna)
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Adi mahAtmulakE kAniyanyulaku (samukhAna)
Excepting for great personages like Sita – daughter of the Earth - and Lakshmana who are endowed with forbearance, is it attainable for others to stand in Your august presence?
Charanam
kamalAsanAdyamara dik-patulu
kalaza vAridhilO jUDa nEraka
gumi kUDi moraliDa kAryamulu²
kona-sAgenaTa tyAgarAja vinuta³ (samukhAna)
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kalaza vAridhilO jUDa nEraka
gumi kUDi moraliDa kAryamulu²
kona-sAgenaTa tyAgarAja vinuta³ (samukhAna)
O Lord praised by this Tyagaraja! It is said that, as Brahma – seated in Lotus - and other celestials and the Lords of directions, could not happen to behold You in the Ocean of Milk, their jobs could be accomplished only when they, assembling together, entreated You.
Variations
- 3 vinuta – nuta
References
- 2 kAryamulu kona-sAgenaTa – This, probably, refers to pleading of BrahmA and others for incarnation of the Lord Vishnu in order to kill Ravana – Srimad-Valmiki Ramayana, Bala Kanda, Chapter 15.
Commentary
- 1
kSama kalgu
– this may apply not only to Sita but also to Lakshmana and other great personalities whom Sri Tyagaraja refers.
- Rama wages a war in order to obtain release of Sita and then coolly says to her ‘to go wherever she feels like’; Sita undergoes fire ordeal and then calmly goes with Rama to Ayodhya with no remorse or anger; this is the epitome of ‘kSama ’.
- After abduction of Sita, when asked by Rama to identify the jewels dropped by Sita, Lakshmana replies ‘I recognise only the anklet because of my bowing at her feet every day’. Such a person is castigated by Sita of having evil intent because Lakshmana was unwilling to leave Sita alone when Rama went after Maricha – the golden stag.