sandEhamunu
Sahityam
Pallavi
sandEhamunu tIrpumayya
sAkEta nilaya rAmayya
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sAkEta nilaya rAmayya
O Lord Sri Rama residing at Ayodhya! Please clear my doubt.
Anupallavi
nandArcita¹ pada yugamulu mElO
nAgarIkamagu pAdukA² yugambulu mElO (sandEha)
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nAgarIkamagu pAdukA² yugambulu mElO (sandEha)
Please clear my doubt whether Your Feet worshiped by Sananda (and others) are superior or the elegant pair of sandals of your Feet are superior?
Charanam
vara maunulella caraNambulanu
smariyimpa nIdu padamosaGgenE
bharatArcanacE³ pAdukalu
dhara⁴ ninnosaGgE tyAgarAja bhAgyamA (sandEha)\t \t
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smariyimpa nIdu padamosaGgenE
bharatArcanacE³ pAdukalu
dhara⁴ ninnosaGgE tyAgarAja bhAgyamA (sandEha)\t \t
When all the illustrious sages meditated on Your Lotus Feet, they (Lord’s feet) bestowed Your abode – Vaikuntha; but, Your sandals worshipped by Bharata bestowed Your Self - the wearer; O Fortune of this Thyagaraja!
Renditions
Variations
- 4 dhara – dharaNi : dhara - is appropriate.
References
- 1 nanda – Mind-born sons (sages) of BrahmA – Sana, Sanaka, Sananda, Sanathana.
- 3 bharatArcana cE pAdukalu - Repeated efforts by Bharata to make Sri Rama to return to Ayodhya failed to move Sri Rama. Ultimately, Bharata places a pair of new sandals in front of Sri Rama and requests him (Sri Rama) to step on them. Sri Rama does so for a moment and then steps down. Then Bharata carries the sandals on his head and proceeds to Nandigrama. He placed the sandals on the throne and looked after the kingdom as a servant of Sri Rama who was present in the form of sandals.
Commentary
- 2 pAdukA – It is in Ramayana, the worship of the sandals is introduced for the first time; since then the Paduka has been given a very sacred placed in the Vaishnava literature. Please visit the website to know more about ‘Paduka Sahasram’ – [[http://www.sadagopan.org/srps/srps1.htm Paduka Sahasram]]