saGgIta jJAnamu
Sahityam
Pallavi
saGgIta jJAnamu bhakti vinA
sanmArgamu kaladE manasA
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sanmArgamu kaladE manasA
O Mind! (Mere) knowledge of music bereft of devotion is not the right path (of God realization).
Anupallavi
bhRGgi¹ naTEza samIraja ghaTaja
mataGga² nAradAdulupAsincE³ (saGgIta)
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mataGga² nAradAdulupAsincE³ (saGgIta)
O My Mind! Mere knowledge of music – worshipped by Bhrngi (a devotee of Siva), Siva – Lord of Dance, Anjaneya – son of Wind God, sage Agastya – born of pitcher, Matanga, Narada and others - bereft of Bhakti is not the right path (of God realization).
Charanam
nyAyAnyAyamu telusunu jagamulu
mAyAmayamani⁴ telusunu durguNa
kAyajAdi⁵ SaD-ripula jayiJcu⁴
kAryamu telusunu tyAgarAjuniki⁴6 (saGgIta)
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mAyAmayamani⁴ telusunu durguNa
kAyajAdi⁵ SaD-ripula jayiJcu⁴
kAryamu telusunu tyAgarAjuniki⁴6 (saGgIta)
To this Thygaraja – (a) what is right and what is not (right) can be known; (b) the truth that this universe is of the nature of illusion can be known; (c) the method of being victorious over the evilsome six (internal) enemies beginning with Kama can be known.
Renditions
Variations
- 3 upAsiJcE – upAsiJcu
- 4 mAyAmayamani – jayiJcu – tyAgarAjuniki : mAyAmayanE’ – ‘jayiJcE’ – tyAgarAjunikE
References
- 1 bhRGgi – To know more details about the sage please visit the site – [[http://indiatemple.blogspot.com/2004/11/bhringi-three-legged-sage.html Bhringi]]
- 2
mataGga
– Meenakshi (Parvathi at madurai) is known as Matangi – daughter of sage Matanga. In Kalidasa’s Syamala Dandakam, Devi is called daughter of Matanga (mAtaGga kanyA
). There is a mention of sage Matanga in ValmIki Ramayana who cursed Vali.
- The reference may also be to the 10th century author ‘Matanga’ of treatise ‘bRhaddezi ’. There is an interesting article on ‘Marga and Desi Sphere in Raga’ in the website – [[http://www.naadhabrahmam.com/marga_desi.asp Matanga]]
- 2 mataGga, bhRGgi, samIraja, ghaTaja – the reference to sages bhRGgi, agastya, mataGga and AJjanEya with reference to music is found in the website - [[http://www.tamilnation.org/literature/pmunicode/mp119.htm Music]]
Commentary
- 5 kAyaja – as per Telugu dictionary, ‘kAyajuDu ’ means ‘cupid’; however, the Sanskrit dictionary contains no such reference.
- 5 kAyaja - kAma, krOdha, lObha, mOha, mada and mAtsarya
- 6 tyAgarAjuniki - In all the books the translation of the word ‘tyAgarAjuniki ’ has been taken as ‘Thyagaraja knows’ (what is right and what is not, the truth that the universe is illusion and method of being victorious over six enemies). This does not seem to be message of the Kriti. Since the Kriti is addressed to his mind, it seems that Sri Thyagaraja asserts that he should practice music with devotion so that all these above (what is right and what is not etc) could be realised.