sarasa sAma-dAna
Sahityam
Pallavi
sarasa sAma¹ dAna² bhEda daNDa catura
sATi daivamevarE brOvavE
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sATi daivamevarE brOvavE
O Graciously adept One in the four-fold actions (of Raja Dharma) - conciliation, gift or bribe, creation of dissension and punishment! which God is equal to You? deign to protect me.
Anupallavi
parama zAmbhavAgrEsaruNDagucu
baluku rAvaNuDu teliya lEka pOye³ (sarasa)
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baluku rAvaNuDu teliya lEka pOye³ (sarasa)
But, Ravana being the most eminent devotee of Lord Siva, could not understand Your words.
Charanam
hitavu mATalentO bAga palkitivi
satamugA⁴-nayOdhya-nittunaNTivi
nata sahOdaruni rAju cEsi rAka
hatamu jEsitivi tyAgarAja nuta (sarasa)\t
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satamugA⁴-nayOdhya-nittunaNTivi
nata sahOdaruni rAju cEsi rAka
hatamu jEsitivi tyAgarAja nuta (sarasa)\t
You conveyed well very beneficial words; You said that ‘I shall offer even Ayodhya for ever’; as he (Ravana) did not listen even after making Vibheeshana – his brother who supplicated before You – as King of Lanka, You ultimately slayed him; O Lord praised by this Thyagaraja!
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- 3 pOte
Commentary
- 1 sAma dAna bhEda daNDa - Four-fold method of Raja Dharma in dealing with enemy - conciliation, gifts/bribe, sowing dissensions and war/punishment - refer to Devi Bhagavatam, Book 1, Chapter 7 - [[http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/db/bk01ch07.htm Devi Bhagavatam]]
- 2 dAna – bhEda - As brought in the note on Charana, it is not clear whether Sri Rama did actually entice Ravana by offering Ayodhya. Vibheeshana sought asylum of the the Lord voluntarily and this would not amount to ‘creating dissension’. Therefore, as per Srimad Valmiki Ramayana, Sri Rama did not resort to ‘dAna’ ‘bhEda ’ – but only ‘sAma’ ‘daNDa ’.
- 4 satamugAnayOdhyanittunu – ‘I shall give you Ayodhya for ever’ – the purported statement of Sri Rama, addressed to Ravana, is not found in Srimad Valmiki Ramayana. In Sundara Kanda, Anjaneya, after seeing Sita, assumes himself the task of meeting Ravana; in the Court of Ravana, Anjaneya does not make any such statement (of giving even Ayodhya to Ravana). Subsequently, in Yuddha Kanda, Sri Rama despatches Angada (son of Vali) as a messenger to Ravana to ask him to return Sita; even here, there is no such mention of Ayodhya being bestowed on Ravana. Therefore, the source of the statement of Sri Thyagaraja is not traceable.