sarvAntaryAmi
Sahityam
Pallavi
sarvAntaryAmi nIvanE
sAmrAjyamu nijamE rAma
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sAmrAjyamu nijamE rAma
O Lord Rama! Is the empire (called Universe), where You are (said to be) the inner regulator of everyone (everything), indeed real?
Anupallavi
nirvAhamu lEniyI janula kani
nirmalAtmuleTu sairiJcirO kAni (sarva)
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nirmalAtmuleTu sairiJcirO kAni (sarva)
Howsoever the pure minded might have tolerated looking at these unregulated people, but, is the empire (called Universe), where You are (said to be) the inner regulator of everyone (everything), indeed real?
Charanam
dAri teliya lEru kondaru
daridrulainAru su-dur-
ahaGkArulai parama nikRSTa
matAcArulainAru
jArulainAradi gAka tAru
mAru panula jEsedaru
samsArulainAru tyAgarAja
svAnta sadana kapaTamEmO¹ teliya (sarva)
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daridrulainAru su-dur-
ahaGkArulai parama nikRSTa
matAcArulainAru
jArulainAradi gAka tAru
mAru panula jEsedaru
samsArulainAru tyAgarAja
svAnta sadana kapaTamEmO¹ teliya (sarva)
Some do not know the right path; some became poverty stricken; some being (or becoming) extreme egotists ended up as adherers of most despicable sects; some became paramours of married women; moreover, they performed topsy-turvy tasks; some became totally immersed in the Worldly Existence; O Indwelling Lord of this Tyagaraja! I do not understand what this game of deception is.
Commentary
- 1 kapaTamEmO – What is this game of deception? In this regard, the following verse from bRhadAraNyaka upaniSad – IV.iii.22 is relevant –