tanalOnE dhyAniJci
Sahityam
Pallavi
tanalOnE dhyAniJci
tanmayamE¹ kAvalerA
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tanmayamE¹ kAvalerA
I wish to be absorbed in (identical with) You by meditating within myself.
Anupallavi
tana guhalO tAnuNDeDu
tAvunu teliyaga valerA (tana)
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tAvunu teliyaga valerA (tana)
A, C1 & 2 \tI wish to know the location where You reside in the recess of my heart (because I wish to be absorbed in You by meditating within myself); at that very instant (of knowing where You reside) your secrets would be revealed with certainty; and at that moment one would not know in which corner the Illusion called ‘I’ (ego) is (would have vanished).
Charanam
nI marmamA kSaNamE
nizcayamai telusunurA (tana)
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nizcayamai telusunurA (tana)
1 & 2 - Meanings combined with Anupallavi
Enanu mAyA vELan-
E² vaGkO teliyadurA (tana)
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E² vaGkO teliyadurA (tana)
toli karmamE balamu
tOya kUDadu vidhiki (tana)
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tOya kUDadu vidhiki (tana)
prakRti³ svabhAvamulu
prajvaliJcucunuNDu (tana)
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prajvaliJcucunuNDu (tana)
The (results of) my previous actions themselves should not forcibly hurl me to the fate.
lakSyamu jEyaru madilO
lakSAntaramulakaina (tana)
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lakSAntaramulakaina (tana)
4 & 5\tThe natural tendencies would be fully functional; yet, one (who is absorbed in meditation) would not be bothered or deterred in his mind even by a hundred-thousand interruptions.
mriGgina⁴ kaLLaku rucula
mElu kanE vArevaru (tana)
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mElu kanE vArevaru (tana)
bhUtamulaidunu nIvu
porala⁵ jEyucunnAvu (tana)
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porala⁵ jEyucunnAvu (tana)
6 & 7 \tTo the one (who is absorbed in meditation) with half-closed eyes, who is there to perceive the pleasures of tastes (of sense objects), because You are the one moving the five elements (these five elements being the source - as Tanmatras - and aim of sense objects - as Ruchi).
niravadhi zayyapai nIvu
nityAnandamununnAvu (tana)
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nityAnandamununnAvu (tana)
You are in a state of infinite eternal bliss on the couch of Sesha
zrI tyAgarAjuni
cE⁶ paTTi rakSiJcedavu (tana)
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cE⁶ paTTi rakSiJcedavu (tana)
You protected Thyagaraja by husbanding him.
Commentary
- 1 tanmaya – tanmayatva - being or becoming identical with (absorbed in) the object of meditation
- 2 E vaGkO teliyadurA – Sri Thyagaraja states that when one is absorbed in the Lord (object of meditation), the ego, seemingly, hides in some corner - only to crop up again at the termination of meditation.
- 3 prakRti svabhAvamulu prajvaliJcucun(u)NDu – The natural tendencies will be functioning – Please refer to Srimad-Bhagavad-GIta, Chapter 18, verse 11.
- 4 mriGgina kaLLaku – to the half-closed eyes – Please refer to Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, Chapter 6, verse 13.
- 5 porala jEyucunnAvu – Please to Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, Chapter 9, verse 10.
- 6 cE paTTi – pANi grahaNa in marriage is termed as ‘cE paTTu ’ in Telugu. This indicates the nAyaki bhAva .
- General – (1) The Anupallavi and CharaNas 1 and 2 are interwoven. One is consequential of the other.
- General (2) The CharaNas 4 - 5 and 6 – 7 are not independently translatable - they have to be combined in order to derive meaning.
- This kriti forms part of Dance Drama Prahlada Bhakti Vijayam