vinayamunanu

Sahityam

Pallavi

Charanams Combined

Variations

• General - (Pallavi and Charanas 1 – 9)- jUcunadennaTikO – jUcEdennaTiko
• General – (Charanas 10 and 11)
  • jUcunadennaDO – jUcEdennaDO
• ² A janaka – janaka
• ⁵ bAhuvu - bAhunu
• ⁸ vanadhi - vana nidhi
• ¹¹ dinamunu – anu dinamu
• ¹² vara munulu - vana munulu : vara munulu - seems to be appropriate.
• ¹⁴ jala nidhini - jaladhi
• ¹⁵ tyAgarAjAdi dEvatalu – tyAgarAjAdhi dEvatalu : tyAgarAjAdi dEvatalu - seems to be appropriate.

References

• ¹ zivuni cApamunu druJcina pAdamunu – As per Srimad-Valmiki Ramayana, Bala Kanda, Chapter 67, the following is the sequence of actions in breaking of the bow – (1) Rama seizes the bow in the middle; (2) strings the bow; (3) bends the bow and it breaks in the middle. Probably, for stringing and bending of the bow, feet is used. In the Kriti ‘zrI rAma raghurAma’ – rAga yadukula kAmbhOji , Sri Thyagaraja states – ‘caraNambu sOka ziva cApambu tapamEmi jEsenO ’ – ‘what penances did the bow of Siva perform in order to be touched by the feet of Sri Rama’.
• ³ pAla kaDigina – Washing the feet of Rama by King Janaka with milk. Though, there is no such reference in Srimad-Valmiki Ramayana, this is part of Vedic rituals performed during ‘Vara Puja’ before Panigrahana.
  • “The Vedic ceremony of marriage only starts at this juncture. After the Oonchal the bride and the groom are taken to the Mantap and the Vedic rituals start. First the bride’s father welcomes the groom and washes his feet with water. The groom then starts the vivaha rituals with the permission of the learned Brahmins.” – source - [[http://www.keralaiyers.com/iyer_wdng3.html Vedic Marriage]]
• ⁴ cApa balamandukonna – Please refer to Srimad Valmiki Ramayana, Bala Kanda, Chapter 76. The bow of Parasurama was bow of Vishnu. According to Padma Purana –
• ⁷ rathamula poDi jEsina – this refers to slaying of the army of Khara – Srimad-Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kanda, Chapters 26-30.
• ⁸ vanadhi mada garvamu – According to Srimad Valmiki Ramayana, Bala Kanda, Chapter 77, after vanquishing Parasurama, Sri Rama hands entrusts the viSNu bow to Varuna. Therefore, Varuna is fully aware of the prowess of Sri Rama. However, Varuna fails to respond to Sri Rama’s entreaties seeking help for crossing over to Lanka. Only then Sri Rama gets annoyed and invokes Brahmastra in order to dry up the ocean. Please refer to Srimad Valmiki Ramayana, Yuddha Kanda, Chapters 21 and 22.
• ⁹ pEda kapulu lEva jUcu – humble monkeys to be revived –In response to Sri Rama’s request, Indra revives the monkeys killed and maimed in the battle. Please refer to Srimad Valmiki Ramayana, Yuddha Kanda, Chapter 120.

Commentary

• ⁶ tanaku tAnE kAkAsuruni kAcina – protected by itself (Himself) - Sri Rama invokes Brahmastra in a blade of grass to destroy Kakasura. However, when the demon surrendered, Sri Rama spared him by taking away one of his eyes.
• ¹⁰ lEva jUcu – vardhillanu jUcu – Here ‘jUcu ’ does not necessarily mean ’look’, but, somewhat similar to ’ensure’. However, as, in both cases, ’eyes’ have been specifically mentioned (dRSTi – lOcanamu ), it has been translated as ‘cast a benevolent look’.
• ¹³ rAka jUcunadi – this may either be translated as ’look as He comes’ or ’to expect the arrival’. The latter version is more appropriate in the present context.
• ¹⁵ tyAgarAja – In the present context, it refers to Lord Siva.

Renditions