Transliteration Scheme

sarvAntaryAmi - rAga bhairavi


Tamil Version
Language Version

pallavi
sarv(A)ntaryAmi nIv(a)nE
sAmrAjyamu nijamE rAma

anupallavi
nirvAhamu lEni(y)I janula kani
nirmal(A)tmul(e)Tu sairincirO kAni (sarva)

caraNam
dAri teliya lEru kondaru
daridrul(ai)nAru su-dur-
ahankArulai parama nikRshTa
mat(A)cArul(ai)nAru
jArul(ai)nAr(a)di gAka tAru
mAru panula jEsedaru
samsArul(ai)nAru tyAgarAja
svAnta sadana 1kapaTam(E)mO teliya (sarva)

Meaning - Gist
O Lord rAma - indweller of this tyAgarAja!

  • Is the empire (called Universe), where You are (said to be) the inner regulator of everyone (everything), indeed real?
  • It is surprising how the pure minded tolerated looking at these unregulated people.
  • 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; some performed topsy-turvy tasks;
  • some became totally immersed in the Worldly Existence.

    • I do not understand what this game of deception is.

    Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

    pallavi
    sarva-antaryAmi nIvu-anE
    sAmrAjyamu nijamE rAma

    O Lord rAma! Is the empire (sAmrAjyamu) (called Universe), where You (nIvu) are (said to be) (anE) (nIvanE) the inner regulator (antaryAmi) of everyone (everything) (sarva) (sarvAntaryAmi), indeed real (nijamE)?

    anupallavi
    nirvAhamu lEni-I janula kani
    nirmala-Atmulu-eTu sairincirO kAni (sarva)

    Howsoever (eTu) the pure (nirmala) minded (Atmulu) (nirmalAtmuleTu) might have tolerated (sairincirO) looking at (kani) these (I) unregulated (nirvAhamu lEni) (lEniyI) people (janula), but (kAni),
    O Lord rAma! is the empire called Universe, where You are (said to be) the inner regulator of everyone, indeed real?

    caraNam
    dAri teliya lEru kondaru
    daridrulu-ainAru su-dur-
    ahankArulai parama nikRshTa
    mata-AcArulu-ainAru
    jArulu-ainAru-adi gAka tAru
    mAru panula jEsedaru
    samsArulu-ainAru tyAgarAja
    svAnta sadana kapaTamu-EmO teliya (sarva)

    Some (kondaru) do not know (teliya lEru) the right path (dAri);
    some became (ainAru) poverty stricken (daridrulu) (daridrulainAru);
    some being (or becoming) extreme egotists (su-dur-ahankarulai) ended up (ainAru) as adherers (AcArulu) of most (parama) despicable (nikRshTa) sects (mata) (literally opinion, modes of worship) (matAcArulainAru);
    some became (ainAru) paramours of married women (jArulu); moreover (adi gAka) (jArulainAradi),
    they performed (jEsedaru) topsy-turvy (tAru mAru) tasks (panula);
    some became (ainAru) totally immersed in the Worldly Existence (samsArulu) (samsArulainAru);
    O Indwelling (svAnta sadana) Lord of this tyAgarAja! I do not understand (teliya) what (EmO) this game of deception (kapaTamu) (kapaTamEmO) is;

    Notes

    Variations - (Pathanthara)

    References

    Comments
    1 – kapaTamEmO – What is this game of deception? In this regard, the following verse from bRhadAraNyaka upanishad – IV.iii.22 is relevant –

    atra pitApitA bhavati mAtAmAtA lOkA alOkAH
    dEvA adEvAH vEdA avEdAH |
    atra stEnO(a)stEnO bhavati bhrUNahA(a)bhrUNahA
    cANDAlO(a)cANDAlaH paulkasO(a)paulkasaH
    SramaNO(a)SramaNaH tApasO(a)tApasaH
    ananvAgataM puNyEnAnanvAgataM pApEna
    tIrNO hi tadA sarvAnchOkAnhRdaysya bhavati ||
    "In this state a father is no father, a mother no mother, worlds no worlds, the gods no gods, the Vedas no Vedas. In this state a thief is no thief, the killer of a noble brAhmaNa no killer, a cANDAla no cANDAla, a pulkasa no pulkasa, a monk no monk, a hermit no hermit. (This form of his) is untouched by good work and untouched by evil work, for he is then beyond all the woes of his heart (intellect)." (Translation by Swami Madhavananda)
    Also refer to bRhadAraNyaka upanishad, III. vii. which is also known as 'antaryAmi brAhmaNa'.

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