pallavi
E dAri sancarinturA(y)ika palkarA
anupallavi
SrI-d(A)di madhy(A)nta rahita
sItA samEta guN(A)kara nEn(E dAri)
caraNam
1anni tAn(a)nu mArgamuna canaga
2nannu vIDanu bhAram(a)ni(y)ADedavu
3tannu brOvu dAsa varadA(y)aNTE
dvaituD(a)nedavu tyAgarAja nuta (E dAri)
pallavi
E dAri sancarinturA-ika palkarA
Please tell (palkarA) me as to which (E) else (ika) path (dAri) should I tread (sancarinturA) (sancarinturAyika).
anupallavi
SrI-da-Adi madhya-anta rahita
sItA samEta guNa-Akara nEnu-(E dAri)
O Bestower (da) of Properity (SrI) (SrI-da)! O Lord without (rahita) a beginning (Adi) (SrI-dAdi), middle (madhya) or end (anta) (madhyAnta)! O Lord united (samEta) with sItA! O Treasure trove (Akara) of virtues (guNa) (guNAkara)!
Please tell me as to which else path should I (nEnu) tread.
caraNam
anni tAnu-anu mArgamuna canaga
nannu vIDanu bhAramu-ani-ADedavu
tannu brOvu dAsa varadA-aNTE
dvaituDu-anedavu tyAgarAja nuta (E dAri)
If I go (canaga) in the path (mArgamuna) of advaita – all (anni) is (anu) One’s Self (tAnu) (tAnanu) only, You say (ADedavu) that (ani) it is difficult (bhAramu) (literally burden-some) (bhAramaniyADedavu) to cast off (vIDanu) ‘I’ (Ego) (nannu) (literally ‘me’);
if I ask (aNTE) You ‘please protect (brOvu) me (tannu) (literally self), O bestower of boons (varadA) (varadAyaNTE) to the devotees (dAsa)’, You say (anedavu) that I am a dvaitin (dvaituDu) (dvaituDanedavu);
O Lord praised (nuta) by this tyAgarAja! Please tell me as to which else path should I tread.
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
3 – tannu brOvu – nannu brOvu : In view of use of ‘tAnu’ (anni tAnanu) in the first line to indicate One’s Self, here also ‘tannu’ may be appropriate. However, here, ‘nannu’ seems to be more appropriate.
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References
1 – anni tAnanu – All is One’s Self – Please refer to - ashTAvakra gItA - pdf (download).
2 – nannu vIDanu – to cast off ego. The difficulty in pursuing the path of advaita is brought out in SrImad-bhagavad-gIta – Chapter 12 –
klESO(a)dhikataras-tEshAm-avyaktAsakta-cEtasAM ||
avyaktA hi gatir-duHkhaM dEhavadbhir-avApyatE || 5 ||
“Greater is their trouble whose minds are set on the Unmanifested; for the goal of the Unmanifested is very hard for the embodied to reach.”
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