pallavi
mAnamu lEdA tanavAD(a)ni abhi(mAnamu)
anupallavi
kAnamurA nI vale 1nir-mOhini
2gAna ruci teliyu kuSa lava janaka (mAnamu)
caraNam
nI samukhamuna 3ravi tanayuDu ninnu
bAsalu palkaga 4rOsamutO
siMhAsan(A)dhipati jEsina nIku
dAsuDaina tyAgarAja kar(A)rcita (mAnamu)
pallavi
mAnamu lEdA tanavADu-ani abhimAnamu (lEdA)
Don’t you have (lEdA) shame (mAnamu)? Don’t You have (lEdA) affection (abhimAnamu) that (ani) I am Yours (tanavADu) (tanavADani)?
anupallavi
kAnamurA nI vale nir-mOhini
gAna ruci teliyu kuSa lava janaka (mAnamu)
O Father (janaka) of kuSa and lava, who knows (teliyu) the taste (ruci) of music (gAna)! We do not find (kAnamurA) a person so bereft of all affections (nir-mOhini) (literally free of illusion) like (vale) You (nI).
Don’t you have shame? Don’t You have affection that I am Yours?
caraNam
nI samukhamuna ravi tanayuDu ninnu
bAsalu palkaga rOsamutO
siMhAsana-adhipati jEsina nIku
dAsuDaina tyAgarAja kara-arcita (mAnamu)
O Lord - worshipped (arcita) by the hand (kara) (karArcita) of this tyAgarAja who is Your (nIku) devotee (dAsuDaina) - who -
when sugrIva – son (tanayuDu) of Sun (ravi) – in Your (nI) presence (samukhamuna), spoke (palkaga) ill (bAsalu) of You (ninnu),
out of indignation (rOsamutO), made (jEsina) him King – Lord (adhipati) of the throne (siMhAsana) (siMhAsanAdhipati) of kishkindA.
Don’t you have shame? Don’t You have affection that I am Yours?
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
References
2 – gAna ruci teliyu – SrI rAma listens to musical chant of SrImad-vAlmIki rAmAyaNa by His sons - lava and kuSa – refer to uttara kANDa, Chapter 94.
3 - ravi tanayuDu bAsalu – After making friendship with sugrIva, SrI rAma assures sugrIva that he will kill vAli and restore kingdom to him. However, when sugriva kept on harping on the might of his brother, SrI rAma demonstrated his prowess by lifting and flinging the carcass of dundhubi. But, as doubt still persisted in the mind of sugrIva, SrI rAma again demonstrated his prowess by piercing seven sAla trees by one arrow. Convinced about the might of SrI rAma, sugrIva called his brother for a duel. In the duel, sugrIva was worsted because SrI rAma could not identify vAli as both the brothers looked alike. Then, sugrIva uttered a few harsh words to SrI rAma. Subsequently SrI rAma killed vAli during the second duel and made sugrIva the King of kishkindA. In this regard, the following verses of vAlmIki rAmAyaNa – kishkindA kANDa, Chapter 11– are relevant –
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SrI rAma to sugrIva –
yadi na pratyayO(a)smAsu vikramE tava vAnara |
pratyayaM samara SlAghyam-aham-utpAdayAmi tE || 83 ||
“If you have no faith in the prowess inhering in us, I shall inspire in You confidence which is laudable in a combat.”
sugrIva to SrI rAma -
AhvayasvEti mAm-uktvA darSayitvA ca vikramaM |
vairiNA ghAtayitvA ca kim-idAnIM tvayA kRtaM ||
tAmEva vElAM vaktavyaM tvayA raghava tattvataH |
vAlinaM na nihanmIti tatO nAham-itO vrajE || 26, 27 ||
“Having demonstrated Your prowess and saying to me ‘challenge vAli’, what have You done now by getting me smitten by the enemy?
In all faith it should have been pointed out by You that very moment ‘I am not going to kill vAli’. Then I would not have moved from this place.”
vAlmIki rAmAyaNa -kishkindA kANDa -Chapter 12 refers.
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4 - rOsamutO simhAsanAdhipati jEsina – As per vAlmIki rAmAyaNa (kishkindA kANDa, Chapter 12), rAma did not show any indignation when sugrIva spoke words quoted above, after being worsted by vAli. The exact words of SrI rAma are – (kishkindA kANDa) – given below. Further, SrI rAma proceeds to explain the matter and assures sugrIva that He will kill vAli in the next duel where sugrIva was asked to wear some distinguishing mark – like a garland -
sugrIva SrUyatAM tAta krOdhasca vyapanIyatAM |
kAraNaM yEna bANO(a)yaM sa mayA na visarjitaH || 29 ||
“sugrIva, dear brother, let anger be banished (from your mind) and the reason why this deadly arrow was not discharged by me be heard.”
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Comments
1 - nirmOhi – SrI tyAgarAja seems to have, on purpose, praised the Lord as father of kuSa and lava, because SrI rAma knowing that sItA was pregnant, banished her to forest. Earlier He made sItA undergo fire ordeal. These instances, particularly with regard to His beloved wife, show that SrI rAma regarded virtues and His rAja dharma above affections. Therefore, SrI tyAgarAja calls him nir-mOhi.
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