Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
⁶ - vandita rAmacandra – vandita SrI rAmacandra.
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References
² - kula birudulanu pogaDina – The words spoken by SrI rAma regarding surrender of vibhIshaNa, after holding consultations with others, are contained in SrImad vAlmIki rAmAyaNa, yuddha kANDa – Chapter 18. He quotes the statement Rshi kaNDu son of Rshi kaNva as under –

baddhAnjalipuTaM dInaM yAcantaM SaraNAgataM |
na hanyAd-AnRSaMsyArtham-api SatruM paraMtapa ||
ArtO vA yadi vA dRptaH parEshAM SaraNaM gataH |
ariH prANAn parityajya rakshitavyaH kRtAtmanA ||
sa cEd bhayAd vA mOhAd vA kAmAd vApi na rakshati |
svayA SaktyA yathAnyAyaM tat-pApaM lOka-garhitaM ||
vinashTaH paSyatas-tasya rakshiNaH SaraNaM gataH |
AnAya sukRtaM tasya sarvaM gacchEd-arakshitaH ||
EvaM dOshO mahAn-atra prapannAnAm-arakshaNE |
asvargyaM cAyaSasyaM ca bala-vIrya-vinASanaM ||
karishyAmi yathArthaM tu kaNDOr-vacanam-uttamaM |
dharmishThaM ca yaSasyaM ca svargyaM syAt tu phalOdayE ||27 – 32 ||
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• “In the name of humanity, one should not strike even an enemy arrived at one’s door and piteously soliciting protection with joined palms.
• An enemy come for protection against his enemies, be he distressed or even proud, should be protected even at the cost of one’s life by one who has subdued one’s mind.
• If from fear of folly or even from desire (of some gain) a man does not justly protect a refugee according to his capacity, the sin incurred by him is despised in the World.
• If remaining unprotected, a refugee perishes before the eyes of the man who is able to protect him, the former takes away all his merit.
• In this way a major sin is incurred by failure to protect refugees under such circumstances; for such failure shuts out heaven, brings infamy and puts an end to one’s strength and virility.
• I shall follow the excellent counsel of kaNDu, which is in accordance with facts, is exceedingly righteous and is conducive to fame and actually leads to heaven at the time of reward.”

Comments
Pallavi by itself is not complete in meaning unless joined with anupallavi. Therefore, it is possible that pallavi and anupallavi put together forms a single unit. In my opinion, anupallavi should be merged with pallavi; consequently, there may not be any anupallavi.

¹ – mannintunani – this word has meanings ‘respect’, ‘honour’ and ‘forgive’. Generally, ‘forgive’ is the meaning assigned to this word. However, as vibhIshaNa has not committed any crime directly against SrI rAma, the meaning ‘forgive’ may not be appropriate. Therefore, the meaning ‘respect’ has been adopted.
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³ – vajra – This is how it is given in all books. vAli is the son of indra; ‘vajra’ (thunderbolt) is the weapon of indra; ‘vajra’ also means ‘hard’, ‘adamantine’ etc. vAli’s chest is renowned as impregnable like vajra. In the present context, though the word refers to vAli only, the reason why SrI tyAgarAja has used it, is not clear. It is possible that there is an error in the kRti.

⁴ - mura hari – hari – though a name of vishNu, it may not be taken as such because of the preceding word ‘mura’. Therefore, the secondary meaning - yama or take away – has been used for translation. Generally, the epithet is murAri (mura+ari) or mura hara.
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