pallavi
1satta lEni dinamulu vaccenA
anupallavi
2satta mAtramA sac-citta SAyi
sAkEta nilaya daiva (satta)
caraNam
kali-lOna 3prathama pAdamulO
4tali-daNDri guru bhaktiyu lEka
palumAru dush-kRtyamb(o)narpa
valenA tyAgarAja nuta daiva (satta)
pallavi
satta lEni dinamulu vaccenA
Are days (dinamulu) of absence of rule (satta lEni) here (vaccenA) (literally come)?
anupallavi
satta mAtramA sac-citta SAyi
sAkEta nilaya daiva (satta)
O Pure (mAtramA) Existence (satta)! O Lord abiding (SAyi) in the pure (sat) minded (citta) (sac-citta) people! O Resident (nilaya) of ayOdhyA (sAkEta)!
Are days of absence of divine (daiva) rule here?
caraNam
kali-lOna prathama pAdamulO
tali-daNDri guru bhaktiyu lEka
palumAru dush-kRtyambu-onarpa
valenA tyAgarAja nuta daiva (satta)
In (lOna) the age of kali (kali-lOna), in the very first (prathama) quarter (pAdamulO) itself,
should (valenA) people often (palumAru) commit (onarpa) wicked deeds (dush-kRtyambu) (dushkRtyambonarpa),
without (lEka) devotion (bhaktiyu) towards one’s parents (tali-daNDri) and preceptor (guru)?
O Lord praised (nuta) by this tyAgarAja! Are days of absence of divine (daiva) rule here?
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
4 – tali-daNDri – talli taNDri. As per telugu Dictionary, ‘tali-daNDri’ is correct. Accordingly, the same has been adopted.
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References
3 - prathama pAda – the present age is called the first quarter of kali yuga.
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Comments
1 – satta lEni - Though the word 'satta', generally means ‘goodness’, in the present context, it has been translated as ‘rule’, in keeping with connecting word ‘daiva’ (daiva satta lEni) in anupallavi and caraNam. In modern times, the word ‘sattA’ means ‘governance’.
2 – satta mAtramA – here the word ‘satta’ indicates the ‘sat’ of ‘sat-cit-Ananda’.
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