pallavi
1uNDEdi rAmuD(o)kaDu
Uraka ceDi pOku manasA
anupallavi
caNDa 2mArtANDa madhya
maNDalamunanu celangucun(uNDEdi)
caraNam
tAmas(A)di guNa rahituDu
dharmAtmuDu 3sarva samuDu
kshEma karuDu tyAgarAja
citta hituDu jagamu niNDiy(uNDEdi)
pallavi
uNDEdi rAmuDu-okaDu
Uraka ceDi pOku manasA
It is indeed rAma (rAmuDu) alone (okaDu) (rAmuDokaDu) - the pure Existence (uNDEdi)! O My Mind (manasA)! Don’t be ruined (ceDi pOku) needlessly (Uraka).
anupallavi
caNDa mArtANDa madhya
maNDalamunanu celangucunu-(uNDEdi)
It is indeed rAma alone who is effulgent (celangucunu uNDEdi) (celangucunuNDEdi) in the core (madhya maNDalamunu) (literally in the central region) of the fiercely glowing (caNDa) Sun (mArtANDa);
O My Mind! Don’t be ruined needlessly.
caraNam
tAmasa-Adi guNa rahituDu
dharmAtmuDu sarva samuDu
kshEma karuDu tyAgarAja
citta hituDu jagamu niNDi-(uNDEdi)
He is the Lord beyond (rahituDu) (literally bereft of) the darkness (inertness) (tAmasa) and other (Adi) (tAmasAdi) qualities (guNa); He is embodiment of dharma (dharmAtmuDu); He is equal (samuDu) for all (sarva);
He is the One who bestows (karuDu) (literally cause) welfare (kshEma); He is the benefactor (hituDu) of the mind (or intellect) (citta) of this tyAgarAja;
It is indeed rAma alone who pervades (niNDi uNDEdi) (literally fills) (niNDiyuNDEdi) the whole Universe (jagamu)! O My Mind! Don’t be ruined needlessly.
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
3 – sarva samuDu – sarvasvamuDu.
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References
2 – mArtANDa madhya maNDalamu – The following verses from SrImad bhAgavataM, Book 5, Chapter 20 are relevant –
aNDa madhya gataH sUryO dyAvAbhUmyOryadantaraM |
sUryANDagOlayOrmadhyE kOTyaH syuH pancaviMSatiH ||
mRtE(a)NDa Esha Etasmin yadabhUttato mArtaNDa iti vyapadESaH |
hiraNyagarbha iti yaddhiraNyANDasamudbhavaH ||
sUryENa hi vibhajyantE diSaH khaM dyaurmahI bhidA |
svargApavargO narakA rasaukAMsi ca sarvaSaH ||
dEvatiryaGmanushyANAM sarIsRpasavIrudhAM |
sarva jIvanikayAnAM sUrya AtmA dRgISvaraH || 43 – 46 ||
“(The orb of) the sun is located in the middle of the egg (of this universe), which corresponds to the centre of space lying between the upper and lower shells of the cosmic egg. The (extent of) space between (the orb of) the sun and (the outer shell of) the cosmic egg (on all sides) is twenty-five crore Yojanas (or two thousand million miles) (43).
Because the sun-god appeared in this lifeless (inanimate) egg (as the Cosmic Being), the appellation of mArtaNDa (mRtE aNDa bhavaH) has been applied to him (ever) since. He is (also) called hiraNyagarbha inasmuch as he (the sun) represents the embryo (located) in (the centre of) the golden egg (of this universe) (44).
By the sun indeed are divided (clearly defined) the quarters, the heavens, the celestial region, the earth and (other such) distinctions (divisions), the worlds of enjoyment and supreme bliss (final beatitude), the infernal regions (where one undergoes tortures of various kinds), the subterranean worlds (atala and so on) and all (other divisions) (45).
Of Gods and human beings as well as of subhuman creatures (that are oblong in shape), of reptiles and plants (the vegetable kingdom), nay of all species of living beings, the sun-god is the very Self (the animating spirit) as well as the deity presiding over their eyesight (46).
Lord Siva is also called mArtaNDa bhairava
One of the names of lalitA mahAtripura sundari is ‘mArtaNDa bhairavArAdhya’ – lalita sahasranAmaM (785).
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Comments
1 – uNDEdi – This word when not connected to anupallavi and caraNa would be translated as ‘One who is Existence’ – ‘sat’ of ‘sat-cit-Ananda’.
3 – sarva samuDu – One who treats friends and foes alike. Please refer to saundarya lahari (57 last line)
"vanE vA harmyE vA samakara-nipAtO himakaraH"
....Whether it is a forest or a mansion the Moon pours his moonlight equally.
Please refer to - discourse of paramAcArya of kAncI on the SlOka
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