pallavi
yajn(A)dulu sukham(a)nuvAriki samul-
(a)jnAnulu galarA O manasA
anupallavi
su-jnAna daridra paramparul-
(a)sura cittulu jIv(A)tma himsa gala (yajnAdulu)
caraNam
bahu janmambula 1vAsana yutulai
ahi visha sama vishay(A)kRshTulai
2bahir-Ananulai tyAgarAju
bhajiyincu 3SrI rAmuni teliyaka (yajnAdulu)
pallavi
yajna-Adulu sukhamu-anuvAriki samulu-
ajnAnulu galarA O manasA
O My Mind (manasA)! Are there (galarA) ignorant persons (ajnAnulu) equal (samulu) (samulajnAnulu) to those who declare (anuvAriki) (literally say) that sacrificial oblations (yajna) etc (Adulu) (yajnAdulu) bring comfort (sukhamu) (sukhamanuvAriki)?
anupallavi
su-jnAna daridra paramparulu-
asura cittulu jIva-Atma himsa gala (yajnAdulu)
O My Mind! Are there ignorant persons equal to those who declare that sacrificial oblations etc, which involve (gala) cruelty (himsa) to living beings (jIvAtma) bring comfort?
They indeed belong to the lineage (paramparulu) of paupers (daridra) in true knowledge (sujnAna) and are demoniac (asura) (paramparulasura) minded (cittulu).
caraNam
bahu janmambula vAsana yutulai
ahi visha sama vishaya-AkRshTulai
bahir-Ananulai tyAgarAju
bhajiyincu SrI rAmuni teliyaka (yajnAdulu)
O My Mind! Are there ignorant persons equal to those who,
being possessed of (yutulai) deep ingrained impressions (vAsana) of many (bahu) births (janmambula),
having being drawn (AkRshTulai) to cobra (ahi) poison (visha) like (sama) sense enjoyments (vishaya) (vishayAkRshTulai), and
having focus (Ananulai) (literally eyes turned) towards external objects (bahiH) (bahirAnanulai),
declare that sacrificial oblations etc bring comfort, without understanding (teliyaka) Lord SrI rAma (rAmuni) whose name is chanted (bhajiyincu) by this tyAgarAja (tyAgarAju)?
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
References
1 - vAsana – Please refer to patanjali yOga sUtras, Chapter 4 (verses 8 – 11).
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2 - bahirAnana – The following two names of Mother appearing in lalitA sahasra nAmaM are relevant –
OM antarmukha samArAdhyAyai namaH (870)
OM bahirmukha sudurlabhAyai namaH (871)
“Saltulations to Her whose worship is easy for those whose mental gaze is turned inward;
Saltuations to Her whose worship is difficult for those whose mental gaze goes outwards.” (Translation Swami Tapasyananda)
The following verse of SrImad-bhagavad-gItA, Chapter 7 is relevant –
bahUnAM janmanAmantE jnAnavAnmAM prapadyantE ||
vAsudEvaH sarvamiti sa mahAtmA sudurlabhaH || 19 ||
At the end of many births, the man of wisdom takes refuge in Me, realising that all this is vAsudEva (the innermost Self). Very rare is that great soul. (Translation by Swami Swarupananda)
Please also refer to verse of kathOpanishad ‘parAnci khAni’ (II.i.1) as to why we always look outward and not inward.
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3 – SrI rAmuni teliyaka – Please refer to tyAgarAja kRti 'manavinAlakinca' rAga 'naLina kAnti, wherein he states that SrI rAma showed the right path to the people suffering in Ocean of Worldly Existence –
karma kANDa matAkRshTulai bhava gahana cArulai gAsi jendaga
kani mAnavAvatAruDai kanipincinADE naData.
"Looking at people suffering, by becoming wanderers in the forest of Worldly existence, being drawn towards the set of beliefs as contained in the portion of sacrificial (ritulistic) actions of vEdas, the Lord having embodied as a human being exemplified the right conduct."
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