Kanna Talli
From Sahityam
Lyrics
Pallavi
kanna talli nIvu nApAla kaluga Show Details1gAsi cendanElanamma | O Mother who bore me! When You are present with me why should I feel weary? |
Anupallavi
vennayuNDa nEtikiyevaraina Show Detailsvesana paDudurA tripura sundari (kanna) | O Mother Tripurasundari! Will anyone worry about ghee when there is butter? |
Charanams Combined
1. ella vAri dhanamulazvamulu mari Show Detailsekkuvaina gaTTi middelanniyu kalla kAni kanna vArulu kAJcu sukhamu sunnayanucunu ullamunanu bAga telusukoNTini 2Uraka dhanikula 3sambhASaNamu nE- nolla mAyalani telisi 4rajju pai- yuraga buddhi cendanElanammA nanu (kanna) 2. paluku maJci kAni bAndhavulu mari bAva maradulakkalanna tammulu kalimi jUcu vAru lEmini kanula kAna rAru anucunu talacukonna venuka vAri mAyala tagala jAlanammA maru marIci- kalanu jUci 5nIrani bhramasi kandurA Adipura vihAriNi nanu (kanna) 3. kanaka bhUSaNamula peTTi mariyu sogasu jEsi pAlu pOsi peJcina tanuvu satamu kAdu nirmala- tanamiJcuka lEdanucunu anudinamonariJcu sat-kriyala nIkani palkina tyAgarAja rakSaki vinumanniTa nIvaniyerigi vElpula vEraniyeJcudurA tripura sundari nanu (kanna) | 1. I have understood well in my mind that – (a) wealth, horses and very strong storeyed houses – all these belonging to people - are but false, and (b) the comfort derived by those who possess these is but a nought; (c) it is not without reason I dislike all the talks of the rich; O Mother! having known that all these to be grand illusion, why should I entertain the idea of ‘snake in the rope’? O Mother who bore me! When You are present with us, why should I feel weary? 2. O Mother! After having concluded that – relatives and (the nears) - brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, elder sisters, elder brothers, younger brothers – whose words are not beneficient, and who look for wealth, would not set eyes during poverty, I shall not get caught in their tricks; having been confounded looking at the vanishing mirages to be water, is it possible to find water really? O Mother abiding at Adipura (Thiruvotriyur) who bore me! when You are present with us, why should I feel weary? 3. O Protector of this Thyagaraja who - having considered that this body - groomed by beautifying by adorning golden ornaments and by feeding nice food - is not permanent, and there is not even a little purity (in the body), surrendered all pious deeds performed daily to be for Your sake! please listen; having known that You exist in everything, would anyone consider other Gods to be different from You? O Mother Tripurasundari, who bore me! when You are present with us, why should I feel weary? |
Variations
- 1gAsi cenda – gAsi centa : gAsi cenda - is appropriate.
- 2Uraka - UrakE
- 3sambhASaNamu – sambhASaNa
- 5nIrani – nIranucu
Commentary
- 4rajjupain(u)raga buddhi – ‘snake on the rope’ – in Vedanta, this is one of the famous similes given to explain the superimposition of falsehood over truth – the rope being the truth, in darkness, one instinctively fears it to be a snake and when light is shed, the truth becomes known. This similes are given in many Vedanta texts. Please refer to Upadesa SahasrI (A Thousand Teachings) of Adi Sankara – Chapter 18 – verse 46 –
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rajjusarpO yathA rajjvA sAtmakaH prAgvivEkata: |
avastusannapi hyESa kUTasthEnAtmanA tathA || 46 || - “Just as a rope-snake (a rope mistaken for a snake), though unreal, has an existence due to that of the rope before the discrimination between the rope and the snake takes place; so, the transmigratory condition, though unreal, is possessed of an existence (Empirical or phenomenal existence) due to that (Real Existence) of the changeless Self.” (Translation by Swami Jagadananda).
- The following verse from Ashtavakra Gita is also relevant –
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yatra vizvam idaM bhAti kalpitaM rajju-sarpavat
Ananda-paramAnandaH sa bodhas tvaM sukhaM bhava. 1.10
- “That in which all this appears - imagined like the snake in a rope, that joy, supreme joy and awareness is what you are, so be happy.”
- For more information on Ashtavakra Gita, please visit site – [Ashtavakra Gita]
