Idi Samayamura
From Sahityam
[edit] Lyrics
[edit] Pallavi
idi samayamurA ina kula tilaka Show Details | Now is the time (to fulfil Your promise); O Pride of Solar dynasty! |
[edit] Anupallavi
1vidaLita kali durmada gaja gamana Show Details2modaTa palkinadi nijamuga jEya (idi) | O Lord who rent asunder the arrogance of Kali Purusha! O Lord whose gait is like an elephant! now is the time to fulfil what you said earlier. |
[edit] Charanam
kali puruSuDu nATakamunu kaTTa Show DetailstalacinADu zrI tyAgarAja nuta 3khala matamulanE yAgamulaku mEkaluga narula 4jEsi nI daya jUDa (idi) | Kali Purusha is contemplating to enact a drama by making men as (sacrificial) goats in the sacrificial oblations called base sects; O Lord praised by this Thyagaraja! now is the time to show Your compassion on us. |
[edit] Variations
- 4jEsi nI – jEsunE : jEsi nI - is appropriate.
[edit] References
- 1vidaLita kali durmada - kali puruSuDu – In this regard Srimad Bhagavatam – Book One – Chapter 17, verses 38-41are relevant –
- “Thus entreated by Kali, the King (Parikshit) then allocated to him the following (four) places – dice, wine, women, and shambles – the hotbeds of four vices (falsehood, intoxication, passion and cruelty).
- On Kali asking for more abodes, the mighty King assigned him gold (as the fifth abode). Thus he allotted to him falsehood, intoxication, passion and slaughter with animosity as the fifth.
- In obedience to the King’s command, Kali the progenitor of unrighteousness, occupied these five abodes assigned by Parikshit.
- Hence a man seeking blessedness, especially a pious monarch, a leader of the people and a religious preceptor should never resort to these.”
- 2modaTa palkinadi – When read in conjunction with ‘Kali Purusha’, Sri Thyagaraja probably refers to the statement of Lord Krishna in Srimad Bhagavat Gita, Chapter 4 –
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yadA yadA hi dharmasya glAnirbhavati bhArata |
abhyutthAnamadharmasya tadAtmaAnaM sRjAmyahaM ||
paritrANAya sAdhUnAM vinAzAya ca duSkRtAM |
dharmasaMsthApanArthAya saMbhavAmi yugE yugE || (7, 8 )|| - “Whenever, O Descendent of Bharata, there is decline of dharma, and rise of adharma, then I body Myself forth.
- For the protection of the good, for the destruction of the wicked, and for the establishment of dharma, I come into being in every age.” (Translation by Swami Swarupananda)
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[edit] Commentary
- 3khala matamulanE yAgamulaku – When read in conjunction with Anupallavi where ‘Kali Purusha’ is mentioned, Sri Thyagaraja means the pursuit of such activities which lead to the abodes of Kali Purusha (dice, wine, women, and shambles and gold - falsehood, intoxication, passion, cruelty and animosity) as stated above.
- But, in many kRtis, Sri Thyagaraja uses the word ‘mata’ to mean all such practices other than bhakti – particulary the path of Vedic karma – for the sake enjoyments.
[edit] Renditions
Categories: Chaya Nata | Adi | Tyagaraja | Telugu | Kriti
