Manasa Mana Samarthya
From Sahityam
[edit] Lyrics
[edit] Pallavi
manasA mana sAmarthyamEmi O (manasA) Show Details | O My Mind! Of what avail our skills? |
[edit] Anupallavi
vinu sAkEta rAju vizvamanE rathamunekki Show Detailstana sAmarthyamucE tAnE naDipiJcenE (manasA) | Listen! Lord Rama - the King of Ayodhya - mounting on the chariot called the Universe, is conducting it Himself by His own skill! |
[edit] Charanam
ala nADu vasiSThAdulu paTTamu kaTTE Show Detailspalukula vini vEgamE bhUSaNamulosagina kaikanu palumAru jagambulu 1kallalanina ravijuni mAya vala vEsi tyAgarAja varaduDu tA 2canaga lEdA (manasA) | That day, didn't He (Lord rAma) - the bestower of boons to this Thyagaraja - by casting His net of illusion wide, change (the minds of) – (1) Kaikeyi, who, hearing (through her maid servant mandara) the words of Vasishtha and others regarding His (Rama's) coronation, immediately gifted away her ornaments (to her maid servant), and (2) Sugriva – son of Sun who often lamented that the World is illusory? |
[edit] Variations
- 1kallalanina – kallamanina
[edit] Commentary
- 2canaga lEdA – though the word ‘canaga’ has been translated as ‘change’, the exact meaning is not clear.
