Manasu nilpa
From Sahityam
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[edit] Pallavi
manasu nilpa zakti lEka pOtE Show Detailsmadhura ghaNTa2 virula pUjEmi1 jEyunu | If one does not have the capacity to restrain the mind, what will worship with a sweet-sounding bell and flowers accomplish? |
[edit] Anupallavi
ghana durmaduDai tA munigitE Show DetailskAvEri mandAkini yeTu3 brOcunu | If an arrogant person takes a holy dip, how can (river) Kaveri or (river) Ganga save him? |
[edit] Charanam
sOmidamma4 sogasu-gANDra kOritE Show DetailssOmayAji5 swargArhuDaunO6 kAma-krOdhuDu7 tapambonarcitE kAci rakSiJcunO tyAgarAja nuta | Will the performer of Soma sacrifice become eligible for heaven if his wife desires a lover? if a person given to lust and anger, performs penance, will it fructify and protect him? One praised by Tyagaraja! |
[edit] Variations
- 1pUjEmi – pUjayEmi
[edit] Commentary
- 2Could this have been kaNTha?
- 3mandAkini – a tributary of Ganga. However, it is another name of Ganga. In Srimad-Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kanda, Chapter 95, the river adjoining Chitrakuta (Chitrakoot) is also called Mandakini.
- 4sOmidamma – sOmi-dEvamma – A title conferred on the wife of a sOmayAjin.
- 5sOma-yAji – The details of sOma sacrifice are contained in [Yajurveda – Kanda 6]
- 6swargArhuDaunO – As per Hindu Traditions, no sacrificial rite can be performed without wife; therefore, if the wife is corrupt, the rite would be of no value.
- This is a simile for the mind and body; they should function in unison, otherwise, hypocritic actions will not give the desired results. Pure and harmonious actions of mind-speech-body (manO-vAk-kAya) - known as tri-karaNa zuddhi - is emphasised for achieving any purpose. (Advaita-Sadhana – Discourses by Kanchi Mahaswami Chandrasekharendra Saraswati)
- 7 kAma krOdhuDu – This will apply to all the six internal enemies – kAma, krOdha, lObha, mada, mAtsarya.
- General – Please also refer to Kriti Manasu swadhinamaina, wherein Sri Tyagaraja states ' To that great person whose mind has been brought under self control, there is no need for further sacred prayers (mantra) or mystical formulae (tantra)?'
