Nitya Rupa
From Sahityam
[edit] Lyrics
[edit] Pallavi
nitya rUpa evari pANDityamEmi naDucurA Show Details | O Lord of Eternal form! Of what avail anyone’s erudition (or skill)? |
[edit] Anupallavi
satyamainayAjna mIra sAmarthyamu kaladA (nitya) Show Details | Has anyone the competence to transgress Your decree based on eternal Truth;O Lord of Eternal form! Of what avail anyone’s erudition (or skill)? |
[edit] Charanam
bhAnu pagalu rEyi ratna sAnu juTTaDA Show DetailspUni zESuDamita bhAra bhUmi mOyaDA vInulandu kAzI pati nI nAmamu palkaDA mAni tyAgarAja vinuta mahimAspadamagu nI mundu (nitya) | Would the Sun dare not circle the Mount Meru day and night? would Sesha dare not resolutely bear the very weighty Earth? would Lord Siva – the Lord of Kasi – dare not utter Your name in the ears of those who die in Kas? O Respectable Lord praised by this Tyagaraja! O Lord of Eternal form! Of what avail anyone’s erudition (or skill) in front of You who is the very source of all mights? |
[edit] Variations
- 2rEyi – It is given as ‘rEyu’ in all the books. Here, the word means ‘night’. Therefore, ‘rEyi’ is the correct word; ‘rEyu’ has a different meaning. Therefore ‘rEyi’ has been adopted.
[edit] References
- 1satyamaina Ajna mIra – The following verse from Kathopanishad, II.iii. refers –
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bhayAdasyAgnistapati bhayAttapati sUryaH |
bhayAdindrazca vAyuzca mRtyurdhAvati paJcamaH || 3 || - “From fear of Him Fire burns, from fear shines the Sun; from fear run Indra and Air, and Death, the fifth.” (Translation by Swami Gambhirananda)
- 3ratna sAnu – Mount Meru – The North Pole is considered to be Mount Meru where the Sun never sets for six months. Please refer to a folklore on the subject in the websites - [Mount Meru-1] and [Mount Meru-2]
- 4zESa – Stated to support the seven nether regions (Patalas) with seven upper regions, and therefore, the entire world.
- 5kAzI pati – “Dying in the sacred Brahmanala in Kashi, he will get the Taraka-mantra and also liberation, without rebirth. On dying anywhere (else) in Kashi, Maheshvara will utter the Taraka-mantra in his right ear.” – Dialogue between Sri Rama and Anjaneya in [Muktika Upanishad]
- 6mahimAspadamaguMuktika Upanishad – who is the source of all mights – Please refer to Tyagaraja Kriti '
nArada gAna lOla' – rAga aThANA , Sri Tyagaraja states –
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nIvu lEkayE tanuvulu niratamugA naDucunu
nIvu lEkayE taruvulu nikkamugA molucunu
nIvu lEkayE vAnalu nityamugA kuriyunu
nIvu lEka tyAgarAju nI guNamulaneTu pADunu - Without You how bodies would ever move about ceaselessly? without You how trees would ever grow resolutely? without You how rains would ever fall unfailingly? or, without You how would this Tyagaraja ever sing your glory?
- The Brhadaranyaka Upanishad statement is relevant -
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yaH sarvESu bhUtESu tiSThan sarvEbhyO bhUtebhyO(a)ntaraH
yaM sarvANi bhUtAni na viduH yasya sarvANi bhUtAni zarIraM
yaH sarvANi bhUtAnyantarO yamayati
ESa ta AtmAntaryAmyamRtaH || (III.vii.15) - “He who inhabits all beings, but is within them, whom no being knows, whose body is all beings, and who controls all beings from within, is the Internal Ruler, your own immortal Self.” (Translation by Swami Madhavandanda)
