Oka Maata
From Sahityam
[edit] Lyrics
[edit] Pallavi
oka mATa 1oka bANam- Show Details2oka patnI vratuDE manasA | O My Mind! Lord Sri Rama is vowed to one Word, one arrow and one wife. |
[edit] Anupallavi
3oka cittamu kalavADE Show Detailsoka nADunu maravakavE (oka) | He has unwavering mind (OR single willed); never forget Him. |
[edit] Charanam
4cira jIvitvamu nirjara Show Detailsvara 5mOkSamosaGgunE dhara 6baragE dEvuDE tyAgarAja nutuDu (oka) | He confers long-life and non-decaying blessed state of emancipation; He is the God effulgent on this Earth; O My Mind! Lord Sri Rama - praised by this Thyagaraja - is vowed to one word, one arrow and one wife. |
[edit] Variations
- 4 cira jIvitvamu – ciraJjIvitvamu
- 5mOkSamu – saukhyamu : mOkSamu - seems to be appropriate.
- 6baragE – baragu
[edit] References
- 3oka cittamu – ‘cittamu’ also means ‘will’. In Vishnu Sahasra Nama, one of the names of the Lord is ‘siddha sankalpa:’ (253)
- “Siddhasankalpah -Sankalpa means “intellectual willing and wishing”. One who gains all that He wishes for, or One who immediately gains what He wills is called Siddha-sankalpah. Ordinarily we fail to gain what we demand because of the disintegration within ourselves. The Lord, the Perfect, is One who instantaneously gains all that He wishes; hence the Upanishads define Him as the Satya Sankalpavaan.” [Vishnu Sahasra Nama]
[edit] Commentary
- 1oka bANamu – this may be translated as ‘single aim’ or ‘never failing in one’s aim’.
- 2oka patNI – One of the reasons for which Sri Rama is called ‘maryAda puruSOttama’ is his vow for single wife. This is one of ‘limits’ (maryAda) set by Sri Rama as opposed to even his own father – Dasaratha – who is stated to have had 60,000 wives other than 4 queens.
- 4cira jIvitvamu nirjara vara mOkSamu – Sri Thyagaraja seems to mean ‘bhukti’ and ‘mukti’ here.
[edit] Renditions
Categories: Hari Kambhoji | Rupakam | Tyagaraja | Telugu | Kriti
