Sugunamule Cheppukonti

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[edit] Lyrics

[edit] Pallavi

suguNamulE ceppukoNTi
sundara raghu rAma
Show Details		I just keep chanting Your virtues,
O Handsome Raghurama!

[edit] Anupallavi

vagaleruGga1 lEkayiTu2
vattuvanucu3 durAsacE (suguNa)
Show Details		Being naive (Or not knowing Your tricks), I just keep chanting Your virtues, with the vain hope that atleast by this method You would manifest.

[edit] Charanam

snAnAdi sukarmambulu4
vEdAdhyayanambuleruga5
zrI nAyaka kSamiyiJcumu
zrI tyAgarAja nuta (suguNa)
Show Details		Meritorious acts such as bathing in sacred waters,
or the study of the Vedas, I know not;
kindly pardon me; O Consort of Lakshmi!
O Lord praised by this Thyagaraja!

[edit] Variations

  • 3vattuvanucu – vaddanucu - vaddunanucu : vattuvanucu - is appropriate.
  • 5vEdAdhyayanambu – vEda dhyAnambu - dAnAdyayanambu : vEdAdhyayana - is appropriate.

[edit] Commentary

  • 1vagaleruGga – the word ‘vaga’ means ‘method’, ‘pretence’, ‘deception’ etc. In some books, this word ‘deception’ has been attributed to the Lord. However, in my opinion, it should refer to Sri Thyagaraja himself, particularly, in view of the word ‘durAsacE’ - see note below. However, both versions have been given.
  • 2iTu – in some books, this word has been translated as 'here'. However, in my opinion, this word would mean 'by this method' of chanting the names of the Lord. This is amplified in the Charana, wherein Sri Thyagaraja clarifies that he does not know other meritorious deeds nor recitation of Vedas. Obviously the Sri Thyagaraja emphasises 'chanting of names' as the only effective method. In the Kriti 'nI bhakti bhAgya sudhA', Sri Thyagaraja enunciates – 'vEdOktambau karmamu veta galgu gatAgatamau' – ' The path of (religious) rites as propounded in Veda results in distressing repeated births and deaths'.
  • 4snAna Adi sukarma - The six daily duties of a Brahmana according to the law books, viz., snAna, sandhyAjapa, brahmayajJa, tarpaNa, hOma, dEvapUjA
    • The other version of the six duties is: adhyAyana (studying or reciting the Vedas), adhyApana (teaching the Vedas), yajana (offering sacrifices), yAjana (conducting sacrifices for others), dAna (charity), pratigraha (receiving gifts). [Monier Williams' dictionary]

[edit] Renditions

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