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Here i attempt to present one of the Tatva Pada (Philosophical Song) from Sri
Kanakadasaru as i understand it....
DiMbadalliru va jeeva kamba sutra goMbeyanthe
DiMbadalliru va jeeva kamba sutra goMbeyanthe
Yendigaadarodu dina saavu tappadO
Yendigaadarodu dina saavu tappadO
Meaning:
Jeevatma in the body is
like the puppet held by string and pole
Sure someday there is death for the
body!
Sure someday there is death for the
body!!
Gist:
The poet says that the Jeevi (mind and intellect index) is in the body as
a puppet that is hung by the string and a pole. But reminds us that the game
has to end as someday there is death for the body. The game has to end someday!
huTTuttEnuu taraliLLa, saayuttEnuu oYYalilla
Suttu Suttu sunnadaraLu Ayiteedeha
Hotte balu keTTadeMdu yestu kasta madidaru
bittU hoguvaaga geNu batte kaaNadO
Meaning:
Did not bring anything in birth or will
not take anything at death
All that remains of the body when
charred is only limestone
Hardship is endured to see the pot belly
is not in dearth
Alas! While leaving there is not even a
piece of cloth on
Gist:
That Jeevi neither brought anything at
birth nor does it take anything after death. The residue when the human
body is burnt is limestone (calcium carbonate which is inorganic carbon).
Though the Jeevi puts the body to hardship just to fill his stomach, what
remains on the body is not even a piece of cloth after death.
Hattu yentu laksha galisi matte saaladeMdu
Parara Arthakkagi aase pattu nyaya maadvarO
bitti belasu tannadeMdu vyartha chintheyannu
maadi
sattu hodamele Artha yaarigaagudO
Meaning:
Earned in lakhs and yet not satisfied
with what he has
Wishing for the fortune of others he
does mediation
Thinking all that he has sown and grown
is all his
After death his wealth is for other in succession
Gist:
Eventhough a person earns a lot he is
not satisfied and contented with what he has, instead he wishes to add more by
poking his nose into other peoples affairs. He foolishly thinks all that he has
earned in the way of sowing and harvesting is his but after his death all that
he has amassed is free for all.
heNNU hoNNu maNNu muuru tannallidO uNNalilla
aNNa tamma taayi tande bayasalaagadO
anna vastra bhoogakkagi tanna sukhava kaaNalilla
maNNu paalu adamele yaarigagudO
Meaning:
Never enjoyed the company of the three that was his namely woman, gold and property
He never preferred his brothers, mother and father
For food, clothing and material wealth
he lost his peace and tranquility
When the body merges with soil
everything is ether
Gist:
The physical body yearns for three
namely a companion as wife or a life partner, and then wealth in the form of
jewels and finally property in the form of house. The Jeevi is so crazy in
wanting more that even if it has all the three it will never enjoy. It will
never want brothers mother father as he has become selfish. To gain food cloth
and material wealth he loses his peace, but when his body merges with the soil
it is someone else who will benefit all that he has so earned.
belli bangaariTTukoMDu oLLe vastra
hoddukoMdu
chaLLA piLLa gOmbeyanthe agihOdanE
haLLa haridu hooguvaga guLLe bandu
oDeyuvanthe
guLLe pOreyaMte kaaNoo samsaradaata
Meaning:
With silver and gold and best of
clothing
He becomes most loved and pampered toy
As the water bubble burst in the water
flowing
That thin layer of water bubble is your life is
my boy
Gist:
With all that he has earned he buys
himself the best of cloths and jewelry. Wearing them on he looks like a
pampered and most loved toy. But all this is short lived just as the water
bubble that is on the flowing water that can burst anytime. Life is as tenuous
as that water bubble is what the poet warns us all.
vaarthe kirthi yembo eradu sattamele
bandavaYYa
vastu prana naayakanu hyange dorakuvanO
krtru kageneleyaadi keshavana Charana Kamala
nityadalli bhagisi sukhiyagi baaLelO
sukhiyagi baaLelO
Meaning:
Fame and status are the two that comes
after death
But how can one seek the leader of
living and non living while alive?
The lotus feet of Adi-Kesava of the
Kaginele who is the Doer
Live Blissful by remembering Him daily……
Live Blissful
Gist:
A person is elevated to fame and his
status is upheld after his death. How can one attain the Lord here the poet
addresses Him who is the sole Doer as the Nayaka (Lord) of Vastu (Non-living)
and Prana (Living). Asking this question the poet himself gives away the
secret. One who always chants and praises the lotus feet of Adi-Keshava of
Kaginele (a village in the Byadagi taluk of Haveri district, Karnataka.) the
birth place of Kanakadasa,
My humble Submission: I have made an honest attempt to
translate this meaningful song from the great Saint Poet, if the meaning is not
congruous it is because of my untidy work. This work which I have attempted is
an effort by me who do not have the thought to match the great Saint Poets
thinking ........ please excuse my mistakes if any...
(This song sung by Sri Mysore Ramachandrachar for teleserial Sri
Raghavendra Vaibhava) ....listen and enjoy....
This great devotee of Lord Krishna has
made the Lord turn towards him.....read on
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