Saturday, December 5, 2015

puTTubhOgulamu mEmu

puTTubhOgulamu mEmu bhuvi haridAsulamu naTTanaDimi doralu nAkIyyavalenA                                      // pallavi //

pallakIlu, aMdalAlu, paDivAgetEtIlu
velliviri mahAlakShmIvilAsamulu
talli yAke maganinEdaivamani kolichEmu
vollagE mAkEsirulu voru liyyavalenA                       // puTTu //

grAmamulu ratnamulu gajamukhyavastuvulu
AmanibhUkAMtaku aMgabhEdAlu
bhAmini yAkemagani prANadhAri leMkalamu
vOmi mAkAtaDE yichchI voruliyyavalenA              nj // puTTu //

pasagalapadavulu brahmanirmitamulu
vesa brahmataMDri SrIvEMkaTESuDu
vosagi yAtaDE mammu nEli inniyu nichche
vosagina mAsommulu voruliyyavalenA                  // puTTu //

word by word meanings

Pallavi

puTTubhOgulamu: rich by birth
mEmu: we
bhuvi: on the earth
haridAsulamu,: servants of Sri hari
naTTanaDimi: in between
doralu: masters
nAkIyyavalenA: should they give

Summary:

By being "haridasa"s, we are rich by birth. Why should we look for the arms from the earthly chiefs.

Charanam 1

pallakIlu: a pallanquin
aMdalAlu: open pallaki.
paDivAgetIlu: neighing horses
velliviri: opulence
mahAlakShmIvilAsamulu: the prowess of mother maha Lakshmi
talli: mother
yAke(synonym Ame)
maganinEdaivamani kolichEmu
vollagE mAkEsirulu voru liyyavalenA

Summary:

All the material wealth that these kings use to entice us to compose on them are goddess lakshmi's! We pray to the Lord of the piratti. Why do we care for the opulence of these kings!

Charanam 2

grAmamulu: lands

ratnamulu: pearls and emeralds
gajamukhyavastuvulu: things like elephants etc
AmanibhUkAMtaku: mother earth's
aMgabhEdAlu: ornaments
bhAmini: lady
yAke: her
magani: husband
prANadhAri: the one who sustains lives leMkalamu:
vOmi: this is a local usage suggesting rakshana
mAkAtaDE yichchI: he gives
voruliyyavalenA: why do we expect others?

Summary:
Why do we need the earthly luxuries given to us by the royalty? Are these not mother earth's bounty? We are the servants of the sustainer of the universe. He takes care of our poshana. What we need for our daily living, he takes care.Why do we, then, need the patronage of the royalty?

Charanam 3

pasagalapadavulu: Sears of power
brahmanirmitamulu: created by Brahma
vesa: quickly
brahmataMDri SrIvEMkaTESuDu: Lord venkatesa, the father of Brahma

vosagi: give
yAtaDE mammu nEli: being outer ruler
inniyu nichche: gave all these

vosagina mAsommulu: these divine gifts given to us by
voruliyyavalenA: do others need to give is?

Summary
All that great positions of royalty are created by Brahma. When the father of Brahma, Sri venkatesa himself is eager to bless us with the ultimate position, moksha, why do we care about the positions offered by the royalty!

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This reminds us of the tyagarAja kriti- "niDhi chAlA suKhama" and Pothana's slokam:
కాటుక కంటి నీరు చనుకట్టు పయింబడ నేల యేడ్చెదో కైటభదైత్యమర్దనుని గాదిలి కోడల! యో మదంబ! యో హాటకగర్భురాణి! నిను నాకటికిం గొనిపోయి యల్ల కర్ణాట కిరాట కీచకులు కమ్మ త్రిశుద్ధిగ నమ్ము భారతీ!

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