[Advaita-l] Sivaanandalahari - 13

[D.V.N. Sarma]

Translation

Why and to what purpose is this human birth of mine?
Believe me. I trust in you only. Now it is upto you.

I do not forget taking food or
pleasures of family life or sensual enjoyment.
O Madhava! This is due to your Maya.

But I do forget elevating knowledge and the secret of ultimate reality
and the Guru and even God.
O Madhava! This is also due to your Maya.

I do not discard sinful and meritorious acts or
my bad qualities or innumerable desires.
O Vishnu! This is due to your Maya.

But I do discard the shaTkarmas and renunciation
and pure conduct.
O Vishnu! This is also due to your Maya.

I get ensnared in many bad habits and bondages of sansara.
But I never get ensnared in my thoughts by the path leading to liberation.
But-
O! Sri Venkateswara! You have shown yourself as my inner ruler.
You have accepted me as your own. How can there be this Maya for me?

The idea is, whatsoever may be their shortcomings, the Lord ensures that his
devotees are saved because their acts are due to his Maya only.

regards,
Sarma.



On 11/11/09, Anbu sivam2 <anbesivam2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Sharmaji,
>
> Quote: "Your translation needs some polishing."
>
> I agree.  I am a Tamilian.  I suppose I conveyed the essence of the krithi.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 4:30 PM, D.V.N. Sarma <dvnsarma at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Here is the telugu text.
>>
>> ప|| ఎక్కడి మానుష జన్మం బెత్తిన ఫలమే మున్నది | నిక్కము నిన్నే నమ్మితి
>> నీ చిత్తంబికను ||
>>
>> చ|| మరవను ఆహారంబును మరవను సంసార సుఖము | మరవను యింద్రియ భోగము మాధవ నీ మాయ |
>> మరచెద సుజ్ఞానంబును మరచెద తత్త్వ రహస్యము | మరచెద గురువును దైవము మాధవ నీ మాయ
>> ||
>>
>> చ|| విడువను పాపము పుణ్యము విడువను నా దుర్గుణములు | విడువను మిక్కిలి
>> యాసలు విష్ణుడ నీమాయ |
>> విడిచెద షట్కర్మంబులు విడిచెద వైరాగ్యంబును | విడిచెద నాచారంబును విష్ణుడ
>> నీమాయ ||
>>
>> చ|| తగిలెద బహు లంపటముల తగిలెద బహు బంధంబుల | తగులను మోక్షపు మార్గము
>> తలపున యెంతైనా |
>> అగపడి శ్రీ వేంకటేశ్వర అంతర్యామివై | నగి నగి నను నీవేలితి నాకా యీమాయ ||
>>
>> Your translation needs some polishing.
>>
>> regards,
>> Sarma.
>>
>>
>> On 11/11/09, D.V.N. Sarma <dvnsarma at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On 11/10/09, Anbu sivam2 <anbesivam2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Sivaanandalahari - 13
>> >>
>> >> आसारे संसारे निजभजन-दूरे जडधिया
>> >> भ्रमन्तं मामन्धं परम-कृपया पातु-मुचितम् ।
>> >> मदन्य: को दीन-स्तव कृपण-रक्षाति-निपुण-
>> >> स्त्वदन्य: को वा मे त्रिजगति शरण्य: पशुपते ॥ १३ ॥ १३ ॥
>> >>
>> >> AsAre saMsAre nijabhajana-dUre jaDadhiyA
>> >> bhramantaM mAmandhaM parama-kRupayA pAtu-muchitam |
>> >> madanya: ko dIna-stava kRupaNa-rakShAti-nipuNa-
>> >> stvadanya: ko vA me trijagati SaraNya: paSupate || 13 ||
>> >>
>> >> It is worth protecting me with compassion as I am running around like a
>> >> blind man with dull wit leading a life that is useless and unfavourable
>> >> for
>> >> meditation. Who is poorer than me? Oh Pasupathi! Who else, in the three
>> >> worlds, will protect me other than you who is the ultimate in
>> >> protection
>> >> of
>> >> the poor?
>> >>
>> >> *Commentary*
>> >>
>> >> Aum
>> >>
>> >> என்போல் எளியவரும் எங்கெங்கு பார்த்தாலும்
>> >> உன் போல் வலியவரும் உண்டோ பராபரமே
>> >> (தாயுமானவர்)
>> >>
>> >> SivaprasaadEna vinaa na buddhi: sivaprasaadhEna vinaa na yukthi:|
>> >> SivaprasaadEna vinaa na siddhi: sivaprasaadhEna vinaa na mukthi:||
>> >>
>> >> Hey! PasupathE! exclaims AchaaryaaL. Who is a ‘pasu’? ‘Pasyantheethi
>> >> pasava:’ Those jeevas who take the objects sensed by the karmEndriyaas
>> as
>> >> real and suffer their lives in this samsaara are called ‘pasu’. They
>> >> are
>> >> bound by three paasams (literally chains) called kaamam, karmam and
>> >> maayai
>> >> and thus live a life of agnaanis.
>> >>
>> >> What is maayai? It is the inability to know the subtle secret of
>> >> getting
>> >> janma saabalyam given in the Vedantha saasthra. Annamacharya laments on
>> >> the
>> >> obstacles created by the maaya in the following keerthana.
>> >>
>> >> Ekkadi mAnusha janmam bethina phalame unnadhi nikkamu ninnE nammithi
>> >> nee
>> >> chithambikanU
>> >> (What is the use of getting a manusha janmam? It is now left to you)
>> >>
>> >> maravanu ahArambulu maravanu samsArasukhamu maravanu indriya bhogamu
>> >> mAdhava
>> >> nee mAya
>> >> By your Maya do I forget eating, happiness of life, sense-pleasures...
>> >>
>> >> marachedha sugyAnambunu marachedha thatva rahasyamu marachedha guruvunu
>> >> daivamu mAdhava nee mAya
>> >> But by our Maya I  do forget acquiring gnana, I forget all the thathva
>> >> rahasya, I forget my Guru and the God
>> >>
>> >> viduvanu pApamu punyamu viduvanu nA durgunamulu viduvanu mikkiliyAsalu
>> >> vishnuda nee mAya
>> >> And by your Maya I do not give up doing paapa and puNya karmas, I do
>> >> not
>> >> give up my dhurguNa as also my greed
>> >>
>> >> vidichedha shatkaaryambulu vidichedha vAiragyambunu vidichedha
>> >> Acharambunu
>> >> vishnuda nee maya
>> >>  By your Maya, I do not practice the shatkarmas (which are dauti,
>> >> basti,
>> >> neti, nauli, kapalabati and trataka), I do not practice vairaagyam, I
>> >> do
>> >> not
>> >> practice aachaaram..
>> >>
>> >> thagilEdha bahulampatamula thagilEdha bahubhandhambula thagulanu
>> mOkshapu
>> >> mArgamu thalapuna yenthainA
>> >> By your Maya, I go by the way of the mind and get entanged in
>> >> relationships
>> >> but the thought of Moksha never crosses my mind..
>> >>
>> >> agapadi shree Venkateswara anrtharyAmi vai nagi nagi nanu nee velithi
>> >> nAkA
>> >> yI mAya
>> >> I surrender to you who is the antharyaami of all,  why this Maaya for
>> me,
>> >> shouldn't you save me...
>> >>
>> >> (pl do listen to the beautiful rendering of this by Priya Sisters
>> >>
>> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhzCIynNvjU
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> What is kaama? It is the base desire in such objects as women, wealth
>> >> etc.
>> >>
>> >> And what is karma? It is the punya and papa done in many previous
>> >> lives.
>> >>
>> >> Thus being bound by these three paasam, having abhimaanam to the inert
>> >> body
>> >> that is made of five subtle elements from space to earth and calling it
>> >> as
>> >> ‘I’ and calling the objects as mine, knowing what is seen only as real
>> >> and
>> >> ignoring the unseen Vedic knowledge that liberates from these paasams,
>> >> thus
>> >> drowning endlessly in the ocean of samsaara, that praani is known as
>> >> ‘pasu’.
>> >> Therefore Parameswara who apportions the karmaphalas to these pasus, is
>> >> known as Pasupathi.
>> >>
>> >> Hey! PasupathE! There is no end for me from the eternal spin that I am
>> >> dragged into with kaamam, krOdham, lObham, mOham, madham and
>> maathsaryam.
>> >> There is no release for me from the binding of wife, children, wealth,
>> >> home
>> >> etc. (காயத்தே பசு பாசத்தே சிலர் காமுற்றேகுதல் என்கொலோதான்!) My constant
>> >> efforts O! PasupathE! To relieve myself from these clutches only take
>> >> me
>> >> from the frying pan to the fire! I have not found time to think of your
>> >> lotus feet because I have remained an ‘avivehi’. Hey! Parameswara! Hey!
>> >> prabhO! You alone is the saranaagatha vathsalan and I am you
>> >> saraanaagathan.
>> >> There is none equal to you in being dheena-rakshakan in all the three
>> >> worlds. Please therefore come to me and teach me the aathma-gnaanam to
>> >> drench myself in sivaanandalahari.
>> >>
>> >> SivOham, SivOham.
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