Saturday, 10 September 2011

Lyrics Of Annamacharya Keerthana - Nanati Brathuku Natakamu


Keerthana : Nanati Brathuku
Ragam : Revathi

pallavi
naanaati bratuku natakamu
kanaka kannadi kaivalyamu

Charanam1:
puttutayu nijamu povutayu nijamu
natta nadi mee pani natakamu
yetta neduta galadi prapanchamu
katta kadapatidi kaivalyamu

Charanam2:
kudiche dannamu koka chuttedidi
nadamantrapu pani natakamu
odi gattukonina ubhaya karmamulu
gadi datinapude kaivalyamu

Charanam3:
tegadhu paapamu teeradhu punyamu
nagi nagi kaalamu natakamu
yeguvale shree venkateshvaru delithe
gaganamu neekidi kaivalyamu

17 comments:

  1. can any devotee update the meaning of the above.

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  2. nAnATi batuku nATakamu
    kAnaka kannati kaivalyamu

    This day to day (nAnATi) life (batuku) is a drama (nATakamu)
    What is seen yet not seen clearly (kAnaka kannadi exactly means something which is seen yet not seen; for instance an object at a far off distance) is liberation/salvation (kaivalyamu)

    caraNam 1

    puTTuTayu nijamu pOvuTayu nijamu
    naTTa naTimi pani nATakamu
    yeTTa neduTagaladI prapaNcamu
    kaTTagaTapaTiti kaivalyamu
    (naanaaTi)

    To be born (puTTuTayu) is truth (nijamu), to die (pOvuTayu literal meaning is to go; to leave) is truth. All the work (pani) in between these two (naTTanaDimi) is a drama. That which is right in front (yeTTa neduTagaladI) is the world (prapaNcamu). That which is the ultimate last (kaTTakaDapaTidi) is liberation.

    caraNam 2

    kuTicEdannamu Shoka cuTTeDidi
    NaTu mantrapu pani nATakamu
    voDigaTTu konina vubhayakarmulu
    gaTidATinapuDE kaivalyamu
    (naanaaTi)

    To partake/relish (kuDicEdi) rice/food (annamu), to wrap around (cuTTeDidi) a cloth/saree (kOka), this conjured-in-the-middle (naDamantrapu) work (pani) is a drama. When one crosses beyond (gaDidATinapuDE) the above mentioned dual duties (vubhayakarmulu) only then there is liberation.

    caraNam 3

    tekadu pApamu tIradu puNyamu
    naki naki kAlamu nATakamu
    yeguvane ShRI vEnkaTEShvaru Telika
    gakhanamu mItiti kaivalyamu
    (naanaaTi)

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    1. Super anna.... Tq so much 💓

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    2. Kudichethannamu kokachuttedidi

      I have always seen the same explanation you offered everywhere on Internet but somehow I feel this explanation gives more deeper meaning.
      Kudichetha + Annamu kokachutte + edidi (could be colloquial for edamadi)

      Enjoying food through right hand and saving more in your cloth through your left hand


      This explanation offers more meaning in further line of stanza

      Odigattukunina ubayakarmamulu Gali dati nappude kaivalyamu

      When you break the cycle of pleasure(enjoying food through right hand) and greed/fear (saving food for future through left hand) , you can attain liberation

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  3. wonderful explanation,, truly.. beautiful
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  4. thank you for the lucid explanation.....god bless

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  5. Can you please explain the meaning for caranam # 3?

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    1. Can u please explain the meaning for caranam #3?

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  6. takadu - does not get cut
    papamu - sin
    tiradu - no completion of ; not enough of
    punyamu - good deeds
    naki naki - is something to laugh about (in tamil : 'nagai' - to be laughed at)
    kalamu - time ; because of time; bound by time
    natakamu - drama
    yeguvane - the one who is a higher place; the only higher place
    Shri vengateshvaru - Lord Sri Venkateswara
    gaganamu - akasam; sky; the universe
    mididi - beyond the skies and the universe
    kaivalyamu - salvation/ liberation

    Meaning : Our sins don't dwindle. Our good deeds don't extend. In between these, we do something and that is the much laughable drama. Beyond these there is one and only one Lord Sri Venkateshwara. Beyond the universe He is there and that is where the liberation is

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  7. nice explanation

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  8. Nice explanation, very wonderful!!!!

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  9. Wonderful explanation. Thank you.

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  10. Badiya...bahut badiya

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  11. My salutations at Annamacharya's holy feet.

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  12. The explanation brings out the beauty of the original. Fantastic.

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  13. Commentary :

    When one goes thru this kriti, one is reminded of William Shakespeare and his lines in the Drama As you like it - the famous poem "All the world's a Stage"

    All the world's a stage,
    And all the men and women merely players:
    They have their exits and their entrances;
    And one man in his time plays many parts....

    Very much like the bard, Annamacharya talks about the life as a mere drama. The drama gets enacted day in and day out. The drama is what we see as we are all in the midst of it. But, the salvation, the liberation lies outside the drama. The wise ones are able to recognize this and go beyond.

    We are born. We die. Between the two extremes lies the drama. We all eat. We all dress up. Between all this lies the drama.

    In this drama, our sins add up. Our good deeds dwindle. There is one Lord Sri Venkateshwara who stands above all these. He is the one who is outside all this drama. He is the one who is conducting the drama. He is the one who is enjoying the drama. So, if you want to get out of the drama, catch his lotus feet. Realise that all these are mere drama and go out. That way is where liberation lies.
    (As observed from another website)

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