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Originally posted by: anglecat9
Beautiful song of Annamacharaya ( A famous poet and consort of Lord Venkateshwara)Keerthana : Nanati Brathuku
Ragam : Revathi
pallavi
naanaati bratuku natakamu
kanaka kannadi kaivalyamu
Meaning : The everyday life is but merely a drama. What is seen and yet unseen constitutes the drama. Beyond these stands salvation and liberation from this drama.
Charanam1:
puttutayu nijamu povutayu nijamu
natta nadi mee pani natakamu
yetta neduta galadi prapanchamu
katta kadapatidi kaivalyamuMeaning : The two ends are to be born and to be dead. Those are the truths. Whatever we do in between these two ends constitutes the drama which unfolds. We see the universe and the life which is right in front of us but we don't see what is beyond. We don't see the one which is beyond the universe and the time. That is where the salvation is.
Charanam2:
kudiche dannamu koka chuttedidi
nadamantrapu pani natakamu
odi gattukonina ubhaya karmamulu
gadi datinapude kaivalyamuMeaning : We eat our food. We wrap a cloth around our middle. Between these and our end is the drama. when we cross beyond this, we see the salvation.
Charanam3:
tegadhu paapamu teeradhu punyamu
nagi nagi kaalamu natakamu
yeguvale shree venkateshvaru delithe
gaganamu neekidi kaivalyamuMeaning : 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.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.
Lovely. Thank you Padmaja.
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