Meaning for Nanati Baduku by Annamacharya

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m_k_mahesh
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Post by m_k_mahesh »

Can someone help with the meaning please?

Thanks in advance.
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Lakshman
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nAnATi baduku. rAgA: rEvati. Adi tALA.

P: nAnATi baduku nATakamu gAnaka gannadi kaivalyamu
C1: puTTuDayu nijamu pOvuDayu nijamu naTTa naTimi pani nATakamu
eTTa eduTa kaladI prapancamu kaTTa kaTapaDitI kaivalyamu
2: kuTicEdannamu shoka cuTTeDidinTu mantrapu pani nATakamu
voDigaTTu konina vubhayakarmulu gaTidATinapuDE kaivalyamu
3: tegadu pApamu tIradu puNyamu nagi nagi kAlamu nATakamu
eguvanE shrI venkatEshvaruDElika kanakamu mIdidi kaivalyamu

smala
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Post by smala »

Mahesh, hope this helps - it is peeled off a Telegu site on Annamaya

Meaning :
P:This day to day (nAnATi) life (batuku) is a drama (nATakamu)
What is to 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)

C1: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.

C2: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.

C3:There is no break (tegadu literally means it doesn't cut/snap like for instance to say a rope doesn't cut) to sin (pApamu). There is never completion (tIradu) to good/holiness (puNyamu). All this laughing (and also laughable) (nagi nagi) time (kAlamu) is a drama. Above (yeguvane literally means at a higher place) there is only ONE VenkaTEShvara. That which is even beyond (mIdidi means one which is above; here in percepetion) the sky (gaganamu) is liberation.

m_k_mahesh
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Post by m_k_mahesh »

thanks Shyama.

Entharo Mahanubhavulu Andhariki Naa Vandhanamulu

Mahesh

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