Enu maaDidarenu bhava hingadu

Composer: Sri Purandaradasa

Raagam: Mukhari; Taalam: Jhampe

(Note: This Kriti is also sung in other ragas such as Bhairavi and Hindolam

Translated By     

Sri Chakravarthi Madhusudana   

 

Pallavi

 

Enu maaDidarenu bhava hibgadu

daanavaantaka ninna dayavaagadanaka

 

CharaNam

 

aruNodayadoLeddu ati snaanagaLa mADi

beraLeNiside adara nijavariyade

caraNa saaShTaangavanu maadi daNideno

hari ninna karuNaa kaTaakShavaagadanaka             1

 

shruti shaastra puraaNagaLanodi benDAde

ati sheelagaLanella maaDi daNide

gatiya paDeyuvenendu kaaya daNDisideno

ratipatipita ninna dayavaagadanaka                          2

 

dhyaanavanu maaDidenu mounavanu taaLide

naanu mahaapuruShaarthakke manavanikki

anaatha bandhu purandara viThalana

dhyaanisuvaroDagooDi nelegaaNadanaka                3

 

Translation

 

Do what I will, the cycle of existence will not vanish

Until, O Demon Slayer, your grace is acquired

 

I rose everyday at dawn, did several ablutions

And counted my fingers without true understanding

I prostrated before your feet until I was exhausted

Yet, Hari, your merciful looks elude me.

 

I dried up poring over the sacred texts

Severe austerities made me tired

I punished my body hoping for salvation

Yet, Father of Rati’s husband, your grace eludes me.

 

I contemplated, performed the vow of silence

Intent on the ultimate of the four human goals

Until I found refuge in the company of the devotees

Of Purandara Vithala, the kinsman of the destitute.