Buddhi radu - Tyagaraja Kritis (Eng)

Pallavi

buddhi rādu buddhi rādu peddala suddulu1 vinaka buddhi rādu buddhi rādu peddala suddulu vinaka

Wisdom will not dawn; wisdom will not dawn without listening to the advice of great devotees.

Anupallavi

buddhi rādu buddhi rādu bhūri vidyala nērcina buddhi rādu buddhi rādu bhūri vidyala nērcina

Wisdom will not dawn, even if one attains abundant knowledge.

Charanam 1

dhānya dhanamula cēta dharmamentayu jēsina nānya citta bhaktula vāgamṛta pānamu sēyaka dhānya dhanamula cēta dharmamu-entayu jēsina na-anya citta bhaktula vāk-amṛta pānamu-sēyaka

If one undertakes any amount of charity of food and wealth, wisdom will not dawn without drinking the nectar of words of the devotees whose minds delve exclusively in devotion to Lord.

Charanam 2

mānaka bhāgavatādi rāmāyaṇamula cadivina mānuṣāvatāra carita marmajñula jata gūḍaka (bu) mānaka bhāgavata-ādi rāmāyaṇamula cadivina mānuṣa-avatāra carita marmajñula jata gūḍaka (bu)

Even if one recites or reads unfailingly the epics Bhagavata, Ramayana etc, wisdom will not dawn without joining the company of those who know the secrets of the story of the Lord’s incarnation as a human being.

Charanam 3

yōgamulabhyasiñcina2 bhōgamulentō kaligina tyāgarāja nutuḍau rāma dāsula celimi sēyaka (bu) yōgamulu-abhyasiñcina bhōgamulu-entō kaligina tyāgarāja nutuḍau rāma dāsula celimi-sēyaka (bu)

Even if one practices Yoga or one attains much enjoyments, wisdom will not dawn without befriending the servants of Rama, the one praised by Thyagaraja.

Variations

• ¹ suddulu - śuddhulu - In all the books, the meaning derived is ‘advice’. Therefore, ‘suddulu' may be appropriate word.

Commentary

• ² yōga – aṣṭāṅga yōga - yama, niyama, āsana, prāṇāyāma, pratyāhāra, dhāraṇa, dhyānaṃ, samādhi - as per ‘Patanjali Yoga Sutras’.