Guruvina Gulama

Guruvina  Gulaama

By

Sage Purandaradasa

Translated   by

P.R.Ramachander and Chakravarthi  Madhusudana

Raga: Dhanyasi

Tala: Aadi

Pallavi

Gurvina  gulaamanaaguva  thanaka ,

Doreyadanna  mukuthi

Anupallavi

Pari pari  aneka shaastravanodi,

Vyarthathavaayithu  bhakuthi

 Charanam

1. Aaru   shaastravanodi darenu,

Mooraru  puraaNava  mugisadarenu ,

Sadhu sajjanara   sanghava  maaDade,

 Dheeranendu  ta   tirugidarenu

2. KoraLaLu maaleya  dharisidarenu ,

BeraLoLu japa   mani   tiruhidarenu  ,

MaralLi  maraLitha horalLi boodhiyoLu,

MaruLanandadi  tirugidarenu.

3. Naariya bhoga alisidarenu ,

Shareera  sukhavanu  biDisadarenu,

Maara janaka   siri purandara  vittalana,

Seri  konDu  paDeyuva thanaka.

English Translation

Pallavi

Till  you become a slave   of  the Guru,

You would not get salvation

Anupallavi

Reading of various shaastras,

Would only lead  to wasted devotion.

Charanam

1. What if   you have read    the   six different shaastras,

What if you complete   reading    the eighteen Puranas ,

And what if you     go on roaming   as a courageous one,

Without enjoying the company of good people.

2. What if you wear   a garland  ,

What if you turn the beads of a rosary by fingers,

What if you go on wandering  like a mad man,

After rolling repeatedly in ash.

3.  What if you give up pleasure given by woman,

What if you give up the pleasures of the body,

Till you attain   and   join with,

Purandara  Vittala   the father  of Manmatha.