yamanelli kANanendu heLa bEda Do not say , Where is Yama

yamanelli kANanendu heLa bEda

Do not say  , Where is Yama

 

By

Purandara  dasa

 

Translated  by

P.R.Ramachander

 

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rAga: shankarAbharaNa

 tALa: Adi

 

Pallavi

yamanelli kANanendu heLa bEda

yamane shrI rAmanu sandhEha bEda

 

Do not say  , Where is Yama(God  of death)

Rama  himself  is Yama, do  not have  any doubt

 

Charanam

 

nambida vibhIshaNage rAmanAda

nambadidda rAvaNage (yamanAda) (yamanE Ada) ll 1 ll

 

To  the Vibheeshana who believed  , He became  Rama,

To the Ravana  who did not believe, he became Yama (yama himself)

 

 nambida arjunage (bruthyanAda)  mithranaada

 nambadidda (dhuryodhanage mrutyuvAda) (kauravanige kanTakanAda) ll 2 ll

 

To the Arjuna  who believed  he  became  (servant) Friend

To  The Duryodana  who did not believe, he became death (He became  killer  of Kauravas)

 

nambida prahallAdanige hariyAda

nambadidda hiranyakanige ariyAda ll 3 ll

To Prahladha  who believed  , he became  Hari,

To Hiranyakasipu  who did not believe, he became  the enemy

 

nambida ugrasEnage mitranAda

nambadidda kamsanige shatruvAda ll 4 ll

 

(nambidavara salahuva namma doreyu

ambujAksha purandara viTTala hariyu) ll 5 ll

(nambi kolli bEga shrI krishNa dEvana

 kambu chakra dhAri shrI purandara viTTalana)

 

(Our lord  is the  helper  to those  who believe,

The  lotus eyed one  is  Vittala Hari  to Purandara)\

(Please  believe  the  God Krishna,

The  Vittala  of Purandara  carries the Conch and Chakra)