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)