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" Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha !"
Meaning:
Pallavi:
"Tandanana" is a word giving the punch of rhythm in the song. Ahi, Pure, Bhala are the words expressing the excitement or ecstasy or appreciation. The absolute spirit is one & only one.
Charanam-I:
There are no differences of low & high. "Srihari" (A name of Vishnu. Vishnu is the form of God who is in charge of maintenance, protection of the good & destruction of the bad. Srihari is the Supreme personality of godhead) is the indwelling Spirit to one and all. All the beings in creation are one because the indwelling spirit in every creature is one and the same.
charanam II:
Sleep is same to all, be it a king or a servant. Be it a "Brahmin" (man of the highest caste) or "Chandala" (man of the lowest caste), the earth they live on is the one and the same.
charanam III:
The sexual pleasure is one and the same either for angels or for the insects and animals. The day and night are equal to the rich as well as to the poor.
charanam IV:
One could afford to eat tasty food and the other the condemned food. But the tongues that taste the food are alike. An object of fragrance or an object of foul smell, the air that carries the smell is one and the same.
charanam V:
Be it an elephant or a dog, the sun shines alike on both of them. For the good and the bad, Lord Venkateshwara alone is "The Savior" of all creatures from this samsaara sagaram.
it is to be noted annamayya composed this kirtana, when He saw some archakas, beating a chandala with stik, in front of the tirumala temple, saying that he can not enter the temple and have the darshana of the lord. annamayya, educated the priests by telling them about brahmatatvam(vishnutatvam), which does not charecterize people based on their caste and creed. this kirtana was composed as part of his upadesam to the archakas. it is said that after hearing to this kirtana, those archakas changed their mind and took that very chandala, inside the temple and made him to cherish the darshana madhuryam of the lord.
Jai Srimannaryana !
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