Prayer of the Day

Prayer from Basavanna Vachana 

 

ನಾನೊಂದು ನೆನೆದರೆ ತಾನೊಂದ ನೆನೆವುದು
ನಾನಿತ್ತಲೆಲೆದರೆ ತಾನಲ್ಲೆಲೆವುದು
ತಾ ಬೆರೆ ಎನ್ನನಲಲಿಸಿ ಕಾಡಿತು
ತಾ ಬೆರೆ ಎನ್ನ ಬಲಲಿಸಿ ಕಾಡಿತು
ಕೂಡಲಸಂಗಮದೆವನ ಕೂಡಿಹೆನೆನ್ದಡೆ
ತಾನೆನ್ನ ಮುಂದುಗೆದಿಸಿತ್ತು ಮಾಯೆ !

Song as Romanized text

 

naanoMdu nenedare taanoMda nenevudu
naanittaleledare taanallelevudu
taa bere ennanalalisi kaaDitu
taa bere enna balalisi kaaDitu
kUDalasaMgamadevana kUDihenendaDe
taanenna muMdugedisittu maaye !

Meaning of the Prayer Song:

When I think of something, it thinks something else!
When I pull one way, it pulls the other way!
It also destroys and eats me!
It also weakens me!
As I think of staying union with the Lord Kudalasangamadeva,
it dances in front of me - The Maya!!

 Notes: 

1. c.f. Even when I know what to do Maya inflicts - Appayya Dikshithar
The Maya that wrecks - Appar