Here is a composition by Shri Purandaradasaru, asking the almighty: How can YOU remain silent while I am struggling to live in this world?
Lyric follows:
rAga: mukhAri/darbAri kAnaDa
tALa: jhaMpe/khaMDaChApu
rachane: shrI puraMdaradAsaru
ugAbhOga
tappu sAsiragaLa oppikAyo kRupALu
muppuravanaLidaMtha munIMdravaMdya
apramEyane ninna adbhuta mahimegaLa
appu nidhiyalli puTTidavaLu ballaLe
kappu mEghakAMtiyoppuva timmappa
aprAkRutarUpa shrIpuraMdaraviThala
hADu
bhaMDanAdenu nAnu saMsAradi
kaMDukANada hAge irabahude hariye /bhaMDanAdenu/
kaMDa kallugaLige kaimugidu sAkAytu
niMdegArara manege balu tirugide
shuMDAlanaMtenna mati maMdavAyitai
puMDarIkAkSha nI karuNisai bEga /1/
buddhi hInara mAtu kELi nA mOsahOde
shuddhi illade manavu keTTu hOyitu
madhvanuta shrI puraMdaraviThalana tatvada
siddhiyanu dayegaiydu uLuhu nI taMde /2/
Meaning of the song:
ugAbhOga:
Merciful person (kRupALu), please pardon (opppikAyo) the
thousands (sAsiragaLa) of mistakes (tappu) committed by me
Destroyed the three towns (muppuravanaLidaMtha),
(muppura - 3 towns built by the 3 sons of demon Tarakasura)
Praise worthy by saints (munIMdra vaMdya)
apramEyane - (that which is beyond any measurement)
How can SHE (KAMALA) know (ballaLe) who born (puTTidavaLu)
from water (appu nidhiyalli) of YOUR (ninna) astonishing (adbhuta)
excellence (mahimegaLa) THIMMAPPA (timmappa) who is adorned
with black (kappu) shining of cloud (mEghakAMtiyoppuva)
SHRIPURANDARAVITHALA is super-natural (aprAkRutarUpa)
Song:
I (nAnu) became the shameless person (bhaMDanAdenu)
in this worldly life (saMsAradi)
HARI (hariye) how can YOU keep quiet (irabahude)
knowing my status (kaMDu kANada hAge)
Enough (sAkAytu) of saluting (kaimugidu) to
idols/statue wherever I saw (kaMDa kallugaLige)
Turn around (balu tirugide) to the houses (manege)
of blaming persons (niMdegArara)
My (enna) mind/knowledge (mati) became idle (maMdavAyitai) like a frog (shuMDAlanaMte)
PUNDARIKAKSHA (puMDarIkAkSha) YOU (nI) save (karuNisai) me early (bEga)
I have been deceited (nA mOsahOde) by listening (mAtu kELi)
to the idiot/foolish perons (buddhi hInara)
Mind (manavu) became wicked (keTTu hOyitu)
without proper awareness (shuddhi illade)
Father (taMde) please save (uLuhu nI) me by
providing (dayagaidu) proper guidance and
principles (tatvada siddiyanu) of SHRI PURANDARAVITHA
(shrIpuraMdaraviThalana) praised by MADHWA (madhvanuta)
Listen to the audio here:
Audio by Roopa-Deepa: song number 8 from the list.
http://play.raaga.com/kannada/song/p...u-Naanu-170891