Nī Māyeyol̤agō

Roman (IAST) lyrics with meaning · composed by Kanaka Dāsa · devaranama · 27 verses

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nī māyeyol̤agō

nī māyeyol̤agō

Verse 1 — nī māyèyòl̤ago

nī māyèyòl̤ago

Are you within Māyā (illusion),

Verse 2 — ninnòl̤u māyèyo

ninnòl̤u māyèyo

or is Māyā within you?

Verse 3 — nī dehadòl̤ago

nī dehadòl̤ago

Are you within the body,

Verse 4 — ninnòl̤u dehavo hariye

ninnòl̤u dehavo hariye

or is the body within you, O Hari?

Verse 5 — bayalòl̤agè ālayavo

bayalòl̤agè ālayavo

Is the temple within the open space,

Verse 6 — ālayadi bayalo

ālayadi bayalo

or the open space within the temple?

Verse 7 — bayalu ālayavèraḍu

bayalu ālayavèraḍu

Are space and temple, both,

Verse 8 — nayanadòl̤agò

nayanadòl̤agò

within the eye,

Verse 9 — nayana buddhiya òl̤ago

nayana buddhiya òl̤ago

or is the eye within the mind,

Verse 10 — buddhi nayanada òl̤ago

buddhi nayanada òl̤ago

or the mind within the eye?

Verse 11 — nayana buddhigal̤èraḍu

nayana buddhigal̤èraḍu

Are eye and mind, both,

Verse 12 — ninnòl̤agò hariye

ninnòl̤agò hariye

within you, O Hari?

Verse 13 — saviyu sakkarèyòl̤ago

saviyu sakkarèyòl̤ago

Is the sweetness within the sugar,

Verse 14 — sakkarèyu saviyòl̤ago

sakkarèyu saviyòl̤ago

or the sugar within the sweetness?

Verse 15 — saviyu sakkarègal̤èraḍu

saviyu sakkarègal̤èraḍu

Are sweetness and sugar, both,

Verse 16 — jihvèyòl̤ago

jihvèyòl̤ago

within the tongue,

Verse 17 — jihvè manasina òl̤ago

jihvè manasina òl̤ago

or is the tongue within the mind,

Verse 18 — manasu jihvèya òl̤ago

manasu jihvèya òl̤ago

or the mind within the tongue?

Verse 19 — jihvè manasugal̤èraḍu

jihvè manasugal̤èraḍu

Are tongue and mind, both,

Verse 20 — ninnòl̤agò hariye

ninnòl̤agò hariye

within you, O Hari?

Verse 21 — kusumadali gaṃdhavo

kusumadali gaṃdhavo

Is the fragrance within the flower,

Verse 22 — gaṃdhadali kusumavo

gaṃdhadali kusumavo

or the flower within the fragrance?

Verse 23 — kusuma gaṃdhagal̤èraḍu

kusuma gaṃdhagal̤èraḍu

Are flower and fragrance, both,

Verse 24 — āghrāṇadòl̤ago

āghrāṇadòl̤ago

within the sense of smell?

Verse 25 — asamabhava kāginèlè ādikeśavarāya

asamabhava kāginèlè ādikeśavarāya

O peerless Kāginele Ādikeśava,

Verse 26 — usuralènnal̤avalla èlla

usuralènnal̤avalla èlla

it is beyond my power to tell it all —

Verse 27 — ninnòl̤ago hariye

ninnòl̤ago hariye

all is within you, O Hari. (the poetʼs signature)

About Nī Māyeyol̤agō

Nī Māyeyol̤agō is a Kannada devaranama, composed by Kanaka Dāsa, addressed to Vishnu — a Devaranama. It is presented here in Devanagari, Roman (IAST), Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, each verse with its English meaning. Source text: Kannada Wikisource.

A Haridasa saint-poet of Karnataka and disciple of Vyāsatīrtha, celebrated for his socially reformist devaranamas and works such as the Haribhaktisāra, composed under the signature "Ādikeśava" / "Kāginele Ādikeśava".

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What is Nī Māyeyol̤agō and what does it mean?

Nī Māyeyol̤agō is a Kannada devaranama (devotional hymn), composed by Kanaka Dāsa, addressed to Vishnu, of 27 verses. On Avabodhak every verse is shown with its English meaning, so you can understand the text line by line as you read.

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Nī Māyeyol̤agō is attributed to Kanaka Dāsa.

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