Can anyone live giving up Your lotus feet, O Hari?
Verse 2 — बरिदॆ मातॆगिन्नु अरितु पॆळुवॆनय्या
बरिदॆ मातॆगिन्नु अरितु पॆळुवॆनय्या
baridè mātèginnu aritu pèl̤uvènayyā
Only now do I understand — alas, how empty!
Verse 3 — तायि तंदॆय बिट्टु तपवमाडलु बहुदु
तायि तंदॆय बिट्टु तपवमाडलु बहुदु
tāyi taṃdèya biṭṭu tapavamāḍalu bahudu
One may leave mother and father to undergo penance
Verse 4 — दायादि बंधुगळ बिडलु बहुदु
दायादि बंधुगळ बिडलु बहुदु
dāyādi baṃdhugal̤a biḍalu bahudu
One may abandon relatives and kin
Verse 5 — राया ता मुनिदरॆ राज्यवनु बिडबहुदु
राया ता मुनिदरॆ राज्यवनु बिडबहुदु
rāyā tā munidarè rājyavanu biḍabahudu
O Lord, if one turns away, one may give up a kingdom
Verse 6 — कायज पित निन्न अडिघळिगॆ बिडलागदु
कायज पित निन्न अडिघळिगॆ बिडलागदु
kāyaja pita ninna aḍighal̤igè biḍalāgadu
Even the sun and the moon cannot forsake Your feet
Verse 7 — ऒडलु हसियलु अन्न विल्लदलॆ इरबहुदु
ऒडलु हसियलु अन्न विल्लदलॆ इरबहुदु
òḍalu hasiyalu anna villadalè irabahudu
The body may endure hunger without food
Verse 8 — पडॆद क्षेत्रव बिट्टु हॊरड बहुदु
पडॆद क्षेत्रव बिट्टु हॊरड बहुदु
paḍèda kṣetrava biṭṭu hòraḍa bahudu
One may leave a home one has acquired
Verse 9 — मडदि मक्कळनॆल्ल कडॆगॆ तॊलगिसि बिडबहुदु
मडदि मक्कळनॆल्ल कडॆगॆ तॊलगिसि बिडबहुदु
maḍadi makkal̤anèlla kaḍègè tòlagisi biḍabahudu
One may cast away wife and children in the end
Verse 10 — कडलोडॆय निन्न अडिय बिडलागदु
कडलोडॆय निन्न अडिय बिडलागदु
kaḍaloḍèya ninna aḍiya biḍalāgadu
Even the ocean cannot desert Your feet
Verse 11 — प्राणवा पररु बेडिदरॆ ऎत्ति कॊडबहुदु
प्राणवा पररु बेडिदरॆ ऎत्ति कॊडबहुदु
prāṇavā pararu beḍidarè ètti kòḍabahudu
If begged, one may lift and give one's very life
Verse 12 — मानदलि मनव तग्गिसलु बहुदु
मानदलि मनव तग्गिसलु बहुदु
mānadali manava taggisalu bahudu
One may humble one's pride for honour's sake
Verse 13 — प्राणनायकनाद आदीकेशवराय
प्राणनायकनाद आदीकेशवराय
prāṇanāyakanāda ādīkeśavarāya
O Ādīkeśava, Lord of all life —
Verse 14 — जाण श्री कृष्णा निन्नडिघळिगॆ बिडलागदु
जाण श्री कृष्णा निन्नडिघळिगॆ बिडलागदु
jāṇa śrī kṛṣṇā ninnaḍighal̤igè biḍalāgadu
O clever Śrī Krishna, one cannot abandon Your feet!
About Śrī Hare Śrīnivāsa
Śrī Hare Śrīnivāsa is a Kannada devaranama, composed by Kanaka Dāsa, addressed to Vishnu — a Devaranama. It is presented here in Devanagari, Roman (IAST), Kannada, 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".
Śrī Hare Śrīnivāsa is a Kannada devaranama (devotional hymn), composed by Kanaka Dāsa, addressed to Vishnu, of 13 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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