Can I live at all, O Hari, having forsaken your feet?
Verse 2 — बरिदॆ मातॆगिन्नु अरितु पॆळुवॆनय्या
बरिदॆ मातॆगिन्नु अरितु पॆळुवॆनय्या
baridè mātèginnu aritu pèl̤uvènayyā
I say this now with full awareness, not idly, O Lord.
Verse 3 — तायि तंदॆय बिट्टु तपवमाडलु बहुदु
तायि तंदॆय बिट्टु तपवमाडलु बहुदु
tāyi taṃdèya biṭṭu tapavamāḍalu bahudu
One may leave mother and father to go and do penance;
Verse 4 — दायादि बंधुगळ बिडलु बहुदु
दायादि बंधुगळ बिडलु बहुदु
dāyādi baṃdhugal̤a biḍalu bahudu
one may forsake kinsmen and relatives;
Verse 5 — राया ता मुनिदरॆ राज्यवनु बिडबहुदु
राया ता मुनिदरॆ राज्यवनु बिडबहुदु
rāyā tā munidarè rājyavanu biḍabahudu
if the king turns wrathful, one may abandon the kingdom;
Verse 6 — कायज पित निन्न अडिघळिगॆ बिडलागदु
कायज पित निन्न अडिघळिगॆ बिडलागदु
kāyaja pita ninna aḍighal̤igè biḍalāgadu
but O father of Kāma, your feet I cannot forsake.
Verse 7 — ऒडलु हसियलु अन्न विल्लदलॆ इरबहुदु
ऒडलु हसियलु अन्न विल्लदलॆ इरबहुदु
òḍalu hasiyalu anna villadalè irabahudu
One may go hungry, with no food to eat;
Verse 8 — पडॆद क्षेत्रव बिट्टु हॊरड बहुदु
पडॆद क्षेत्रव बिट्टु हॊरड बहुदु
paḍèda kṣetrava biṭṭu hòraḍa bahudu
one may leave the land one has gained and depart;
Verse 9 — मडदि मक्कळनॆल्ल कडॆगॆ तॊलगिसि बिडबहुदु
मडदि मक्कळनॆल्ल कडॆगॆ तॊलगिसि बिडबहुदु
maḍadi makkal̤anèlla kaḍègè tòlagisi biḍabahudu
one may at last send away wife and children;
Verse 10 — कडलोडॆय निन्न अडिय बिडलागदु
कडलोडॆय निन्न अडिय बिडलागदु
kaḍaloḍèya ninna aḍiya biḍalāgadu
but O lord of the ocean, your feet I cannot forsake.
Verse 11 — प्राणवा पररु बेडिदरॆ ऎत्ति कॊडबहुदु
प्राणवा पररु बेडिदरॆ ऎत्ति कॊडबहुदु
prāṇavā pararu beḍidarè ètti kòḍabahudu
If others demand oneʼs very life, one may give it up;
Verse 12 — मानदलि मनव तग्गिसलु बहुदु
मानदलि मनव तग्गिसलु बहुदु
mānadali manava taggisalu bahudu
one may bow down oneʼs proud heart;
Verse 13 — प्राणनायकनाद आदीकेशवराय
प्राणनायकनाद आदीकेशवराय
prāṇanāyakanāda ādīkeśavarāya
O Ādikeśava, lord of my life-breath,
Verse 14 — जाण श्री कृष्णा निन्नडिघळिगॆ बिडलागदु
जाण श्री कृष्णा निन्नडिघळिगॆ बिडलागदु
jāṇa śrī kṛṣṇā ninnaḍighal̤igè biḍalāgadu
O clever Śrī Kṛṣṇa, your feet I cannot forsake. (the poetʼs signature)
About Toredu Jeevisabahude
Toredu Jeevisabahude 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".
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Toredu Jeevisabahude 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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