Chaitanyada Pooje
Da Ra Bendre · 1896–1981 · from the Kannada original
Original
ಚೈತನ್ಯದ ಪೂಜೆ ನಡೆದSದನೋಡS ತಂಗಿ।। ಅಭಂಗದ ಭಂಗೀS ।। ಪ ।।
Translation
Pause for a moment & observe all around youHomage is being paid uninterruptedly to the inner consciousness - the energy within
Original
೧ಸೌಜನ್ಯ ಎಂಬುದು ಮೊದಲನೆ ಹೂವುಅರಳೋಣ ನಾವೂ ನೀವೂಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯ ಎಂಬುದು ಬೆಲಪತ್ರಿಶಿವಗರ್ಪಿತ ಇರಲಿ ಖಾತ್ರಿ.
Translation
1Courtesy being the sacred flower that weNeed to awaken within usCapability being the bel leafThat Shiva would like from us as an offering
Original
೨ಸತ್ಯ ಎಂಬುವ ನಿತ್ಯದ ದೀಪಸುತ್ತೆಲ್ಲಾ ಅವನದೇ ರೂಪಪ್ರೀತಿ ಎಂಬುವ ನೈವೇದ್ಯಇದು ಎಲ್ಲರ ಹೃದಯದ ಸಂವೇದ್ಯ.
Translation
2Truth being the fuel that lightsThe eternal lamp around which he residesLove being the food offered to HimAs the heart-felt outpouring from everyone
Original
೩ಸೌಂದರ್ಯ ಧ್ಯಾನಾ ಎದೆಯಲ್ಲಿಅಸ್ಪರ್ಶಾ ಚಿನ್ಮಯದಲ್ಲಿಆನಂದಗೀತ ಸಾಮSವೇದಾಸರಿಗಮ ನಾದಾ.
Translation
3Meditating on beauty at a temporal levelYet remaining detached at a spiritual levelPenance resulting in the melodious seven notesAs captured so divinely in the Samaveda
Original
೪'ಉದ್ಭವ' 'ಉದ್ಭವ' ಹೇ ಮಂಗಳ ಮೂರ್ತಿಅಲಲಾ! ಆಹಹಾ! ಅಮಮಾ!ಆತ್ಮಾ ಪರಮಾತ್ಮಾ ಅಂತSರಾತ್ಮಾಘನವೋ ಘನ! ನಿಮ್ಮಾ ಮಹಿಮಾ!
Translation
4It's only this homage that results in manifestationOf my Lord - the Supreme Deity - in my soulPerceiving Him within - The joy! The elation!Such is His eminence! Such is His greatness!
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