Lyrics,queries and meaning- Kannada

[Sudarshan C R]

One more song by Shri Purandaradasaru, which narrates the conduct of bad/sinful people in the society.

Lyric goes like this:

rAga: mOhana
tALa: aTTatALa
racane: shrI puraMdaradAsaru

jAliya maradaMte dhareyoLu durjanaru /pa/
mUlAgra pariyaMta muLLu kUDippaMte /anupa/

bisilalli baLali baMdavarige neraLilla
hasidu baMdavarige haNNu illa
kusuma vAsaneyilla kUDalu sthaLavilla
rasadalli svAdavu viShadaMte irutiha /1/

UrahaMdige ShaDrasAnnavanikkalu
nAruva durgaMdha biDaballude
GOrapApige tatva j~jAnava pELalu
krUra karmava biTTu sujananAguvane /2/

tanniMda upakAra toTakAdaru illa
binnANada mAtige koneyilla
annake sErida kunni mAnavaraMte
innivara kAryavu puraMdaraviThThala /3/

Meaning of the song:

Bad/sinful people are like jaliya mara on the earth (dhareyoLu).
having only thorns (like needle) from top to bottom (mUlAgra pariyaMta)
(Jaliya mara - is a thorny plant with tiny leaves that is used to get gum and also used for medicinal purpose. In Sanskrit-Babbula, botonical name is Acacia Arabica (Nilotica)

gives no shelter for people in search of shade in sunshine (bisilali)
gives no fruits for people with hungry
no fragrance of flowers and no place to sit (kUDalu sthaLavilla)
taste of its juice (leaves) is like poison/bitter

even if you treat village pigs with good/tasty food
they cannot avoid going to stinking places
if you teach philosophy (tatva j~janava) to wicked man (ghorapApi)
he will not become gentleman leaving his cruelty

Leave aside a small help from them (wicked men)
There is no end for their bluff (bragging)
Purandara vittala, their work/duty is of no use except eating food
like mean fellows (kunni mAnavaraMte)

Listen to the song by Shri Vidyabhushana: http://www.kannadaaudio.com/Songs/De...na/Jaaliya.ram