Lyrics,queries and meaning- Kannada

[Sudarshan C R]

Today is ‘Basava Jayanthi’ and also the day of ‘Akshaya thadige’.
Here are two vachanas by Shri Basavanna. Neerige naidile and Kage ondagula kandare.

(1) Lyric follows:

nIrige naidile shRuMgAra
samudrake tereyE shRuMgAra
nArige guNavE shRuMgAra
gaganake caMdramanE shRuMgAra
namma kUDala saMgana sharaNara
nosalige vibhUtiyE shRuMgAra

Meaning of Vachana

water (nIrige) in a pond is beautiful (shRuMgAra) when water lilly (naidile) is there
ocean (samudrake) is beautiful (shRuMgAra) when waves (tereyE) are present
woman's (nArige) beauty (shRuMgAra) is her character (guNavE)
Moon (chaMdramanE) brings charm (shRuMgAra) to Sky (gaganake)
holy ash(vibhUtiyE) on the forehead (nosalige) brings beauty (shRuMgAra) to
devotess (sharaNara) of KUDALASANGAMA (kUDalasaMgana)

Listen to the vachana here:
Audio by Shri Shivananda Patil:
http://play.raaga.com/kannada/song/a...dhileye-236781

Audio by Shyamala Bhave
5th song from the list
http://www.kannadaaudio.com/Songs/De...malaBhaave.php


(2) Lyric follows:

kAgeyoMdaguLa kaMDare kareyade tanna baLagavellava
kOLi oMdu guTuka kaMDare kUgi kareyade tanna kulavellava
shivabhaktanAgi bhaktimArgavilladiddare A kAge kOLiyiMda
karakaShTa kUDalasaMgamadEva

Meaning of Vachana

When a Crow (kAge) finds (kaMDare) some food (oMdaguLa), it calls (kareyade) its (tanna) friends/relatives (baLagavellava)
when a Hen (kOLi) sees (kaMDare) some food (oMdu guTuka), it calls (kUgi kareyade) its (tanna) family members (kulavellava)
when a person is a devotee (shivabhaktanAgi) of LORD SHIVA and not following right-path (bhaktimArgavilladiddare)
KUDALASANGAMADEVA, then he is inferior (karakaShTa) to even Crow/Hen (A kAge kOLiyiMda)

Listen to the song here:
Song No. 8
Audio by Kasturi Shankar/Pushpa Jagadish-Music by Parvathi sutha:
http://play.raaga.com/kannada/album/...nagalu-KD00815