Lyrics,queries and meaning- Kannada

[Sudarshan C R]

Here is a composition by Shri Purandaradasaru.
Song describes that the ‘death’ may arrive at any time.

Lyric follows:

rAga: mukhAri/bAgEshrI
tALa: JaMpa
racane: shrI puraMdaradAsaru

(ha)aMtakana dUtarige kiMcittu dayavilla /pa/
ciMteyanu biTTu shrIhariya nene manave /anupa/

diva(na)rAtriyennade viShayalaMpaTanAgi
saviyUTagaLanuMDu bhramisabEDa (manave)
avana koMdu ivana koMdu arthavanu gaLisuvoDe
javana dUtaru baruva hottanInariye /1/

monne maduveyanAde karevudu oMderaDemme
ninne koMDenu kShEtra phalavubahudu
honnuhaNa uMTenage sAyalArenu enalu
bennu biDuvaLe mRutyu vyartha jIvAtma /2/

hosa maneya kaTTidenu gRuhashAMti maneyoLage
basuri heMDati magana maduve nALe
hasanAgi ide baduku sAyalArenu enalu
usurigariyade biDaru yamanavaru Aga /3/

putra huTTida divasa hAlu UTada habba
mattobba magana upanayana nALe
arthiyAgide baduku sAyalArenu enalu
mRutyu heDataleyalli nagutirpudariye /4/

aTTaDigeyuNalilla iShTa darushanavilla
koTTa sAlava kELva hottanariye
kaTTale tuMbida mEle kShaNamAtra iralilla
aShTaroLu puraMdaraviThThalana nene manave /5/

Meaning of the song:

Servants (dUtarige) of god YAMa (aMtakana) don't have tiny (kiMchittu) kindness/pity (dayavilla)
Remember (nene manave) SHRIHARI (shrIhariya) leaving aside all the worries (chiMteyanu biTTu)

not thinking of day (dina) and ninght (rAtriyennade)
had love towards bodily pleasure (viShayalaMpaTanAgi)
don't have illution (bhramisabEDa) of getting tasty savour always (saviyUTagaLanuMDu)
busy with earning (gaLisuvoDe) material prosperity (arthavanu)
by killing others (avana koMdu ivana koMdu)
you don't know (hottanariye) when the servants of YAMA (javana dUtaru) will arrive (baruva)

got married (maduveyAde) only day before yesterday (monne)
have milking (karevudu) buffeloes (emme) one or two (oMderaDu)
yesterday (ninne) bought (koMDenu) yielding land (kShEtra phalavubahudu)
earned (uMTenage) money/gold (honnu haNa) will not take you to eternal life (sAyalArenu enalu)
worthless (vyartha) soul/spirit(jIvAtma),
death (mRutyu) will never allow you (bennu biDuvaLe)

built (kaTTidenu ) new house (hosa maneya),
house-warming ceremony is going on (gRuhashAMti maneyoLage)
pregnent wife (basuri heMDati), son's (magana) marriage (maduve) is tomorrow (nALe)
Life is happy/beautiful (hasanAgi ide baduku) never think you will not die (sAyalArenu enalu)
servants of YAMA (yamanavaru) will take away you before your breath recognizes (usurigariyade biDaru Aga)

the day of son's birth (putra huTTida divasa),
luxurient party at home (hAlu UTada habba)
Tomorrow (nALe) is another (mattobba) son's (magana)
ceremony to mark initiation in to Vedic studies (upanayana)
If you say (enalu) life is happy (arthiyAgide baduku) don't want to die (sAyalArenu)
Don't you know that the death (mRutyu) is laughing (nagutirpudu) on your head (heDataleyalli)

could not eat (uNalilla) the prepared food (aTTaDuge)
could not see (illa) the desired (iShTa) (sights darushana)
After completing all duties (kaTTale tuMbida mEle),
could not stay (iralilla) for a moment (kShaNamAtra)
Hey mind (manave), remember (nene) PURANDARA VITHALA (puraMdara viThalana)
before death arrives (aShTaroLu)

Audio by Shri Vidyabhushana:
http://www.kannadaaudio.com/Songs/De...raVairagya.php

Listen to the song by various artists:
http://mio.to/search/Antakana+dootarige
Mysore borthers on violin:

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