Lyrics of "Siva Siva" - A Tyagaraju Composition

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శివ శివ యనరాదా! ఓరీ !

భవ భయ బాధల నణచుకోరాదా (తా) 

కామాదుల దెగకోసి (తెగకోసి)  రోసి

భామల పరుల ధనముల రోసి

పామరత్వము నెడబాసి, అతి

నీమముతో బిల్వార్చన జేసి

సజ్జన గణముల గాంచి ఓరి

ముజ్జగదీశ్వరుని మతి నెంచి

లజ్జాదుల తొలగించి తన 

హృజ్జంజమునను తా పూజించి

ఆగమముల నుతియంచ, బహు

బాగులేని భాషలు చాలించి

భాగవతుల పోషించి ఓరి

త్యాగరాజ సన్నుతుడని యెంచి

Siva Siva yanaraadaa, Ori

bhava bhaya baadhala naNachukOraadaa

kaamaadula tegakOsi rOsi

bhaamala parula dhanamula rOsi

paamaratvamu neDabaasi atiniimamutO

bilvaarchana jEsi

sajjana gaNamula gaanchi Ori

mujjagadiiSvaruni mati nenchi

lajjaadula tolaginchi taa

hRjjanjamunanu taa puujinchi

aagamamula nutiyancha bahu

baagulEni bhaashalu chaalinchi

bhaagavatula pOshinchi Ori

tyaagaraaja sannutuDani yenchi

(Sometimes one runs into interesting situations in learning music. Four songs ( rather kirtanas, కీర్తనలు) I happen to learn myself without listening to any prior recordings. They are: ప్రక్కల నిలబడి, జ్ఞాన మోసగరాదా, శివ శివ యనరాదా, ఆకటి వేళల. The first one I might have heard from my mother. Perhaps it is one of the devotional songs included in her notebook. Coming to this song, earlier I posted it at Sulekha. But it included only two stanzas and one error also crept into it. Looks like I've to revisit this song and explore its meaning behind each word/phrase. 

I do not know whether what I've experienced in the pursuit of "bhakti" is normal, unique, or carries any import in the larger scheme of things; if it does, then perhaps it is meant purely for me (?). I wandered, wavered, waffled, and lost my way thousand times. Then I came to the Guru and Lord Siva in a very circuitous route. My parents found (discovered) Siva sooner in their lifetimes. Once, on one of the ghats in Varanasi I noticed a gentleman diligently putting the bilva leaf on Siva-linga. It caught my attention, stopped me in my tracks. The people of Kasi are exceptionally fortunate - they get the bounty of riches on the earth and an assured salvation later, both effortlessly. Even a punishment in Varanasi has its awards! In some endeavors deliberate effort can only take us so far. Only grace can save us from a dangerous precipice or utter devastation. Siva's curse always is a blessing in disguise. Similarly the Guru's harsh words also work like a soothing balm.)