225. vEsaritEnE lEdu vichAriMchitE gaddu (వేసరితేనే లేదు విచారించితేఁ గద్దు)

 ANNAMACHARYULU

225. వేసరితేనే లేదు విచారించితేఁ గద్దు 

vEsaritEnE lEdu vichAriMchitE gaddu 

తెలుగులో చదవడానికి ఇక్కడ నొక్కండి. 

 

Introduction:

This composition of Annamacharya is not a poem —
It is a silent eruption.
A volcanic quake of the inner world.
An earthquake that trembles inward, not outward. 

Annamacharya speaks of profound truths in simple language.
He tells us:
Truth is not attained through toil,
not by fasting, nor by rigid disciplines.
It does not lie hidden in faraway holy lands.

It cannot be measured by our scales of penance, meditation,

or moral purity.

This song does not call us to worship God

through ritual, reward, or rule —

It quietly suggests the opposite:

Let them all go. 

What Annamayya proposes is something else entirely —
When the mind forgets itself,
when the seeking settles into stillness,
the long-shut doors of the secret open of their own accord. 

Vaikuntha is not a distant heavenly realm.
It is a rare moment —
when a soul recognises its original state.
It is a knowing that survives death,
a memory that cannot be forgotten,
not lodged in the brain,

but etched in the soul.

That is Vaikuntha —

not a place, but a mark of transcendence.

Not a memory of the mind,
but a truth the self remembers.

It outlasts the body. It cannot die.

We cannot win the Divine through acts and rituals —

But we can draw near

through presence of soul and inward surrender. 

This is the real secret:
Not effort, but inner seeing.

Not method, but the willingness to melt.

Annamacharya does not argue.

He simply lets go —

of all arguments. 

With his poetry,
he disarms the calculating mind.
He lightens the burden of ignorance we carry unknowingly —
and makes the heart ready

to receive all things in all directions.

It is in that naked clarity

that the hidden door opens.

 

 

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వేసరితేనే లేదు విచారించితేఁ గద్దు మూసినదిదే కీలు ముంచి వివేకులకు॥పల్లవి॥   యెవ్వరు మనసులోన నిందిరేశుఁ దలఁచిన అవ్వలఁ బాయక వుండు నదియే వైకుంఠము దవ్వులకు నేఁగవద్దు తపము జపము వద్దు యివ్వలనిదే కీలు యెరిఁగినవారికి            ॥వేస॥   నాలుక నెవ్వరైనాను నారాయణుఁ బొగడిన చాలి యాతఁ డాడనుండు జగములూ నుండును కాలమూ నడుగవద్దు కర్మమూ నడుగవద్దు పోలింపనిదే కీలు పుణ్యమానసులకు            ॥వేస॥   శ్రీవేంకటేశ్వరునిఁ జేరి యెవ్వరు నమ్మినా కైవసమై యాతఁ డింటఁ గాచుకుండును సావధానములు వద్దు శరణంటేనే చాలు భావింపనిదే కీలు పరమయోగులకు            ॥వేస॥	vEsaritEnE lEdu vichAriMchitE gaddu mUsinadidE kIlu muMchi vivEkulaku ॥pallavi॥   yevvaru manasulOna niMdirESu dalachina avvala bAyaka vuMDu nadiyE vaikuMThamu davvulaku nEgavaddu tapamu japamu vaddu yivvalanidE kIlu yeriginavAriki    ॥vEsa॥   nAluka nevvarainAnu nArAyaNu bogaDina chAli yAta DADanuMDu jagamulU nuMDunu kAlamU naDugavaddu karmamU naDugavaddu pOliMpanidE kIlu puNyamAnasulaku ॥vEsa॥   SrIvEMkaTESvaruni jEri yevvaru namminA kaivasamai yAta DiMTa gAchukuMDunu sAvadhAnamulu vaddu SaraNaMTEnE chAlu bhAviMpanidE kIlu paramayOgulaku ॥vEsa॥

 Details and Explanation:

వేసరితేనే లేదు విచారించితేఁ గద్దు

మూసినదిదే కీలు ముంచి వివేకులకు  ॥పల్లవి॥

 

vEsaritEnE lEdu vichAriMchitE gaddu

mUsinadidE kIlu muMchi vivEkulaku  ॥pallavi॥

 

వేసరితేనే = శ్రమకలిగించితేను, విసుగుచెందితేను, not getting vexed; విచారించితేఁ గద్దు = by appropriate thinking it is plausible; మూసినదిదే కీలు = this is the hidden pivot; ముంచి వివేకులకు = one who is totally immersed. 

Literal Meaning:

By growing weary or simply exerting effort,

the doors to truth will not open.

Only through deep, sincere inquiry

combined with focused devotion can one hope to perceive it.

This is the sealed mystery—
A profound revelation that opens its doors

only to those who forget themselves

and become fully absorbed in discernment. 

1^st Stanza

యెవ్వరు మనసులోన నిందిరేశుఁ దలఁచిన

అవ్వలఁ బాయక వుండు నదియే వైకుంఠము

దవ్వులకు నేఁగవద్దు తపము జపము వద్దు

యివ్వలనిదే కీలు యెరిఁగినవారికి       ॥వేస॥

 

yevvaru manasulOna niMdirESu dalachina

avvala bAyaka vuMDu nadiyE vaikuMThamu

davvulaku nEgavaddu tapamu japamu vaddu

yivvalanidE kIlu yeriginavAriki  ॥vEsa॥

 

Literal Meaning:

Anyone —
if he truly establishes Indiresha in his heart,
that foundation will not end with this life.
To sincerely plant Hari in one’s heart — that is Vaikuntha. 

Let go of the illusion that Vaikuntha is some distant realm.
There is no need for chants or penances.
On this path, there are no steps like outward practices or sacred pilgrimages. 

Only those who grasp this secret —
will see the doorway open, right here, on this very earth.
The mystery of both this world and the beyond points to one truth alone.

 

2^nd Stanza

నాలుక నెవ్వరైనాను నారాయణుఁ బొగడిన

చాలి యాతఁ డాడనుండు జగములూ నుండును

కాలమూ నడుగవద్దు కర్మమూ నడుగవద్దు

పోలింపనిదే కీలు పుణ్యమానసులకు   ॥వేస॥

 

nAluka nevvarainAnu nArAyaNu bogaDina

chAli yAta DADanuMDu jagamulU nuMDunu

kAlamU naDugavaddu karmamU naDugavaddu

pOliMpanidE kIlu puNyamAnasulaku  ॥vEsa॥

 

Literal Meaning:

Whoever —
chants the name of Narayana with wholehearted sincerity,
the Supreme reveals Himself then and there.
And where He is — all the worlds abide. 

“How long does it take?” “How is it attained?”
These are the questions of those bound by time and action.
To that which lies beyond time,
what use is the measure of time?
To that which frees one from karma’s bondage,
what use is the path of karma? 

This is a mystery beyond all worldly comparison —
known only to those whose minds are purified through virtue:
the truth of Vishnu.

Explanation: Our trust in Lord Venkateshwara is often partial. No matter how much effort we put in, that faith feels incomplete. But when our trust in the Divine becomes whole, we cease to be distracted by peripheral concerns. Doubt naturally dissolves. And in that clarity, how can the Lord remain hidden? To explore this, let us turn to René Magritte’s evocative painting, The Listening Room (1952).

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A Thought-Provoking Work: The Listening Room (1952)

In an ordinary room stands an enormous green apple—so large it fills nearly the entire space, pressing against the walls and ceiling, even blocking the window, denying any view of the outside world. The image gently unsettles our sense of reality, inviting us to reexamine what we take for granted. 

Magritte avoided direct interpretations. Instead, he encouraged viewers to engage their own inner sensibilities. Through visual paradoxes, he explores the limits of perception and the subtle tension between the inner and outer worlds. Even the title, The Listening Room, invites introspection.

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A Challenge to Perception

Magritte’s deeper aim is to disrupt our rigid, conceptual understanding of the material world. He urges the viewer to question deeply held assumptions about reality and the very nature of things.

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The Room as a Metaphor for the Mind

Like the room in the painting, our mind too becomes crowded—with opinions, judgments, and inherited notions. We clutter it with what we think “should be,” rather than allowing what is to appear.

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1. No Airflow = Blocked Awareness

With the window blocked by the apple, no fresh air can enter. In the same way, when thought is choked by concepts, true awareness is stifled. The subtle eye within—the eye of inner perception—grows dim.

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2. A Beautiful Obstruction

However attractive the apple may be, it is still an obstruction. Likewise, our most cherished views, philosophies, and the notion that “what I believe is the ultimate truth” can become seductive barriers—beautiful, but blinding. They close the door to deeper insight.

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3. The Listening Room—What Are We Really Hearing?

Though we believe we are listening, more often than not we are hearing only the echo of our own thoughts. The noise of assumption drowns both the voice of the world and the whisper of the soul. We do not listen to reality—we listen to ourselves.

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4. A Shared Vision – Magritte and Annamacharya

Both Magritte and Annamacharya gesture toward the same inner truth. Magritte reveals how inner contradictions can obscure the real. Annamacharya says the same in a different idiom: it is doubt that veils our vision of the Divine. 

3^rd Stanza

శ్రీవేంకటేశ్వరునిఁ జేరి యెవ్వరు నమ్మినా

కైవసమై యాతఁ డింటఁ గాచుకుండును

సావధానములు వద్దు శరణంటేనే చాలు

భావింపనిదే కీలు పరమయోగులకు     ॥వేస॥

 

SrIvEMkaTESvaruni jEri yevvaru namminA

kaivasamai yAta DiMTa gAchukuMDunu

sAvadhAnamulu vaddu SaraNaMTEnE chAlu

bhAviMpanidE kIlu paramayOgulaku  ॥vEsa॥

 

Literal Meaning:

Anyone —
who fully trusts Lord Sri Venkateswara,
He becomes theirs.
He Himself protects His own. 

Waiting with cautious hopes
like “He will come from there” serves no purpose.
When we are truly united with our own path,
He may reveal Himself.
Sincere surrender alone is enough. 

This secret —
cannot be grasped by logic.
It is revealed only
through the experience of the highest yogis.

Explanation: “సావధానములు వద్దు శరణంటేనే చాలు” ="No precautions are needed—just surrender is enough." This suggests that when we are fully immersed in what we are doing—completely unified with it—He may reveal Himself. Jiddu Krishnamurti experienced this profoundly. After the death of his brother, he was overwhelmed with immense grief. Yet, in the heart of that sorrow, a deep vision of truth unfolded. He later said: "Now I see more clearly than ever—that there is real beauty in life, that there is true joy." 

Sometimes, it is not by resisting pain or seeking control, but by surrendering completely—to work, to grief, to the present—that truth shows itself.