264 ఇద్దరము నున్నారము యిదివో నేము
(iddaramu nunnāramu yidivō nēmu)
తెలుగులో చదవడానికి ఇక్కడ నొక్కండి.
Introduction
Although it has been classified as a śṛṅgāra kīrtana (a romantic song), the poem is in fact steeped more in spirituality than in romance. One might even sense a touch of irony here: the gap between human and divine cannot be bridged merely by instruction or advice. The deeper truth is that even the very thoughts which set this physical body aflame originate in the Divine. When we fail to recognize this, we either wander in the wrong direction or waste our energy trying to suppress them. This, Annamacharya suggests, is the crucial insight.
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శృంగార కీర్తన
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Romantic Poem
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రేకు: 1717-1 సంపుటము: 27-97
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Copper Plate: 1717-1 Vol: 27-97
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ఇద్దరము నున్నారము యిదివో నేము
బుద్దులు మీరు చెప్పితే పొసఁగేము నేము ॥పల్లవి॥ పగటులదాన నేను పంతములవాఁడు తాను
తగవులు దేర్చరే తరుణులాల
చిగురులవేటు నాది సేవంతివాటు తనది
జగడాలు దిద్దరే సతులాల వొరసేటిదాన నేను ॥ఇద్ద॥ వుద్దండపువాఁడు తాను సర
సరవులు చెప్పరే సకియలాల
గొరబైనమాట నాది కొసరుమాట తనది
వరుసఁ గూరచరే వనితలాల ॥ఇద్ద॥ చెలఁగి శ్రీ సతి నేను శ్రీ వేంకటేశుఁడు తాను
అలుకలు మానుపరే యంగనలాల
తలపోఁత యిది నాది తమకమెల్లాఁదనది
కలసితిమి మెచ్చరే కామినులాల ॥ఇద్ద॥
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iddaramu nunnāramu
yidivō nēmu
buddulu mīru ceppitē
posaṃ̐gēmu nēmu ॥pallavi॥ pagaṭuladāna nēnu
paṃtamulavāṃ̐ḍu tānu
tagavulu dērcarē
taruṇulāla
cigurulavēṭu nādi
sēvaṃtivāṭu tanadi
jagaḍālu diddarē
satulāla vorasēṭidāna nēnu ॥idda॥ vuddaṃḍapuvāṃ̐ḍu
tānu sara
saravulu cepparē
sakiyalāla
gorabainamāṭa nādi
kosarumāṭa tanadi
varusaṃ̐ gūracarē
vanitalāla ॥idda॥ celaṃ̐gi śrī sati
nēnu śrī vēṃkaṭēśuṃ̐ḍu tānu
alukalu mānuparē
yaṃganalāla
talapōṃ̐ta yidi nādi
tamakamellāṃ̐danadi
kalasitimi meccarē kāminulāla ॥idda॥
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Details and Discussions:
Chorus
(Pallavi):
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Telugu Phrase
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Meaning
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ఇద్దరము నున్నారము యిదివో నేము
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O Friends! See, we both exist here
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బుద్దులు మీరు చెప్పితే పొసఁగేము నేము
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If you teach us the right living, we may become one
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Literal Meaning:
Here we are (I in one place, God in another). Even if you teach us wisdom, is it certain that we will truly stand as one? (That remains the doubt).
Interpretative
Notes:
Annamacharya is stating a simple yet profound truth. In life, we often think of God as separate from us. But in reality, we and God are part of the same life.
The air gives us breath, the earth gives us food, the world gives us life. Yet, we treat this world as something apart from us. In the same way, we think: “I am here, God is there.” That very feeling of separation creates suffering within us.
When he says ““బుద్దులు మీరు చెప్పితే” (If you teach us wisdom) it carries a hidden sting. We listen, but we do not practice. We keep waiting for someone to come and change us.
It is like the drawing given above (M. C. Escher’s Drawing Hands (1948), where one hand sketches the other. They appear separate, but each depends on the other to exist. In the same way, we and God may look separate, but in truth we are not.
That is why this Pallavi is not just a romantic
song. It is a mirror. It asks us directly: “If we are already part of God,
why do we feel separate? Why do we wait for outside help? Shouldn’t the real
change begin within ourselves?”
First
Stanza:
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Telugu Phrase
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Meaning
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పగటులదాన నేను పంతములవాఁడు తాను
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I put up ostentatious show; He has strong determination
(not to yield)
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తగవులు దేర్చరే తరుణులాల
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O dear Friends! Advise us the right action
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చిగురులవేటు నాది సేవంతివాటు తనది
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My enthusiasm is like budding sprouts (ever wanting to grow). He is like
full blown Chrysanthemum flower.
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జగడాలు దిద్దరే సతులాల వొరసేటిదాన నేను
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Thus, we never agree on anything. I get bruised readily.
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Literal Meaning:
Romantic: on one hand is very obstinate. I keep dancing to his tunes like show girl. O great friends, tell me how to resolve our petty fights. I am like delicate sprout growing wild. He is a full blossomed chrysanthemum. He does not see my discomfort. We are unmatched pair for family life. O dears, please suggest correcting our ways.
Philosophical: I make showy, empty claims, but He stands
firm, with unyielding resolve. O dear companions, saints, please mediate
between us and resolve this conflict. My nature is like tender sprouts,
restless, ever eager to grow; but His nature is like a fully blossomed
chrysanthemum, calm, complete, mature. Therefore, I often quarrel, get bruised,
while He remains undisturbed.
Interpretative
Notes:
I am restlessness, like a creeping vine,
while he embodies natural, calm fullness. I am haste; he is wholeness. This is
how the interplay of contrasting forces unfolds. In the midst of it, I feel
caught and wounded.
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This is precisely the tension depicted in
Magritte’s Anger of the Gods: the race between horse and car. The
horse—symbolizing the mind—naturally wants to gallop freely; the
car—representing our material nature—is constrained by its mechanical limits.
Our mind, in its present state, is not fully aligned with our entire being.
This contradiction gives rise to dissatisfaction in life.
Second
Stanza:
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Telugu Phrase
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Meaning
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వుద్దండపువాఁడు తాను సర సరవులు చెప్పరే సకియలాల
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He is highly capable. O Friends, let me know how to reach
out to him.
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గొరబైనమాట నాది కొసరుమాట తనది
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My words are hard and curt. His words of love and like to
hear them again.
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వరుసఁ గూరచరే వనితలాల
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O mates! Make me his relation.
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Literal Meaning:
He is powerful, accomplished, and highly capable. O dear companions, please
advise me how I may approach him. My
speech is harsh and blunt; but his words are gentle, filled with affection, and
sweet to hear again. O women friends, please arrange for me to be united with
him, to become his relation.
Interpretative Notes:
గొరబైనమాట నాది కొసరుమాట తనది: “The sharp words are mine; the gentle words belong to
HIM”. Here, Annamacharya acknowledges that his speech may be blunt or severe,
implying that he does not possess the austerity of speech (vāchika tapas).
The same idea is reflected in the Bhagavad Gita in the following verse: अनुद्वेगकरं वाक्यं सत्यं प्रियहितं च यत् | स्वाध्यायाभ्यसनं चैव वाङ्मयं तप उच्यते || 15|| “Anudvegakaram vakyam satyam priyahitam cha yat Swadhyaya-abhyasanam chaiva vajñamaya tap ucyate.” (17.15) Words that do not agitate, that are truthful, and that are beneficial, along with the study of eternal Vedic texts, are considered vāchika tapas—the discipline or austerity of speech.
Third Stanza:
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Telugu Phrase
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Meaning
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చెలఁగి శ్రీ సతి నేను శ్రీ వేంకటేశుఁడు తాను
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I felt like the goddess Lakshmi and He is Lord Venkateswara
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అలుకలు మానుపరే యంగనలాల
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O Friends, please tell me a way out of these petty fights
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తలపోఁత యిది నాది తమకమెల్లాఁదనది
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The thoughts that arise in my mind are instilled by Him
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కలసితిమి మెచ్చరే కామినులాల
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O friends! Somehow we met, praise this communion.
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Plain Prose
Meaning:
Suddenly — I do not know how — I began to shine
like Lakshmi herself, and Lord Venkateswara came to unite with me. O friends,
these petty quarrels of ours may cease. The thoughts that arise in me, born of
my bodily self, are also stirred and quickened by Venkateswara himself. O
people overwhelmed by desires, praise this union of ours and partake in its
joy.
Interpretative notes:
Annamacharya points to an inner transformation
that defies explanation: the devotee, once troubled, now feels radiant like
Lakshmi and directly united with Venkateswara. Yet, he reminds us, the mind
continues to produce thoughts — born of the material self — but even these, he
insists, are governed and hastened by the Lord.
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Here we may recall Magritte’s The Battle of the Argonne. A heavy rock and a light cloud float together in the sky, seemingly contradictory, with a crescent moon poised between them. The painting suggests that opposing elements — heaviness and lightness, inertia and change — coexist in the same mind space. The crescent marks time passing swiftly. Likewise, Annamacharya shows us that contradictory impulses rise within the human mind, yet even these contradictions are under divine order. The calmness of the Lord, however, does not belong to this restless plane of mind; it lies beyond.
Thus, the stanza assures us: reconciliation does not come from suppressing thoughts or quarrels, but from recognizing that even the restless movements of the mind are encompassed in God’s will. The “union” is not external romance, but the merging of self and divine, beyond the divisions of mind.
The Message of this Poem
Annamacharya always stressed the divided
mind will have difficulty in realising God.
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