Thyagaraja says: 'sOham' is the height of attainment

V Subrahmanian

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Jul 30, 2025, 1:42:08 PM7/30/25

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శ్రీ హరి కీర్తనచే దేహాది ఇంద్రియ
సమూహముల మరచి సోహమైనదే చాలు

By singing the glories of Lord Hari, forgetting the body and the senses,
Becoming one with Him — “I am verily He” — that alone is enough. O Lord Rāma! Rāma! What bliss can be greater than this?

~ Tyāgarāja

The full song, with English translation:

Lyrics in English:
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Pallavi:
intakannAnandam Emi O rAma rAma

Anupallavi:
santa janula kella sammatiyuNTE gAni

Charanam #1:
ADucu nAdamuna pADucu EDutara vEDucu manasuna gUDiyuNDEdi cAlu

Charanam #2:
shrI hari kIrtanacE dEhAdi indriya samUhamulu maraci sOhamainad E cAlu

Charanam #3:
nI japamulu vELa nI jagamulu nIvai rAjillunayya tyAgarAjanuta carita

MEANING:
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O Lord SrI rAma! O Lord whose exploits (or conduct) have been praised by this tyAgarAja!
What else is greater bliss than this?
This will indeed be agreed by all venerable people (that there is no greater bliss).
Dancing and singing to the accompaniment of music, entreating You to come before, and being in union with You in the mind, is enough; what else is greater bliss than this?
With the (help of) songs in praise of SrI hari, being unaware of the body and senses, ‘me becoming Him’ (sOhaM) is indeed enough; what else is greater bliss than bliss?
At that time of chanting Your names, these Worlds would become effulgent verily as You; what else is greater bliss than bliss?

warm regards

subbu

Aravinda Rao

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Jul 30, 2025, 10:11:09 PM7/30/25

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Namaste Subbu ji,

You are right, Tyagaraja was an enlightened being whose songs (I immediately recall nidhi chala sukhama) are ideal for mananam and nididhyasanam.

Aravinda rao

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Bhaskar YR

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By singing the glories of Lord Hari, forgetting the body and the senses,
Becoming one with Him — “I am verily He” — that alone is enough. O Lord Rāma! Rāma! What bliss can be greater than this?

praNAms

Hare Krishna

This is what Upanishad Rishi vAmadeva too realized and exclaimed in his mother’s womb : ahamanurAdityaH, tattvamAdhyAtmikaM drushtvA tattvaM drushtvA tu bAhyataH.