buddhi rAdu buddhi rAdu-shankarAbharaNam - Thyagaraja - DK Pattammal

In the kRti ‘buddhi rAdu’ - rAga SankarAbharaNaM, SrI tyAgarAja extols the essentiality of the company of bhAgavatas in order to attain real wisdom.
pallavi
buddhi rAdu buddhi rAdu peddala 1suddulu vinaka
anupallavi
buddhi rAdu buddhi rAdu bhUri vidyala nErcina (bu)
caraNam 1
dhAnya dhanamula cEta dharmam(e)ntayu jEsina
n(A)nya citta bhaktula vAg-amRta pAnamu sEyaka (bu)
caraNam 2
mAnaka bhAgavat(A)di rAmAyaNamulu cadivina
mAnush(A)vatAra carita marmajnula jata kUDaka (bu)
caraNam 3
2yOgamul(a)bhyasincina bhOgamul(e)ntO kaligina
tyAgarAja nutuDau rAma dAsula celimi sEyaka (bu)
Gist
Even if one -
is skilled in many branches of knowledge,
undertakes any amount of charitable acts with provisions and money,
recites or reads unfailingly the epics bhAgavata, rAmAyaNa etc,
practises yOga and/or one attains much Worldly enjoyments,
wisdom will not dawn -
without listening to the words of advice of great devotees;
without partaking the nectar of words of those devotees whose minds are dedicated to the exclusion of everything else than meditation on God;
without associating with of those who know the secrets of the exploits or story of Lord SrI rAma - the human incarnate;
without befriending servants of Lord SrI rAma, praised by this tyAgarAja.

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Authentic rendition.