Notations -> http://www.shivkumar.org/music/#n
Pallavi:
nAnATi batuku nATakamu
kAnaka kannati kaivalyamu
Charanam 1
puTTuTayu nijamu pOvuTayu nijamu
naTTa naTimi pani nATakamu
yeTTa neduTagaladI prapaNcamu
kaTTagaTapaTiti kaivalyamu
Charanam2:
kuTicEdannamu Shoka cuTTeDidi
NaTu mantrapu pani nATakamu
voDigaTTu konina vubhayakarmulu
gaTidATinapuDE kaivalyamu
Charanam3:
tekadu pApamu tIradu puNyamu
naki naki kAlamu nATakamu
yeguvane ShRI vEnkaTEShvaru Telika
gakhanamu mItiti kaivalyamu
Meaning: http://www.annamayyakeerthanalu.in/2011/09/lyrics-of-annamacharya-keerthana-nanati.html
This day to day (nAnATi) life (batuku) is a drama (nATakamu)
What is seen yet not seen clearly (kAnaka kannadi exactly means something which is seen yet not seen; for instance an object at a far off distance) is liberation/salvation (kaivalyamu)
To be born (puTTuTayu) is truth (nijamu), to die (pOvuTayu literal meaning is to go; to leave) is truth. All the work (pani) in between these two (naTTanaDimi) is a drama. That which is right in front (yeTTa neduTagaladI) is the world (prapaNcamu). That which is the ultimate last (kaTTakaDapaTidi) is liberation.
To partake/relish (kuDicEdi) rice/food (annamu), to wrap around (cuTTeDidi) a cloth/saree (kOka), this conjured-in-the-middle (naDamantrapu) work (pani) is a drama. When one crosses beyond (gaDidATinapuDE) the above mentioned dual duties (vubhayakarmulu) only then there is liberation.
takadu - does not get cut
papamu - sin
tiradu - no completion of ; not enough of
punyamu - good deeds
naki naki - is something to laugh about (in tamil : 'nagai' - to be laughed at)
kalamu - time ; because of time; bound by time
natakamu - drama
yeguvane - the one who is a higher place; the only higher place
Shri vengateshvaru - Lord Sri Venkateswara
gaganamu - akasam; sky; the universe
mididi - beyond the skies and the universe
kaivalyamu - salvation/ liberation
(Our sins don't dwindle. Our good deeds don't extend. In between these, we do something and that is the much laughable drama. Beyond these there is one and only one Lord Sri Venkateshwara. Beyond the universe He is there and that is where the liberation is)
