Jnanayajna meegati (Gnanayagna migati) - జ్ఞానయజ్ఞ మీగతి
Annamayya Keerthana Lyrics in Telugu & English with Meaning and Audio
Jnanayajna meegati: the body becomes the sacrificial hall, ignorance is the offering, and knowledge is the fire. Illustration created with AI for this post.
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Jnanayajna meegati (జ్ఞానయజ్ఞ మీగతి) is an adhyatma (spiritual) keerthana by the 15th-century composer-saint Annamacharya (Annamayya), set in raga Dhannasi. Annamayya describes his guru's teaching as a yajna (sacrificial ritual) of knowledge, which is the means to moksha. The body is the sacrificial hall, the animal of ignorance is bound there and cut down with the swords of detachment, and it is offered into the fire of knowledge. The gathered Vaishnavas are the assembly of sages, the holy water of the Lord's feet (Sripada tirtha) is the soma drink, and sankirtana is the sama-gana. In the end the guru gives the prasada, makes Sri Venkatesa manifest in the heart and grants svarupa diksha, initiation into one's true nature. TTD places this audio in its Annamayya Ramanuja Kirtanam collection. Below you will find the lyrics in Telugu, an easy-to-read English transliteration, word notes, and the meaning in English and Telugu.
Also written as: Gnanayagnamigati, Jnanayagna migati, Gnanayagna meegati, జ్ఞానయజ్ఞమీగతి.
జ్ఞానయజ్ఞ మీగతి అన్నమయ్య కీర్తన (రాగం: ధన్నాసి) సాహిత్యం, తెలుగు మరియు ఇంగ్లీష్ లిరిక్స్, భావము, ఆడియోతో.
Annamayya Keerthana Lyrics in Telugu & English
Song details
| Composer | Annamacharya (Annamayya) |
| వాగ్గేయకార | తాళ్లపాక అన్నమాచార్య |
| Category | Adhyatma sankeertana (ఆధ్యాత్మ) |
| Raga | Dhannasi (ధన్నాసి) |
| Rekhu (copper plate) | 136-1 |
| Volume (Samputam) | 2-148 |
| Deity | Sri Venkateswara (Tirumala) |
| Singer (audio) | G. Balakrishna Prasad |
| Source | Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) |
| Language | Telugu |
జ్ఞానయజ్ఞ మీగతి – Telugu lyrics
జ్ఞానయజ్ఞ మీగతి మోక్షసాధనము
నానార్థములు నిన్నే నడపె మాగురుఁడు ॥పల్లవి॥
అలరి దేహమనేటి యాగశాలలోన
బలువై యజ్ఞానపు పశువు బంధించి
కలసి వైరాగ్యపు కత్తులఁ గోసి కోసి
వెలయ జ్ఞానాగ్నిలో వేలిచె మాగురుఁడు ॥జ్ఞాన॥
మొక్కుచు వైష్ణవులనే మునిసభ గూడపెట్టి
చొక్కుచు శ్రీపాదతీర్థ సోమపానము నించి
చక్కఁగా సంకీర్తనసామగానము చేసి
యిక్కువతో యజ్ఞము సేయించెఁబో మాగురుఁడు ॥జ్ఞాన॥
తదియ్యగురుప్రసాదపు పురోడాశ మిచ్చి
కొదదీర ద్వయమను కుండంబులు వెట్టి
యెదలో శ్రీవేంకటేశు నిటు ప్రత్యక్షముచేసె
యెదివో స్వరూపదీక్ష యిచ్చెను మాగురుడు ॥జ్ఞాన॥
Jnanayajna meegati – lyrics in English (transliteration)
Jnaanayajna meegati moksha saadhanamu
Naanaarthamulu ninne nadape maaguruDu ||pallavi||
Alari dehamaneti yaagasaalalona
Baluvai yajnaanapu pasuvu bandhinchi
Kalasi vairaagyapu kattula gosi kosi
Velaya jnaanaagnilo veliche maaguruDu ||jnaana||
Mokkuchu vaishnavulane munisabha goodapetti
Chokkuchu sreepaadateertha somapaanamu nincchi
Chakkagaa sankeertanasaamagaanamu chesi
Yikkuvato yajnamu seyinchebo maaguruDu ||jnaana||
Tadiyyaguruprasaadapu purodaasa michchi
Kodadeera dvayamanu kundambulu vetti
Yedalo sreevenkatesu nitu pratyakshamuchese
Yedivo svaroopadeeksha yichchenu maaguruDu ||jnaana||
Word notes
- Jnaana-yajnamu (జ్ఞానయజ్ఞము): the sacrifice of knowledge; knowledge itself treated as a yajna.
- Moksha-saadhanamu (మోక్షసాధనము): the means of liberation.
- Naanaarthamulu (నానార్థములు): many meanings; many ways or levels of meaning.
- NaDape (నడపె): conducted, led, guided.
- Maa guruDu (మాగురుఁడు): our guru, the teacher.
- Alari (అలరి): joyfully, with delight.
- Yaaga-saala (యాగశాల): the hall where a sacrifice is performed.
- Baluvai (బలువై): firmly, strongly.
- Ajnaanapu pasuvu (అజ్ఞానపు పశువు): the animal of ignorance, the sacrificial victim in this image.
- Bandhinchi (బంధించి): having bound, tied up.
- Vairaagyamu (వైరాగ్యము): detachment, dispassion.
- Kattulu (కత్తులు): swords, knives.
- Gosi kosi (కోసి కోసి): cutting again and again.
- Jnaanaagni (జ్ఞానాగ్ని): the fire of knowledge.
- Veliche (వేలిచె): offered into the fire as an oblation.
- Mokkuchu (మొక్కుచు): bowing, offering salutations.
- Vaishnavulu (వైష్ణవులు): devotees of Vishnu.
- Muni-sabha (మునిసభ): an assembly of sages.
- Chokkuchu (చొక్కుచు): being enraptured, delighted.
- Sripaada-teertha (శ్రీపాదతీర్థ): the holy water that has touched the Lord's feet.
- Somapaanamu (సోమపానము): drinking of soma, the sacred drink of a Vedic sacrifice.
- Sankeertana-saamagaanamu (సంకీర్తనసామగానము): devotional singing taken as the chanting of the Sama Veda.
- Yikkuvato (యిక్కువతో): with fondness, with firm devotion.
- Tadiyya (తదియ్య): belonging to the Lord, his own. Here it points to the grace of the guru and the Lord's devotees.
- Prasaadamu (ప్రసాదము): a gracious gift; the offering returned as grace.
- Purodaasamu (పురోడాశము): the rice-cake offered in a Vedic sacrifice.
- Kodadeera (కొదదీర): fully, till nothing is lacking.
- Dvayamu (ద్వయము): the Dvaya, the two-part mantra of the Sri Vaishnava tradition.
- Kundamu (కుండము): the pit or hearth in which the sacrificial fire is kept.
- Pratyakshamu (ప్రత్యక్షము): directly visible, manifest before one's eyes.
- Svaroopa-deeksha (స్వరూపదీక్ష): initiation into one's own true nature.
Meaning of Jnanayajna meegati (in English)
This is a summary of the idea of the song, not a word-for-word translation. Annamayya uses the language of a Vedic sacrifice as a metaphor for spiritual initiation by his guru.
- Pallavi: In this way, the sacrifice of knowledge is the means of liberation. Our guru guided you through it, with many layers of meaning.
- First charanam: Joyfully, in the sacrificial hall that is the body, the guru firmly bound the animal of ignorance. Together with it, he cut it again and again with the swords of detachment, and offered it brightly into the fire of knowledge.
- Second charanam: Bowing to the Vaishnavas, he gathered them as an assembly of sages. Filled with delight, he poured the holy water of the Lord's feet as the soma drink, sang sankirtana as the sama-gana, and with fond devotion had the yajna performed.
- Third charanam: He gave the grace of the guru and the Lord's own as the sacrificial rice-cake. Fully and without lack, he set the Dvaya as the sacrificial pits. He made Sri Venkatesa directly manifest in the heart, and here he gave the initiation into one's true nature.
The song shows that, for Annamayya, the real sacrifice is inner: ignorance is given up through detachment and knowledge, and devotion and the guru's grace complete the rite. The identification of the guru's teaching with the Sri Vaishnava initiation reflects the song's own imagery and should be read as devotional poetry rather than a ritual manual.
భావము (తెలుగులో)
ఈ కీర్తనలో అన్నమయ్య తన గురువు చేయించిన జ్ఞానయజ్ఞాన్ని వేదయజ్ఞ రూపకంగా వర్ణిస్తున్నారు. ఈ విధంగా జ్ఞానయజ్ఞమే మోక్షానికి సాధనమని, మా గురువు అనేక అర్థాలతో నిన్ను నడిపించాడని పల్లవిలో చెబుతున్నారు. మొదటి చరణంలో దేహమే యాగశాలగా, అజ్ఞానమే బలిపశువుగా, దాన్ని బంధించి వైరాగ్యమనే కత్తులతో కోసి కోసి జ్ఞానాగ్నిలో వేల్చాడని అంటున్నారు. రెండవ చరణంలో వైష్ణవులను మునిసభగా కూర్చి, శ్రీపాదతీర్థాన్ని సోమపానంగా నింపి, సంకీర్తనను సామగానంగా చేసి, ప్రేమతో యజ్ఞం చేయించాడని చెబుతున్నారు. మూడవ చరణంలో గురుప్రసాదాన్ని పురోడాశంగా ఇచ్చి, ద్వయమంత్రాన్ని కుండాలుగా పెట్టి, హృదయంలో శ్రీవేంకటేశ్వరుని ప్రత్యక్షం చేసి, స్వరూపదీక్షను ఇచ్చాడని ముగిస్తున్నారు.
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Frequently asked questions
Who wrote Jnanayajna meegati?
Tallapaka Annamacharya (Annamayya), the 15th-century composer-saint.
Which raga is it in?
Dhannasi (ధన్నాసి).
What are the rekhu and samputam numbers?
Rekhu 136-1, Samputam 2-148.
What does the keerthana say?
It describes the guru's teaching as a yajna of knowledge: the body is the sacrificial hall, ignorance is the animal that is bound and cut down with the swords of detachment, and the offering goes into the fire of knowledge. The Vaishnavas form the assembly of sages, the holy water of the Lord's feet is the soma, and sankirtana is the sama-gana. The guru then gives prasada, makes Sri Venkatesa manifest in the heart and grants svarupa diksha.
What is the Dvaya in the song?
The Dvaya is the two-part mantra of the Sri Vaishnava tradition. In the song it is set as the sacrificial pits of the yajna.
Where can I listen to it?
The audio on this page is sung by G. Balakrishna Prasad and hosted by TTD. Use the button at the top of this post.
Source & credits
- Lyrics: Composed by Tallapaka Annamacharya (15th century, public domain). Reference numbers (rekhu 136-1, samputam 2-148) follow the TTD Annamacharya Sankeertanas edition.
- Audio: Sung by G. Balakrishna Prasad. Audio file hosted by TTD (tirumala.org). Audio rights belong to TTD and the artist.
- Transliteration, word notes and meaning: Original to the Annamayya Keerthanalu blog.
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