T bindige.

 An allegory where the pot is bodythat is useless until you fill it with Rama rasa and ensure it has been updated to Krishna bhakti to be able to do abhisheka to purandara vittala.

Song: taaraka bindige

Composer: Purandara Daasa

Language: Kannada

pallavi

tArakka bindige nA nIrighOguve tArE bindigeye bindige oDedare ondE kAsu tArE bindigeye

caraNam 1

rAma nAmavembo rasavuLLa nIrige tArE bindigeye kAminiyara kUDe EkAntavADEnu tArE bindigeye

caraNam 2

gOvinda embo guNavuLLa nIrige tArE bindigeye AvAva pariyali amrtada pAnake tArE bindigeye

caraNam 3

bindu mAdhavana ghaTTakke hOguve tArE bindigeye purandara viTTalage abhiSEka mADuve tArE bindigeye

Purandara dasa songs

Tarakka Bindige song interpretation

July 05, 2020

Purandara dasa asks akka to take the Bindige and fetch water.here the Bindige represents the human body and the water is consciousness. He asks akka to take the pot to bring water because the essence of Bindige is not the Bindige itself. The Bindige is something which is transient and temporary and we keep discarding it but the essence that is the water remains the same and it is invaluable.

         Then Purandara Dasa asks tarakka to bring a pot which has the nama Rama rasa which is the consciousness or the true essence. Then he says I am surrounded by kaminis meaning to say kamanas I.e the desires and to raise above the desires he asks akka to go and bring the pot which has the gunas of Govinda. The aim of Govinda nama smarana is ultimately to reach the divinity or get moksha and to get the same get the water with the Govinda name which has the qualities of amrita.

          Purandara dasa next says bring the pot and we will go to the Bindu Madhav Ghatta.he refers to Bindu Madhava ghatta in particular. Bindu means centre point and Madhava is the central point of everything. Madhav is the centre of universe so going to ghatta  is committing your consciousness to be centered around Madhava.

     And then purandara asks to get the Bindige with water to perform abhisheka implying that your body is n the service of divine rather than for worldly pleasures.

If the pot breaks it will cost only one paisa but it is capable of fetching the amrita of Rama nama govinda madhava and what you can use the pot meaning bodyfor service to the Lord.