Prolaya Vema Reddy

Prolaya Vema Reddy

The Reddy kingdom (1325–1448 CE) was established in southern India by Prolaya Vema Reddy.The region that was ruled by the Reddy dynasty is now part of modern day coastal and central Andhra Pradesh. Prolaya Vema Reddy was part of the confederation that started a movement against the invading Muslim armies of the Delhi Sultanate in 1323 CE and succeeded in repulsing them from Warangal. Reddy is a social group or caste of India, predominantly inhabiting Andhra Pradesh.

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I restored all the agraharas of Brahmins, which had been taken away by the evil Muslim kings. I am indeed an Agastya to the ocean which was made of the Muslim.

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Prolaya Vema Reddy bestowed a number of agraharas on the Brahmins. He was revered by the title of Apratima-Bhudana-Parasurama.He commissioned major repairs to the Srisailam Mallikarjuna Swami temple, and had a flight of steps built from the Krishna river to the temple. The Narasimha Swamy temple at Ahobilam was built during his reign. He built 108 temples for Lord Shiva. The restoration of peace starting with his reign brought about a revival of literature and the arts. Errana, the translator of the Mahabharata, lived during his period.

Kondapalli fort, Reddy kingdom

Kondavidu fort, Reddy kingdom

A carved Gopuram of Narasimha Temple, Ahobilam

Water colour painting - Bellamkonda fort, Reddy Kingdom

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy  pronunciation (19 May 1913 - 1 June 1996) was the sixth President of India, serving from 1977 to 1982. Over the course of a long political career, Reddy held several key offices, as the first and two time Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, a two time Speaker of the Lok Sabha and Union Minister. He remains the only person to be elected to the office of the President of India unopposed.

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
6th President of India
In office 25 July 1977 – 25 July 1982
Prime Minister	Morarji Desai Charan Singh Indira Gandhi
Vice President	Basappa Danappa Jatti Mohammad Hidayatullah
Preceded by	Basappa Danappa Jatti (Acting)
Succeeded by	Zail Singh
4th Speaker of the Lok Sabha
In office 26 March 1977 – 13 July 1977
Preceded by	Bali Ram Bhagat
Succeeded by	Kawdoor Sadananda Hegde
In office 17 March 1967 – 19 July 1969
Preceded by	Sardar Hukam Singh
Succeeded by	Gurdial Singh Dhillon
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
In office 12 March 1962 – 20 February 1964
Governor	Bhim Sen Sachar Satyawant Mallannah Shrinagesh
Preceded by	Damodaram Sanjivayya
Succeeded by	Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
In office 1 November 1956 – 11 January 1960
Governor	Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi Bhim Sen Sachar
Preceded by	Burgula Ramakrishna Rao(Hyderabad) Bezawada Gopala Reddy(Andhra)
Succeeded by	Damodaram Sanjivayya
Personal details
Born	19 May 1913 Illur, Madras Presidency,British India (now in Andhra Pradesh)
Died	1 June 1996 (aged 83) Bangalore
Political party	Janata Party (1977–present)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress(before 1977)
Alma mater	Government Arts College, Anantapur

Education and Family:

Reddy was born in Illur village in Madras Presidency in the present day Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh. He had his primary education at the High School run by Theosophical Society Adyar, Madras. He joined the Government Arts College at Anantapur, then an affiliate of the University of Madras for his higher studies. Much later, in 1958, the degree of Honorary Doctor of Laws was conferred on him by the Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati.

Reddy was married to Neelam Nagaratnamma. The couple had one son and three daughters.

Freedom Fighter:

Reddy joined the freedom struggle following Mahatma Gandhi's visit to Anantapur in July 1929. In 1931, Reddy gave up his studies to become an active participant in the nationalist struggle. He was closely associated with the Youth League and participated in a student satyagraha. In 1938, Reddy was elected Secretary of the Andhra Pradesh Provincial Congress Committee and he held that office for 10 years. During the Quit India Movement, he was imprisoned and was mostly in jail between 1940 to 1945. Released in March 1942, he was arrested again in August of that year and sent to the Amraoti jail where he served time with T Prakasam, S. Satyamurti, K Kamaraj and V V Giri till 1945.

Political career:

Reddy was elected to the Madras Legislative Assembly in 1946 and became the Secretary of the Madras Congress Legislature Party.He was also a Member of the Indian Constituent Assembly which framed the Constitution of India.From April 1949 till April 1951, he served as the Minister for Prohibition, Housing and Forests of the then Madras State.

Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh:

In 1951 he was elected President of the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee. When the Andhra State was formed the following year, T. Prakasam became its Chief Minister and Sanjeeva Reddy the Deputy Chief Minister. When the state of Andhra Pradesh came into being by incorporating Telengana with Andhra State, Sanjeeva Reddy became its first Chief Minister serving from November 1956 to January 1960. He was Chief Minister for a second time from March 1962 to February 1964 thus serving in all for over 5 years as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.

Congress President and Union Minister

Reddy was elected President of the Indian National Congress thrice consecutively at its Bangalore, Bhavnagar and Patna sessions from 1960 to 1962. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha twice. From June, 1964 Reddy was Union Minister of Steel and Mines in the Lal Bahadur Shastri government. He also served variously as Union Minister of Transport, Civil Aviation, Shipping and Tourism from January 1966 to March 1967 in Indira Gandhi's Cabinet.

Speaker of the Lok Sabha

In the general elections of 1967, Reddy was elected to the Lok Sabha from Hindupur in Andhra Pradesh. On 17 March 1967, Reddy was elected Speaker of the Fourth Lok Sabha. Upon his election as the Speaker, he resigned from the Congress Party, to underline the independence of his office. As Speaker he admitted, for the first time, a No-Confidence Motion to be taken up for discussion on the same day as the President's address to a joint sitting of the Houses of Parliament. It was during his tenure that the House for the first time sentenced a person to imprisonment for Contempt of the House. The establishment of the Committee on the Welfare of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes was another achievement of Reddy's speakership. Although he described himself as the 'watchman of the Parliament' and conducted himself with dignity and handled parliamentary business in an orderly and effective manner, he had several hostile encounters with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in the House that proved costly when he became, two years later, the Congress Party's nominee to succeed Zakir Hussain as President.

Presidential Election of 1969:

In 1969, following the death of President Zakir Hussain, Reddy was nominated as the official candidate of Congress party. In particular he was seen as the candidate of the old guard of the Congress. Although she had nominated Reddy as the Congress party's presidential candidate, the Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, was opposed to Reddy's candidacy. She asked Congress legislators to "vote according to their conscience" rather than blindly toe the Party line, in effect giving a call to support the independent candidate V V Giri. In a tightly contested election held on August 16, 1969, V V Giri emerged victorious, winning 48.01 per cent of the first preference votes and subsequently getting a majority on counting the second preference votes. The 1969 Indian presidential election remains the most closely fought in independent India's history.

Subsequently, Reddy, who had resigned as Speaker of the Lok Sabha to contest the election, retired from active politics and moved back to Anantapur where he took to farming.

Return to active politics:

In response to Jayaprakash Narayan's call for a Total Revolution, Reddy emerged from his political exile in 1975. In March 1977, he fought the General Election from the Nandyal constituency in Andhra Pradesh as a Janata Party candidate. He was the only non-Congress candidate to be elected from Andhra Pradesh.Reddy was unanimously elected Speaker of the Sixth Lok Sabha on 26 March 1977. However he resigned four months later to contest in the presidential elections of July 1977.

Presidential Elections of 1977:

Although Prime Minister Morarji Desai wanted to nominate danseuse Rukmini Devi Arundale for the post, Reddy was elected unopposed, the only President to be elected thus, after being unanimously supported by all political parties including the opposition Congress party. At 65, he became the youngest ever person to be elected President of India. He was also the only serious presidential candidate to have contested twice - in 1969 against V V Giri and in 1977.He was the fourth President to be elected from South India and the third from Andhra Pradesh.

President of India:

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy was sworn in as the sixth President of India on 25 July, 1977. During his term of office, Reddy had to work with three governments under Prime Ministers Morarji Desai, Charan Singh and Indira Gandhi. As President, he appointed Charan Singh as Prime Minister following the fall of the Morarji Desai government with the condition that he prove his majority on the floor of the House. Charan Singh was sworn in on July 28, 1979 but never faced Parliament to prove his majority when the President convened it on August 20. This convention of appointing a Prime Minister in a hung House but with conditions on time to prove majority was later adopted by President R Venkataraman.

Retirement and Death:

Following his Presidential term, Reddy retired to his farm in Anantapur. He died of pneumonia in Bangalore in 1996 at the age of 83. He authored a book, Without Fear or Favour : Reminiscences and Reflections of a President, published in 1989. In 2004, a statue of his was erected at the Secretariat in Hyderabad. The Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy College Of Education in Hyderabad has been named after him.

Dr.Kallam Anji Reddy

Dr.Kallam Anji Reddy

Kallam Anji Reddy ( కళ్ళం అంజి రెడ్డి) (1940 - 15 March 2013) was an Indian entrepreneur in the pharmaceutical industry, the founder-chairman of Dr Reddy's Labs, which he established in 1984, and chairman of Dr Reddy’s Foundation (DRF), the corporate social responsibility arm of the group, established 1996. The Government of India, has honoured him with Padmabhushan for his contribution to the Indian Pharmaceutical industry. He was a member of the Indian Prime Minister's Council on Trade and Industry.

Kallam Anji Reddy
Born	1940 Tadepalli, Guntur district
Died	15 March 2013 (aged 72-73) Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Cause of death	Liver cancer
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Chairman, Dr Reddy's Labs
Known for	Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
Net worth	(USD) $1.39 Billion

Early Life and Education:

He spent his early years in the village Tadepalli, Guntur District in the banks of Krishna River, where his father grew turmeric. He studied in Anapothana ZPHS School in Nutakki from fifth to Tenth Class while living at the house his aunt, a sister of his mother.

Reddy after graduating from the local high school, went on to get his first Bachelor of science degree from Andhra Christian College or A.C. College at Guntur in 1958.Thereafter he, did his B.Sc.-Tech in Pharmaceuticals and Fine chemicals from Bombay University followed by a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the National Chemical Laboratory, Pune in 1969.

Career:

He started his career in the state-owned PSU, Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited (IDPL) (1969–1975), when he left the job to found Uniloids Ltd in 1976 of which was also the and managing director of till 1980, when he founded Standard Organics Limited, before founding Dr Reddy's Labs in 1984 with an initial capital of Rs 25 lakh (Rs 2.5 million). Over the years, it transformed Indian bulk drug industry from import-dependent in mid-80s to self-reliant in mid-90s and finally into the export-oriented industry.

Dr Reddy's Lab:

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories has been credited with turning the Indian bulk drug industry from dependence on imports in the mid 1980s to self reliance in the mid 1990s and finally into the export-oriented industry that it is today. It was the first company to take up drug discovery research in India (in 1993). In April 2001 Dr Reddy’s Labs became the first Asian pharmaceutical company outside Japan to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The company has revenues of $546 million (Rs.2,427 crore) during the fiscal year 2006 and is India’s second largest pharmaceutical company.

Death:

He died of liver cancer at 3:45 p.m. on March 15, 2013 at the Apollo Hospital in Hyderabad.He is survived by his wife, son and daughter.

Social Causes:

Naandi Foundation, a not-for-profit development institution that strives for eradication of poverty, has Dr Reddy as its founder. He was also founder and chairman of Dr. Reddy’s Foundation for Human and Social Development, a social arm of Dr. Reddy’s Labs.

Ravi Narayana Reddy

Ravi Narayana Reddy

Ravi Narayana Reddy, (5 June 1908 – 7 September 1991), was a famous Indian freedom fighter and founding member of the Communist Party of India. He was a leader in the Telengana Rebellion against the rule of Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII. Reddy was also a philanthropist, social reformer,and parliamentarian.

Ravi Narayana Reddy
Born	5 June 1908 Bollepalli, Bhongir, Nalgonda, Andhra Pradesh, India
Died	7 Sept. 1991 Andhra Pradesh, India
Political movement	Indian independence movement,Telengana Rebellion

In the 1952 Indian general election, Reddy stood for the People's Democratic Front, (a pseudonym for the banned Communist Party of India), and polled more votes than Jawaharlal Nehru.

In 1994, a protest over water supplies at Bhongir, led by Reddy under the auspices of the Jalasadhana Samithi, led to the filing of 485 nominations for the Nalgonda parliamentary seat, requiring officials to produce the election's longest ballot paper.

An auditorium, the Ravi Narayana Reddy Memorial Auditorium Complex at Banjara Hills in Hyderabad, was built and named in his memory by the Telangana Martyrs' Memorial Trust.

In 2006, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, presented the Ravi Narayana Reddy memorial national foundation award to A.B. Bardhan, Communist Party of India general secretary.

Y.V Reddy

Dr.Y.Venugopal Reddy

Dr. Yaga Venugopal Reddy, better known as Y. V. Reddy, (born 17 August 1941) is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1964 batch who served as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) (India's central bank) from 6 September 2003 until 5 September 2008.

In 2010, he was awarded India's second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan.   

Dr. Yaga Venugopal Reddy
21st Governor of Reserve Bank of India
In office 6 September 2003 – 5 September 2008
Preceded by	Bimal Jalan
Succeeded by	Duvvuri Subbarao
Personal details
Born	17 August 1941 (age 71) India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Bureaucrat

Education and honour:

Reddy received his M.A. in economics from Madras University, India. He holds a PhD from Osmania University, Hyderabad. He also holds a Diploma in Economic Planning from the Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands.Reddy was awarded Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa) by Sri Venkateswara University, India; and Doctor of Civil Law (Honoris Causa) by the University of Mauritius.

On 17 July 2008 Reddy was made an Honorary Fellow of the London School of Economics.     

Position Held:                                                                                                    

Venugopal Reddy was appointed the twenty-first Governor of the Reserve Bank of India on 6 September 2003 and served in that position for five years.

In 1996, Reddy had been appointed deputy governor of RBI. He has also worked with the International Monetary Fund as Executive Director in 2002. Prior to joining the IAS, he worked as alecturer from 1961.

Reddy was Chairman of the Bank for International Settlements, Asian Consultative Council (ACC) for a term of two years from March 2007. He was the Chairperson of SAARCFINANCE, a Group of Governors of the central banks of SAARC member countries. He has held the positions of Secretary (Banking) in Ministry of Finance and Principal Secretary in Government of Andhra Pradesh and has worked with the governments of China, Bahrain, Ethiopia and Tanzania. He has been a Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics, a full-time UGC Visiting Professor in Department of Business Management, Osmania University; full-time Visiting Faculty, Administrative Staff College of India and continues to be the Honorary Senior Fellow at Centre for Economic and Social Studies at Hyderabad.

He is the Chairman of the 14th Finance Commission of India.

Contributions:

Reddy has worked on piloting a calibrated approach to financial sector reforms. A 19 December 2008 article in the New York Times has credited the tough lending standards he imposed on the Indian banks as RBI Governor for saving the entire Indian banking system from the sub-prime and liquidity crisis of 2008. At the Reserve Bank, he was Member-Secretary of two high level committees: one on Balance of payments and the other on Public Sector disinvestments. Dr. C. Rangarajan, former Governor, Reserve Bank of India headed both the committees. Reddy was also a member of the Reserve Bank of India's Policy Group on External Debt Statistics. Reddy is credited to have played a crucial role in framing macro-economic policies that helped quarantine the country from the domino effect of the financial crisis encountered by the South-East Asian countries during the later part of the 1990s. He, along with Dr. C. Rangarajan, is also credited with the formulation of the course to be steered by the country to come out of the then Balance of Payments crisis.

As Governor, he saw his job as making sure Indian banks did not get too caught up in the bubble mentality. He banned the use of bank loans for the purchase of raw land, and sharply curtailed securitisations and derivatives, and essentially prohibited off-balance sheet financing. He increased risk weightings on commercial buildings and shopping mall construction and increased bank reserve requirements.Less well-discussed is his work on rural banking, particularly on reviving co-operative banks and his focus on the common person. His term was marked by an emphasis on financial inclusion with the aid of information technology. He recently authored a book titled "India And The Global Financial Crisis : Managing Money and Finance" published by Orient Blackswan. He is widely consulted on many financial issues by institutions both in India as well as the world over.

Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy

Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy   

ఉయ్యాలవాడ నరసింహ రెడ్డి  వ్యాఖ్యలు

* భారతీయుడు దేనినైనా భరించగలడు  కాని , బానిసత్వాన్ని మాత్రం  భరించలేడు.

* నేను బ్రతికి ఉన్నపుడు, మరణించిన తరువాత , జనం నా ” దేశభక్తి, వీరత్వం,మంచితనం”  గురించిచేప్పుకోవాలి.

Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy is credited to be one of the first freedom fighters in India. He led one of the first revolts in India against British occupation, 10 years earlier than the Sepoy Rebellion of 1857.

Early Life:

Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy was born to Uyyalawada Peddamalla Reddy in Uyyalawada, located in present day Kurnool District which is on the banks of Kundu River. His father Peddamalla Reddy and his grand father Jayarami Reddy were local chieftains (Polygars) of Koilkuntla.

Background:

Narasimha Reddy, as a polygar of Koilkuntla was in command of 66 villages in Kadapa, Anantapur, Bellary and Kurnool districts and controlled an army of 2000. After Rayalaseema was ceded to the British by the Nizam, Narasimha Reddy refused to share the revenue of the region with the British. He was in favor of an armed uprising. On 10 June 1846 he attacked the treasury at Koilkuntla and marched towardsCumbum (Prakasam District). On the way, he created uproar at Rudravaram by killing the forest ranger. The district collector, Thomas Monroe, took a serious view of the rebellion and ordered his capture. Early attempts to capture him under Captain Knot and Watson were unsuccessful.The British government announced Rs 5000/ for the information and Rs 10000/ for his head which was a huge amount in those days.

Capture and Death:

Narasimha Reddy with his army attacked the British forces camped at Giddaluru on 23 July 1846 and defeated them. Unable to capture him, the British imprisoned his family at Kadapa. In an attempt to free his family Narasimha Reddy moved to Nallamala forest. When the British tightened his movements in Nallamala, Narasimha Reddy came back to Koilkuntla area and hid in Jagannatha Konda near the village of Ramabhadrunipalle. An informant brought to the notice of British authorities of his whereabouts and his followers. The area was surrounded by armed forces at night. He was caught at midnight of 6 October 1846. Reddy was badly beaten before being brought to Koilkuntla. He was tied with heavy chains and with blood stained clothes paraded in the streets of Koilkuntla so that no other person should dare to revolt against the British. He was charged with murder and treason and sentenced to death. On 22 February, Reddy was hanged publicly by the British in Koilkuntla on the banks of a nearby river.

Monuments:

Forts built by Narasimha Reddy still exist at places like Nossam,Uyyalawada, Rupanagudi, Gulladurthi, Uppaluru and Giddaluru.

Memorial Committee:

A committee was formed to develop Jagannatha Konda as a memorial monument of Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy. The committee consists of eminent political personalities. Silpa Chakrapani Reddy is honorary president to the committee. Kaipa Prathap Reddy, Kasipuram Prabhakara Reddy, Gangula Janardhan Reddy, Palukuru Gopal Reddy and many local leaders were founding members. There are plans to erect a statue of Narasimha Reddy and to publish the historical importance of the site.

ఉయ్యాలవాడ బురుజు-  కొత్తకోట, గిద్దలూరు , ప్రకాశం జిల్లా 

ఫిరంగి-  ఉయ్యాలవాడ బురుజు,  కొత్తకోట, గిద్దలూరు , ప్రకాశం జిల్లా 

ఫిరంగి గుండు -  ఉయ్యాలవాడ బురుజు,  కొత్తకోట, గిద్దలూరు , ప్రకాశం జిల్లా

Kumaragiri Vema Reddy(vemana)

Kumaragiri Vema Reddy(Vemana,వేమన)

                                                                                         

Yogi Vemana
Born          :	c. 1652 (Estimate by CP Brown) Rayalaseema
Died          :	c. 1730 Katarlapalli
Occupation:	Achala Yogi, Poet, Social Reformer

Kumaragiri Vema Reddy popularly known as Vemana(Telugu: వేమన) was a great Telugu philosopher and poet. His poems were written in the popular vernacular of Telugu, and are known for their use of simple language and native idioms. His poems discuss the subjects of Yoga, wisdom and morality. He is popularly called Yogi Vemana, in recognition of his success in the path of Yoga.

Early Life and Background:

There is no consensus among scholars about the period in which Vemana lived. C.P. Brown, known for his research on Vemana, estimates his year of birth to be 1652 based on some of his verses. According to C.P. Brown and Rallapalli Anantha Krishna Sarma, Vemana belonged to the Kapu (Reddy) caste. Various sources say he was born in the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Vemana was the third and youngest son of Gaddam Vema, then the king of Kondaveedu in present-day Andhra Pradesh. He was named Vema after his father.

Teachings:

1. Yoga:-Vemana came into contact with Lambika siva yogi in Kondaveedu, who initiated him into the path of Yoga. After this, Vemana travelled across the state, composing poetry and attaining success in yoga.
2. Poetry and Fame:-Vemana composed numerous poems in the vernacular of Telugu. His poems are four lines in length. The fourth line is, in majority of the cases, the chorus Viswadabhirama Vinura Vema - he thus conveyed his message with three small lines written in a simple vernacular. He traveled widely across south India, acquiring popularity as a poet and Yogi. People really took to Vemana's poems owing to their simple language and sweet message. So high was the regard for Vemana that a popular Telugu saying goes 'Vemana's word is the word of the Vedas'. He is celebrated for his style of Chaatu padyam, a poem with a hidden meaning.C.P. Brown translated most of Vemana's poems into English, during the British occupation of India. A large selection of his poems are a part of the present High School curriculum of Telugu in Andhra Pradesh. In his honor, The Andhra Pradesh government named a University in Kadapa the Yogi Vemana University in 2006. Vemana was believed to have lived for some time in the Gandikota area of Kadapa.

Death:

There is a headstone marking the grave of Yogi Vemana in kataru palli (Kadiri Town), a village in Kadiri Taluk, Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh. It is believed widely that Vemana died in this village. Being a Yogi, he was buried and not cremated.

Poetic Style:

Many lines of Vemana's poems are now colloquial phrases of the Telugu language. They end with the signature line Viswadhaabhi Raama, Vinura Vema, literally Beloved of Vishwadha, listen Vema. There are many interpretations of what the last line signifies.

Vemana's poems were collected and published by C.P.Brown in the 19th century.His poems are of many kinds, social, moral, satirical and mystic nature. Most of them are in Ataveladi (dancing lady) meter.

Sample Poetry:

Uppu Kappurambu nokka polika nundu ........... ఉప్పు కప్పురంబు నొక్క పోలిక నుండు

Chooda chooda ruchulu jaada veru .................. చూడ చూడ రుచుల జాడ వేరు

Purushulandu Punya purushulu veraya ............. ఫురుషులందు ఫుణ్య పురుషులు వేరయ

Viswadhaabhiraama, Vinura Vema .................. విశ్వధాభిరామ, వినుర వేమ

Salt and camphor look similar,

but closer observation shows their taste is different

Among men, virtuous people stand apart

Beloved of the Bounteous, Vema, listen!

Kanaka mrugamu bhuvini kadhu LedhanakaNu..................కనక మృగము భువిని కలదు లేదనకను

Tharuni veedi chaniye DhaasharathuDu.........................తరుణి విడి చనిఏ దాశరధుడు

Budhi Lenivaadu Dhevudetlaayaraa............................బుద్ధిలేనివాడు దేవుడెట్లాయెరా?

Viswadhaabhiraama, Vinura Vema...............................విశ్వధాభిరామ, వినుర వేమ

Golden animal on earth is imaginary

Son of Dhaasharatha left his wife and chased after it

He was foolish and insane, how can he be a God?

Beloved of the Bounteous, Vema, listen!

Gangi govu paalu garitadainanu chaalu...................గంగి గోవు పాలు గరిటడైనను చాలు

Kadivedainanemi kharamu paalu............................కడివెడైననేమి ఖరము పాలు

Bhakti kalugu koodu pattedainanu chaalu................భక్తి కలుగు కూడు పట్టెడైనను చాలు

Viswadhaabhiraama, Vinura Vema...........................విశ్వధాభిరామ, వినుర వేమ

A ladleful of a Sacred cow's milk is enough

Of what worth is even a potful of donkey's milk

Even a little food given with respect is sumptuous

Beloved of the Bounteous, Vema, listen!

Atmasuddhi leni acharamadi ela...................ఆత్మశుద్ధి లేని అచారమది ఏల

Bhandasuddhi leni pakamadi ela...................భాండశుద్ధి లేని పాకమేల

Chittasuddi leni sivpujalelara........................చిత్తశుద్ది లేని శివ పూజలేలర

Viswadhaabhiraama, Vinura Vema................విశ్వధాభిరామ, వినుర వేమ

What is the purpose of custom sans inner purity?

What is the purpose of cooking sans cleanliness of vessels?

What is the purpose of worship of Shiva sans purity of mind?

Beloved of the Bounteous, Vema, listen!

Alpudeppudu palku adamburamu ganu......................ఆల్పుడెపుడు పల్కు ఆడంబురము గాను

Sajjanundu palku challaganu....................................సజ్జనుండు పల్కు చల్లగాను

Kanchu moginatlu kanakammu mroguna...................కంచు మోగినట్లు కనకమ్ము మ్రోగునా

Viswadhaabhiraama, Vinura Vema............................విశ్వధాభిరామ, వినుర వేమ

A mean(low) person always speaks pompously

A good person speaks softly

Does gold reverberate the way brass does?

Beloved of the Bounteous, Vema, listen!

Anagananaga raga matisayilluchunundu........................ఆనగననగ రాగ మతిశయిల్లుచునుండు

thinaga thinaga vemu tiyyanundu.................................తినగ తినగ వేము తియ్యనుండు

sadhanamuna panulu samakuru dharalona...................సాధనమున పనులు సమకూరు ధరలోన

Viswadhaabhiraama, Vinura Vema...............................విశ్వధాభిరామ, వినుర వేమ

As you sing (again and again), the melody (raga) excels

As you eat Neem (again and again) , it becomes sweeter

With practice, things become perfect

Beloved of the Bounteous, Vema, listen!

Anuvu gani chota Nadhikulamanaradu...................అనువు గాని చోట అధికులమనరాదు

Kochmayina nadiyu kodava gadu..........................కొంచమైన నదియు కొదవ గాదు

konda addamandu knochami undada...................కొండ అద్దమందు కొంచమై ఉండదా

Viswadhaabhiraama, Vinura Vema........................విశ్వధాభిరామ, వినుర వేమ

When it is not our place or time, we cannot win

You have not become small because of this

Don't you know the hill looks small in a mirror

Beloved of the Bounteous, Vema, listen!

Apadiana velanarasi bandhula judu................ఆపదన వెలనరసి బంధుల జూడు

bhayamuvela judu bantu tanamu...................భయమువెల జూడు బంటు తనము

Pedavela judu pendlamu gunamu...................పేదవేళ జూడు పెండ్లము గుణము

Viswadhaabhuraama, Vinura Vema................విశ్వధాభిరామ, వినుర వేమ

In times of distress, observe the attitude of relatives

In times of fear, observe the behaviour of the army

In times of poverty, observe the nature of the wife

Beloved of the Bounteous, Vema, listen!

Chippalonabadda chinuku mutyambayye....................చిప్పలోనబడ్డ చినుకు ముత్యంబయ్యె

nitabadda chinuku nita galise....................................నీటబడ్డ చినుకు నీట గలిసె

Brapti galugu chota phalamela tappura......................బ్రాప్తిగలుగు చోట ఫలమేల తప్పురా

Viswadhaabhiraama, Vinura Vema........................... విశ్వధాభిరామ, వినుర వేమ

The rain drop that fell in the shell became a pearl,

The one that fell in water merged with water,

Where there's devotion, there's bound to be fruit,

Beloved of the Bounteous, Vema, listen!

Veshabhashalerigi Kashayavastramul...................వేషభాషలెరిగి ఖాషాయవస్త్రముల్

gattagane mukti galugabodhu...............................గట్టగానె ముక్తి గలుగబోదు

talalu bodulina talapulu bodula.............................తలలు బోడులైన తలపులు బోడులా

Viswadhaabhiraama, Vinrua Vema.......................విశ్వధాభిరామ, వినుర వేమ

Changing your appearance, language and wearing saffron (renunciate) clothes

Do not lead to mukti (liberation),

Shaving of head (of a renunciate, widow etc) does not shave (unwanted) thoughts

Beloved of the Bounteous, Vema, listen!

Cheppulona rayi chevilona joriga...................చెప్పులోన రాయి చెవిలోన జోరీగ

kantilona nalusu kali mullu.............................కంటిలొన నలుసు కాలి ముల్లు

intilona poru intinta gadaya............................ఇంటిలోన పోరు ఇంతింత గాదయ

Viswadhaabhiraama, Vinura Vema................ విశ్వధాభిరామ, వినుర వేమ

A stone in shoe, a fly near ear

Pollen in eye, a thorn in foot

A quarrel in the house, are unbearable(painful)

Beloved of the Bounteous, Vema, listen!

Tappulennuvaru Tandopatandambu...................తప్పులెన్నువారు తండోపతండంబు

Lurvi janulakella nundu tappu............................లుర్వి జనులకెల్ల నుండు తప్పు

Tappu lennuvaru tamatappu lerugaru................తప్పు లెన్నువారు తమతప్పు లెరుగరు

Viswadhaabhiraama, Vinura Vema................... విశ్వధాభిరామ, వినుర వేమ

There are many that find faults (with others)

Every one in the world has faults

The people who count faults do not know their own faults

Beloved of the Bounteous, Vema, listen!

Inumu virigeneni irumaaru mummaaru...................ఇనుము విరిగెనేని ఇరుమారు ముమ్మారు

kaachi yatakavachu kramamu gaanu......................కాచి యతకవచ్చు క్రమము గాను

manasu virigeneni mari chercharaadaya.................మనసు విరిగెనేని మరి చేర్చరాదయ

Viswadaabhiraama, Vinura Vema.......................... విశ్వధాభిరామ, వినుర వేమ

Iron, if broken, can be joined together, twice or thrice

but heart once broken can never be put together again

Medi pandu chooda melimaiyundu...................మేడి పండు చూడ మేలిమైయుండు

Potta vippi chooda purugulundu......................పొట్ట విప్పి చూడ పురుగులుండు

Pirikivani madibinkamilagura..........................పిరికి వాని మదిని బింకమీలాగురా

Viswadhaabhirama vinura Vema..................... విశ్వధాభిరామ, వినుర వేమ

Medi, a fruit, looks gorgeous externally,

But when we rip it, we find worms within.

In a similar manner, a coward appears brave outside, but in reality he is not.

Beloved of the Bounteous, Vema, listen!

Eluka tholu thechi yedadi uthikina ..................ఎలుక తోలు తెచ్చి ఏడాది ఉతికినా

Nalupu nalupey gani thelupu kadhu....................నలుపు నలుపే గాని తెలుపు కాదు

Koyya bomma thechi kottina palukuna...............కొయ్య బొమ్మ తెచ్చి కొట్టిన పలుకునా

Viswadhaabhirama vinura Vema....................... విశ్వధాభిరామ, వినుర వేమ

Even if you take a mouse's hide and wash it for any number of days

Its black color will remain a black and never becomes white

Similarly, even if you beat a wooden doll it will never speak (it is impossible to change the original human nature)

Beloved of the Bounteous, Vema, listen!