by Damodara Rao Dasu

P	telisitE mOkshamu teliyakunna bandhamu kalavanTidi batuku ghanuniki ||	If you understand the true meaning of life, it is salvation. If you are ignorant of it, life is bondage. The wise know that life is dream.
C 1	anayamu sukhamEDa davala dukhamEDadi tanuvu pai nAsa lEni tatvamatiki ponigitE pApamEdi puNyamEdi karmamandu vonaraga phalamollani yogikini ||	Where is perpetual happiness and there after where is sorrow for the philosopher who is desireless. Where is sin and where is piety for the yogi who is never attached to the fruits of his actions?
C 2	tagina yamrutamEdi talapaga vishamEdi tegi nirAhAri yaina dheeruniki pagavAranaga vEre bandhuvulananga vErE vesatu prapanchamella viDichE vivEkiki ||	Which is nectar and which is poison to the person who survives without food? Where are friends and foes to the wise that renunciates?
C 3	vEvElu vidhulandu verapEdi marapEdi daivamunu namminaTTi dhanyunikini Sri venkatEswaruDu chiTTamulo nunnavADu eevalEdi AvalEdi itani dAsuniki ||	Where is fear of performing religious duties to the blessed devotee of God. A devotee who has Sri Venkatesa in his conscience is not enamored of the fruits of his Karmas in this or transcendental world.

P	tAne tAne indari guruDu sAna baTTina bhogi jnAna yOgi ||	Krishna as Dattatreya is the Guru. He is the sharpest enlightened soul. He is a Jnana yogi.
C 1	aparimitamulaina yajnAlu vaDijEya prapannulaku buddhi pacharinchi tapamugA phala parityAgamu sEyinchu kapurula garimala karmayOgi ||	He preaches those who seek for refuge to perform various yajnas. (austerities) He preaches that the fruits of action must be surrendered at the feet of the supreme lord. He is a Karma Yogi.
C 2	anni chEtalunu brahmArpaNa VidhEya manninchi buddhulanu maraga jeppi unnata padamuna konaranga karuNinchu pannaga Sayanude brahma yOgi ||	He preaches that all acts must be surrendered to the supreme soul Brahma and says that it is the path for salvation. He reclines on divine serpent. He is a Brahma Yogi (yogi with supreme conscience)
C 3	tanaraga kapilu Dai dattA trEyuDai ghanamaina mahima Sri VenkaTa rAyaDai onaraga samsAra yOgamu krupa sEyu animisha gatulanu abhyAsa yOgi ||	He became sage Kapila and Dattatreya. He descended as Venkata raya with supreme powers. He blesses us with ideal yogic life in this world. He is adept in all divine powers.