by Damodara Rao Dasu

In this Padam Annamaiah preaches that caste,money,desires and even erudition increase pride but devotion to Venkatesa keeps away all distortions.

P	bhakti nee pai dokaTE parama sukhamu yukti joochina nijambokkaTee lEdu ||	O Venkatesa,only devotion to you bestows supreme bliss. After careful observation, I could not find anything else true.
C 1	kulamenta galiginadi kooDinchu garvambu chalamenta galiginadi jagaDamE rEchu talapenta penchina dagilinchu kOrikalu yelami vijNAnambu yEmiTa lEdu ||	Caste develops pride. Unbalanced behavior results in disputes. Attachment grows with desires. There is no wisdom in any of these.
C 2	dhanamenta galigenadi daTTamou lObhambu monayu jakkadanambu mOhamulu rEchu ghana vidya galiginanu kappu paipai madamu enayanga paramapada minchukayu lEdu ||	Oppulence develops miserliness. Beauty rouses fascination. Erudition develops arrogance. There is no scope for supreme bliss in these.
C 3	taruNulendaru aina tApamulu samakooDu sirulenni galiginanu chintalE perugu iravaina SreevenkaTESa ninu goluvaga perige nAnandambu beLakulika lEvu ||	Young women are the cause of fascination. Oppulence multiplies worries. Oh Venkatesa,there is happiness without any distortions if one is engrosed in worshipping you.

In this Padam Annamaiah compares the living beings to traders and says that we enter the world with accumulated sins and piety. He prays to Venkatesa the master of the living beings and the lords of sensory organs to settle their Papa and Punya and release them.

P	panchEndriyamu lanE paTTaNa swAmulAla tenchi bEramADukoni dincharO baruvu ||	O lords of five Indriyas(ears,eyes,skin,tongue and nose), please strike a deal and unload the weight from my head.
C 1	tagina samsAra samudramu lOna dirigADi biguvu dEhaputODa bEhAri vADa jagati puNya pApapu sarukulu dechchinADa digiti bootu rEvuna deerucharO sunkamu ||	I am like a trader sailing in ship-like body over the sea of worldly life. I brought sins and piety which are like trader's goods. I landed at port of evil called world. Please collect all my dues and unload my burden.
C 2	adari guNa trayamulanETi teDDula chEta naDuma ninnALLa dAkA naDapinADa kaDu chanchalamu lanE gAli chApa lettinADa veDa mAyapu saraku velakiyyarO ||	Somehow I pulled on my life all these days with three qualities satwa,rajas and tamas(goodness,passion and ignorance) which were like oars. Desires in my mind were swaying like sails. Finally I arrived here with accumulated sins and piety which are like deluding goods with me. Please settle my account and release me.
C 3	Atuma yanETi kambha mantarAtmu DekkiyunDi neetitO mammu gAchuka niluchunnADu ataDE SrivEnkaTESu DaTu mAku meeku karta ghAta mAni ika mAku kaDu guNamiyyarO ||	My conscience, like the mast of ship has been honestly protecting me all the while .Oh Lord Venkatesa, the master of living beings and Indriyas, show mercy without hurting.

In this Padam Annamaiah says that those who seek the protection of Sri Hari have nothing to bother about.

P	chAlu chAlu nee hariyE mAkunu sakala kriyalaku nAyakuDu nAluka tudanE eetaDunDaga nalugaDa nevvari vedikEmu ||	Sri Hari is the presiding deity of all our actions. When his name is on our tongue, why should we search for other gods?
C 1	Elina vADaTa lakshmee vibhuDaTa EmiTanu korata mAkikanu nAlOnunnADu brahma tanDriyaTa nAkAshyamu bAtA pAlajaladhi pai dEvuni varamu pADi mAku nika nEmarudu Alimpaga nEmintaTi varamu anyula kika cheyi chAchEmA ||	Srihari the consort of Lakshmi the goddess for wealth is our protector. What more do we want?? Srihari the father of the creator Brahma, is in my heart. Is longevty a problem? We belong to the lord that dwells on ocean of milk. Then,where is scarcty for milk? We owe our existence to him.Why should we beg others for anything?
C 2	bhukantapati kinkarulamu ee bhoomulanniyunu mA sommE paikoni chakrAyudhuDE mA dApu bhayamu lanniTa bAsitimi eekaDa achyutumaragu chochchitimi ennaTikini nASamu lEdu E koratani ika nAsa paDuchu mEmevvariki nOLLu derichedamu ||	We are the servants of the lord of Goddess Earth. Entire land is our wealth. Vishnu who wields discus is our protector. So we got rid off all fears. As we surrendered to Vishnu there is no destruction for us.
C 3	Sree vaikunThuni dAsulamaTa yara chEtidi mOkshamu mAkidivO pAvana gangA janakuni banTlamu pApamu lanniTa bAsitimi Sree vEnkaTa pati varamuliyyagA jikkina velutulu mAkEvi ee vaibhavamula danisina mAkunu itarula dagileDi dikanEdi ||	We are devotees of the lord of VaikunTham(paradise). So salvation is on our palm. We are servants of the creator of Ganga at his feet. So our sins are washed off. When Sri Venkatapati is showering boons on us, what more do we lack? When we are blessed with such splendor,do we beg from others?