Paradhin Aahe Jagati Putra Manavacha

पराधीन आहे जगतीं पुत्र मानवाचा
People generally look at Ramayan from a religious point of view. I view Ramayan from a different perspective. Its about human tragedies of epic proportions. Its about the hardships a mature human endures. 

This song is Ram's way of consoling and counselling his step brother who is angry at the craftiness of his own mother. He seeks forgivenes and asks Ram to return to Ayodhya and and not proceed to 14 years of exile. Every stanza of this long ten stanza song, brings forth a different truth (some may call it philosophy) of life. Like the first says "None to be blamed, all happens as a result of our past deeds and misdeeds". Yet another stanza says birth and death are those realities of life that no one can avoid. The next says "Death is the eternal truth ... all logic stops its door step".

Its about a rightful heir to the throne having to leave the kingdom and make way for his youngest step brother to be the king. This is a forced sacrifice that he must make.
Its also about anguish of a young prince who refuses to sit on the throne and insists that his step brother has a right to it.
Its about the hardships a man has to endure when his wife is kidnapped in the forests and has to wage a war to have her back.
Its about the predicament that despite winning the war, the man has to abandon his wife just to make good political visuals.
Its also about the twist of fate when the upright king has to wage a war against his own children.
Ramayan is a tragedy that Shakespeare would have loved to write. My sense is that it has more literature value than Othello and Hamlet.

The profound philosophy of life that this song puts across in such simple language makes it poignant. With Bharat reaching out to Ram in the forest to convince him to return to the throne, the song is situational, but then it delves into human insecurities and fears. This song makes one aware of our own inadequacies and insufficiencies. There is no way we can stop the passage of time or change one’s own destiny.

Amazing outstanding lyrics. It has taken me 50 years to understand the lyrics. Its foolish to even attempt to translate this classic philosophical note, yet for the benefit of my non-Marathi friends I am committing this mistake.

https://youtu.be/qc-Nj-39BJ4

Play the song and read ahead.

दैवजात दुःखें भरतां दोष ना कुणाचा
If suffering is what God intends for you, no one is to be blamed
पराधीन आहे जगतीं पुत्र मानवाचा दोष ना कुणाचा

Man is only slave to his destiny in this world, no one is to be blamed

माय कैकयी ना दोषी, नव्हे दोषि तात

Neither is mother Kaikeyi nor is our father is at fault
राज्यत्याग काननयात्रा, सर्व कर्मजात
Giving up the kingdom and going to the forest is a result of my actions
खेळ चाललासे माझ्या पूर्वसंचिताचा
These are the fruits of my (mis?)deeds

पराधीन आहे जगतीं पुत्र मानवाचा दोष ना कुणाचा

अंत उन्नतीचा पतनीं होइ या जगांत

Whatever rises has to bite the dust in this world
सर्व संग्रहाचा वत्सा, नाश हाच अंत
Whatever one accumulates my brother, ultimately perishes
वियोगार्थ मीलन होतें, नेम हा जगाचा
Coming together just to part away is the way of this world
पराधीन आहे जगतीं पुत्र मानवाचा दोष ना कुणाचा

जिवासवें जन्मे मृत्यू, जोड जन्मजात
Whatever is born, dies .... birth and death are paired together
दिसे भासतें तें सारें विश्व नाशवंत
Whatever one beholds in this universe ultimately goes away
काय शोक करिसी वेड्या, स्वप्निंच्या फळांचा?
Why do you mourn naively for what is merely an illusion in a dream
पराधीन आहे जगतीं पुत्र मानवाचा दोष ना कुणाचा

तात स्वर्गवासी झाले, बंधु ये वनांत

Our father passed away and you dear brother meets me in this forest
अतर्क्य ना झालें काहीं, जरी अकस्मात
Although sudden, it is not incomprehensible
मरण-कल्पनेशीं थांबे तर्क जाणत्यांचा
But even the wise are confounded at the thought of death
पराधीन आहे जगतीं पुत्र मानवाचा दोष ना कुणाचा

जरामरण यांतुन सुटला कोण प्राणिजात?

Has any living being escaped the ravages of old age and death
दुःखमुक्त जगला का रे कुणी जीवनांत?
Has anyone ever lived free of sorrow
वर्धमान तें तें चाले मार्ग रे क्षयाचा
Whatever once thrives has to waste away
पराधीन आहे जगतीं पुत्र मानवाचा दोष ना कुणाचा

दोन ओंडक्यांची होते सागरांत भेट

Like two logs that come together in the ocean
एक लाट तोडी दोघां, पुन्हा नाहिं गांठ
A wave is all it takes to part them away forever
क्षणिक तेंवि आहे बाळा, मेळ माणसांचा
Ephemeral are bonds between people my brother
पराधीन आहे जगतीं पुत्र मानवाचा दोष ना कुणाचा

नको आंसु ढाळूं आतां, पूस लोचनांस

Don't shed your tears, wipe your eyes
तुझा आणि माझा आहे वेगळा प्रवास
You and I have to traverse different paths
अयोध्येंत हो तूं राजा, रंक मी वनींचा
You are destined to rule Ayodhya, while I'm a vagrant of these forests
पराधीन आहे जगतीं पुत्र मानवाचा दोष ना कुणाचा

नको आग्रहानें मजसी परतवूंस व्यर्थ

Its futile of you to insist on my returning
पितृवचन पाळून दोघे होउं रे कृतार्थ
Let us instead be blessed and fulfill the promise to our father
मुकुटकवच धारण करिं, कां वेष तापसाचा?
It is irrelevant if one dresses up with a crown & armour or as an ascetic
पराधीन आहे जगतीं पुत्र मानवाचा दोष ना कुणाचा

 संपल्याविना हीं वर्षें दशोत्तरीं चार

Without the passing of these fourteen years
अयोध्येस नाहीं येणें, सत्य हें त्रिवार
The truth remains that I will not enter Ayodhya
तूंच एक स्वामी आतां राज्यसंपदेचा
You are the ruler of the kingdom now
पराधीन आहे जगतीं पुत्र मानवाचा दोष ना कुणाचा

पुन्हां नका येउं कोणी दूर या वनांत

None of you should ever come back to these forests
प्रेमभाव तुमचा माझ्या जागता मनांत
Your love will always remain in my heart
मान वाढवी तूं लोकीं अयोध्यापुरीचा
You rule honourably and increase the respect of Ayodhya
पराधीन आहे जगतीं पुत्र मानवाचा दोष ना कुणाचा
Man is only slave to his destiny in this world, no one is to be blamed