Friday, March 09, 2007

Thyagaraja Kriti - Devi Sri Tulasamma - Raga Maayaa Maalava Gaula

Transliteration–Telugu
Transliteration as per Modified Harvard-Kyoto (HK) Convention
(including Telugu letters – Short e, Short o) -

a A i I u U
R RR lR lRR
e E ai o O au M (H or :)

(e – short E – Long o – short O – Long)

k kh g gh n/G
c ch j jh n/J (jn – as in jnAna)
T Th D Dh N
t th d dh n
p ph b bh m
y r l L v
S sh s h

dEvi SrI tuLasamma-mAyAmALavagauLa

In the kRti ‘dEvi SrI tuLasamma’ – rAga mAyAmALavagauLa (tALa Adi), SrI tyAgarAja sings praises of Mother tulasI.

pallavi
dEvi SrI tuLas(a)mma brOcuTak-
(i)dE samayam(a)mma mA(y)amma


anupallavi
1pAvanI brahm(E)ndr(A)dulu nI
bhakticE vilasillir(a)Ta mahA(dEvi)


caraNam
nIvu lEka 2Sankaru mA ramaNuDu 3nIraj(A)dula(n)ollar(a)Ta
nIvu lEka 4tIrthamu sEvincuTa nIr(a)nucu pEr(A)yen(a)Ta
nIvu lEka 5trAsuna SrI hari sari nilvaka 6pOyen(a)Ta
nIvu lEka 7vanamAla(y)ani palikirA
nI sari(y)evvarE tyAgarAja nuta mahA(dEvi)


Gist
  • O dEvi! O Mother SrI tuLasi! O Our Mother!
  • O Sanctifier! O Great dEvi!
  • O Mother praised by this tyAgarAja!

  • This indeed is the opportune moment to protect me (us).

    • brahmA, indra and others are effulgent because of their devotion to You.

    • Without You, Lord Siva and Lord vishNu don’t like lotus and other flowers.
    • Sanctified water, served (or partaken) without You, is called ‘water’ only – (not sanctified water).
    • Without You, nothing could balance Lord SrI hari on the scale.
    • Without You, does anyone call a garland 'vanamAla'?


  • Who is equal to You?

  • This indeed is the opportune moment to protect me (us).



Word-by-word Meaning

pallavi
dEvi SrI tuLasi-amma brOcuTaku-
idE samayamu-amma mA-amma

O dEvi! O Mother (amma) SrI tuLasi (tuLasamma)! O Our (mA) Mother (amma) (mAyamma)! O Mother (amma), this indeed (idE) is the opportune moment (samayamu) (samayamamma) to protect (brOcuTaku) (brOcuTakidE) me (us).


anupallavi
pAvanI brahmA-idra-Adulu nI
bhakticE vilasilliri-aTa mahA(dEvi)

O Sanctifier (pAvanI)! It is said (aTa) that brahmA, indra and others (Adulu) (brahmEndrAdulu) are effulgent (vilassiliri) (vilasilliraTa) because of their devotion (bhakticE) to You (nI);
O Great (mahA) dEvi! O Mother SrI tuLasi! O Our Mother! O Mother, this indeed is the opportune moment to protect me (us).


caraNam
nIvu lEka Sankaru mA ramaNuDu nIraja-Adula-ollaru-aTa
nIvu lEka tIrthamu sEvincuTa nIru-anucu pEru-Ayenu-aTa
nIvu lEka trAsuna SrI hari sari nilvaka pOyenu-aTa
nIvu lEka vanamAla-ani palikirA
nI sari-evvarE tyAgarAja nuta mahA(dEvi)

It is said (aTa) that without (lEka) You (nIvu), Lord Siva (Sankaru) and Lord vishNu - Consort (ramaNuDu) of lakshmI (mA) - do not like (ollaru) lotus (nIraja) and other flowers (Adula) (nIrajAdulanollaraTa);
it is said (aTa) that sanctified water (tIrthamu), served (or partaken) (sEvincuTa) without (lEka) You (nIvu), is called (pEru Ayenu) (pErAyenaTa) as (anucu) water (nIru) (nIranucu) only – (not sanctified water);
it is said (aTa) that without (lEka) You (nIvu) nothing could balance (sari nilvaka pOyenu) (literally not stand equal) (pOyenaTa) Lord SrI hari on the scale (trAsuna);
without (lEka) You (nIvu), does anyone call (palikirA) a garland as (ani) 'vanamAla' (vanamAlayani)?
Who (evvarE) is equal (sari) (sariyevvarE) to You (nI), O Mother praised (nuta) by this tyAgarAja! O Great (mAhA) dEvi! O Mother SrI tuLasi! O Our Mother! O Mother, this indeed is the opportune moment to protect me (us).


Notes –
Variations
2 – Sankaru – Sankari.

3 – nIrajAdulunollaraTa – nIrajAdulanollaDaTa. If ‘Sankari’ is correct, ‘nIrajAdulanollaDaTa’ may be correct; otherwise, it is wrong.

6 – pOyenaTa – bAsenaTa. ‘bAsenaTa’ seems to be incorrect.

References
5 - trAsuna – kRshNa weighed in scale - The episode referred here is found in mahAbhArata – Extract of the story

7 – vanamAla – tulasI, mallikA, mandAra, pArijAta and Lotus are considered as constituents of vanamAla. Article about 'garlands' and with particular reference to 'vaijayanti' and 'vanamAlA'.

Comments -
1 – pAvanI – sanctifier. Please refer to caraNa wordings – ‘nIvu lEka tIrthamu’ – water is sanctified with tuLasi.

4 - tIrthamu sEvincuTa - the sanctified water offered in the Hindu temples – particularly vaishNava temples - to all devotees after worship of the Lord.



Devanagari

ऎ,कॆ,चॆ.. - e,ke,ce..(short);
ए,के,चे.. - E,kE,cE..(long);
ऐ,कै,चै.. - ai,kai,cai..;
ऒ,कॊ,चॊ.. - o,ko,co..(short);
ओ,को,चो.. - O,kO,cO..(long);
औ,कौ,चौ.. -au,kau,cau..;

प. देवि श्री तुळसम्म ब्रोचुट-
(कि)दे समय(म)म्म मा(य)म्म

अ. पावनी ब्र(ह्मे)(न्द्रा)दुलु नी
भक्तिचे विलसिल्लि(र)ट महा(देवि)

च. नीवु लेक शंकरु मा रमणुडु नीर(जा)दुल(नॊ)ल्ल(र)ट
नीवु लेक तीर्थमु सेविञ्चुट नी(र)नुचु पेरायॆ(न)ट
नीवु लेक त्रासुन श्री हरि सरि निल्वक पोयॆ(न)ट
नीवु लेक वनमाल(य)नि पलिकिरा
नी सरि(यॆ)व्वरे त्यागराज नुत महा(देवि)


Tamil


க,ச,ட,த,ப - 2-ख छ ठ थ फ; 3-ग ड द ब; 4-घ झ ढ ध भ
(ச3 - ஜ)
ஸ1 श - शिव - சிவன்
ரு2 ऋ - कृप - கிருபை

ப. தே3வி ஸ்ரீ துளஸம்ம ப்3ரோசுட-
(கி)தே3 ஸமய(ம)ம்ம மா(ய)ம்ம

அ. பாவனீ ப்3ரஹ்(மே)ந்த்3(ரா)து3லு நீ
ப4க்திசே விலஸில்லி(ர)ட மஹா(தே3வி)

ச. நீவு லேக ஸ1ங்கரு மா ரமணுடு3 நீர(ஜா)து3ல(னொ)ல்ல(ர)ட
நீவு லேக தீர்த2மு ஸேவிஞ்சுட நீ(ர)னுசு பேராயெ(ன)ட
நீவு லேக த்ராஸுன ஸ்ரீ ஹரி ஸரி நில்வக போயெ(ன)ட
நீவு லேக வனமால(ய)னி பலிகிரா
நீ ஸரி(யெ)வ்வரே த்யாக3ராஜ நுத மஹா(தே3வி)

தேவி! துளசித்தாயே! (என்னைக்) காக்க
இதுவே தருணமம்மா! எந்தாயே!

தூயவளே! பிரமன் இந்திராதியர் உனது
பக்தியினால் ஒளிர்ந்தனராம்!
மகாதேவி! துளசித்தாயே! (என்னைக்) காக்க
இதுவே தருணமம்மா! எந்தாயே!

நீயின்றி, சங்கரன், மா மணாளன், தாமரை ஆகியவற்றை விரும்பராம்!
நீயின்றி, தீர்த்தம் சேவனம் செய்ய, நீரெனப் பெயராகியதாம்!
நீயின்றி, தராசினில், அரிக்கு (எப்பொருளும்) சரி நில்லாமற்போனதாம்!
நீயின்றி, (மாலையை) வனமாலை யென்றனரா?
உனக்கிணை யாரே! தியாகராசனால் போற்றப் பெற்றவளே!
மகாதேவி! துளசித்தாயே! (என்னைக்) காக்க
இதுவே தருணமம்மா! எந்தாயே!

தீர்த்தம் - கோயிலில் வழங்கப்படும் புனித நீர்.
தராசு - சத்தியபாமை கண்ணனை எடைபோட்ட நிகழ்ச்சி.
வனமாலை - துழாயுடன் தொடுக்கப்பட்ட மலர் மாலை


Telugu

ప. దేవి శ్రీ తుళసమ్మ బ్రోచుట-
కిదే సమయమమ్మ మాయమ్మ

అ. పావనీ బ్రహ్మేంద్రాదులు నీ
భక్తిచే విలసిల్లిరట మహా(దేవి)

చ. నీవు లేక శంకరు మా రమణుడు నీరజాదులనొల్లరట
నీవు లేక తీర్థము సేవించుట నీరనుచు పేరాయెనట
నీవు లేక త్రాసున శ్రీ హరి సరి నిల్వక పోయెనట
నీవు లేక వనమాలయని పలికిరా
నీ సరియెవ్వరే త్యాగరాజ నుత మహా(దేవి)


Kannada

ಪ. ದೇವಿ ಶ್ರೀ ತುಳಸಮ್ಮ ಬ್ರೋಚುಟ-
ಕಿದೇ ಸಮಯಮಮ್ಮ ಮಾಯಮ್ಮ

ಅ. ಪಾವನೀ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮೇಂದ್ರಾದುಲು ನೀ
ಭಕ್ತಿಚೇ ವಿಲಸಿಲ್ಲಿರಟ ಮಹಾ(ದೇವಿ)

ಚ. ನೀವು ಲೇಕ ಶಂಕರು ಮಾ ರಮಣುಡು ನೀರಜಾದುಲನೊಲ್ಲರಟ
ನೀವು ಲೇಕ ತೀರ್ಥಮು ಸೇವಿಂಚುಟ ನೀರನುಚು ಪೇರಾಯೆನಟ
ನೀವು ಲೇಕ ತ್ರಾಸುನ ಶ್ರೀ ಹರಿ ಸರಿ ನಿಲ್ವಕ ಪೋಯೆನಟ
ನೀವು ಲೇಕ ವನಮಾಲಯನಿ ಪಲಿಕಿರಾ
ನೀ ಸರಿಯೆವ್ವರೇ ತ್ಯಾಗರಾಜ ನುತ ಮಹಾ(ದೇವಿ)


Malayalam


പ. ദേവി ശ്രീ തുളസമ്മ ബ്രോചുട-
കിദേ സമയമമ്മ മായമ്മ

അ. പാവനീ ബ്രഹ്മേന്ദ്രാദുലു നീ
ഭക്തിചേ വിലസില്ലിരട മഹാ(ദേവി)

ച. നീവു ലേക ശങ്കരു മാ രമണുഡു നീരജാദുലനൊല്ലരട
നീവു ലേക തീര്ഥമു സേവിഞ്ചുട നീരനുചു പേരായെനട
നീവു ലേക ത്രാസുന ശ്രീ ഹരി സരി നില്വക പോയെനട
നീവു ലേക വനമാലയനി പലികിരാ
നീ സരിയെവ്വരേ ത്യാഗരാജ നുത മഹാ(ദേവി)


Updated on 23 Nov 2010

2 comments:

Govindaswamy said...

Dear Sri Govindan
I recently listened to this kriti. The link is given below.
http://lokabhiramam.blogspot.com/2011/06/devi-sri-tulasamma-mayamalavagaula.html
You have given 'Sankari' and 'nIrajAdulanollaDaTa' as variations. On thinking over these I feel that these may be the correct ones.
. You have given the meaning as "Without You, Lord Siva and Lord vishNu don’t like lotus and other flowers." Tulasi is not used in the worship of Lord Siva. I feel that that tyAgarAja has used 'Sankari' as an epithet for Tulasi. If this is acceptable 'ollaDaTa' is correct. Regards
Govindaswamy

V Govindan said...

Dear Sri Govindaswami,

In two books, 'Sankaru' and 'ollaraTa' are given. Therefore, it is not possible for me to say definitely what is right. Further, tuLasi is not only sacred for Vaishnavas but also Saivas. You may refer to kRti 'tuLasi jagajjanani' wherein Sri tyAgarAja states 'nI madhyamu sakala sura AvAsamaTa'. This statement is based on Devi Bhagavatam which I have quoted in the Kriti.

Therefore, while what you say may be correct, I will leave it to the viewers to judge for themselves.

Regards,
V Govindan