Thyagaraja Kriti - Kaarubaaru - Raga Mukhaari

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

kArubAru-mukhAri

In the kRti ‘kArubAru sEyuvAru’ – rAga mukhAri, SrI tyAgarAja praises the reign of SrI rAma.

P ¹kArubAru sEyuvAru
¹galarE nIvale sAkEta nagarini

A UrivAru dESa janulu vara munul-
(u)ppongucunu bhAvukul(a)yyE (kAru)

C ³nelaku mUDu vAnal(a)khila vidyala
nErpu kaligi dIrgh(A)yuvu kaligi
calamu garva rahitulugA lEdA
sAdhu tyAgarAja vinuta rAma (kAru)

Gist
O Lord rAma praised by this pious tyAgarAja!

Is there is anyone who could govern the town of ayOdhyA like You?

Is there is anyone like You who could govern the town of ayOdhyA such that - the people of the town, the citizens of the country, and the blessed sages would become exultingly fortunate?

Being bestowed with three spells of rain every month, attaining proficiency in all arts and crafts and attaining a long life, did they (people) not remain bereft of intrigue and arrogance?

Word-by-word Meaning

P Is there is anyone (galarE) who could govern (kArubAru sEyuvAru) (literally manage affairs) the town (nagaru) (nagarini) of ayOdhyA (sAkEta) like You (nIvale)?

A Is there is anyone like You who could govern the town of ayOdhyA such that -
the people of the town (UrivAru), the citizens (janulu) of the country (dESa), and the blessed (vara) sages (munulu) becoming (ayyE) exultingly (uppongucunu) (literally swelling with pride) (munuluppongucunu) fortunate (bhAvukulu) (bhAvukulayyE)?

C Being bestowed (kaligi) with three (mUDu) spells of rain (vAnalu) every month (nelaku),
attaining (kaligi) proficiency (nErpu) in all (akhila) (vAnalakhila) arts and crafts (vidyala) and
attaining (kaligi) a long (dIrgha) life (Ayuvu) (dIrghAyuvu),
did they (people) not (lEdA) remain bereft of (rahitulugA) intrigue (calamu) and arrogance (garva)?
O Lord rAma praised (vinuta) by this pious (sAdhu) tyAgarAja!
is there anyone who could govern the town of ayOdhyA like You?

Notes –
Variations –

References –
³ – nelaku mUDu vAnalu –In tamizh, this is called ‘mummAri’. Please refer to ANDAL tiruppAvai ‘ Ongi ulagaLanda’ wherein she describes the benefits of singing the praise of the Lord. SrI tyAgarAja has brought, in condensed form, the description of the reign of SrI rAma, contained in SrImad vAlmIki rAmayaNa – yuddha kANDa, Chapter 128 (rAma paTTAbhishEkaM), verses 98 – 106.

The description of ‘mummAri’ – three rains in a month - is given in tamizh treatise ‘vivEka cintAmaNi’, verse 26 as under –

26. vEdam-Odiya vEdiyar-kk-Or-mazhai
nIdi-mannar neRi-yinukk-Or-mazhai
mAdar kaRpuDai mangaiyar-kk-Or-mazhai
mAda-mUnRu mazhai-yenap-peyyumE

26. வேதமோதிய வேதியர்க் கோர்மழை
நீதிமன்னர் நெறியினுக் கோர்மழை
மாதர் கற்புடை மங்கையர்க் கோர்மழை
மாதமூன்று மழையெனப் பெய்யுமே

“One rain for the sake those brahmins who are well-versed in vEdas; one rain for the sake of those kings who follow the path of righteous conduct; one rain for the sake of those women who are virtuous by conduct – thus thrice it rains in a month.” – Source - ‘vivEka cintAmaNi’ (Tamil Website)

Comments -
¹ – karubAru – this word is not found in telugu Dictionary. It is derived from urdu word ‘kar-o-bar’ meaning Work, labour, business, affairs, dealings, transactions etc. This urdu word is derived from saMskRta root ‘kR’. Please visit web site for urdu words –
Urdu Dictionary - 'kAr-O-bAr'

² – galarE – this word can either be taken as affirmative or exclamatory. As all books contain exclamatory meaning, the same has been adopted here.


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. कारुबारु सेयुवारु
गलरे नीवलॆ साकेत नगरिनि

अ. ऊरिवारु देश जनुलु वर
मुनु(लु)प्पॊंगुचुनु भावुकु(ल)य्ये (का)

च. नॆलकु मूडु वान(ल)खिल विद्यल
नेर्पु कलिगि दी(र्घा)युवु कलिगि
चलमु गर्व रहितुलुगा लेदा
साधु त्यागराज विनुत राम (का)

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. காருபா3ரு ஸேயுவாரு
க3லரே நீவலெ ஸாகேத நக3ரினி

அ. ஊரிவாரு தே3ஸ1 ஜனுலு வர
முனு(லு)ப்பொங்கு3சுனு பா4வுகு(ல)ய்யே (கா)

ச. நெலகு மூடு3 வான(ல)கி2ல வித்3யல
நேர்பு கலிகி3 தீ3(ர்கா4)யுவு கலிகி3
சலமு க3ர்வ ரஹிதுலுகா3 லேதா3
ஸாது4 த்யாக3ராஜ வினுத ராம (கா)

அரசாட்சி செய்பவர் உளரோ,
உன்னைப் போன்று, சாகேத நகரத்தினை?

ஊரார், குடிமக்கள் மற்றும் உயர் முனிவர்கள்
பொங்கி மகிழ்ந்து, பேறுறும் (வண்ணம்)
அரசாட்சி செய்பவர் உளரோ,
உன்னைப் போன்று, சாகேத நகரத்தினை?

மாதம் மும்மாரியும், அனைத்து வித்தைகளின்
தேர்ச்சியுமுண்டாகி, நீண்ட ஆயுளுடைத்தோராகி,
சூதும், செருக்கும் அற்றவராகத் திகழவில்லையா?
சாது தியாகராசனால் போற்றப் பெற்ற, இராமா!
அரசாட்சி செய்பவர் உளரோ,
உன்னைப் போன்று, சாகேத நகரத்தினை?

Telugu

ప. కారుబారు సేయువారు
గలరే నీవలె సాకేత నగరిని

అ. ఊరివారు దేశ జనులు వర
మునులుప్పొంగుచును భావుకులయ్యే (కా)

చ. నెలకు మూడు వానలఖిల విద్యల
నేర్పు కలిగి దీర్ఘాయువు కలిగి
చలము గర్వ రహితులుగా లేదా
సాధు త్యాగరాజ వినుత రామ (కా)

Kannada

ಪ. ಕಾರುಬಾರು ಸೇಯುವಾರು
ಗಲರೇ ನೀವಲೆ ಸಾಕೇತ ನಗರಿನಿ

ಅ. ಊರಿವಾರು ದೇಶ ಜನುಲು ವರ
ಮುನುಲುಪ್ಪೊಂಗುಚುನು ಭಾವುಕುಲಯ್ಯೇ (ಕಾ)

ಚ. ನೆಲಕು ಮೂಡು ವಾನಲಖಿಲ ವಿದ್ಯಲ
ನೇರ್ಪು ಕಲಿಗಿ ದೀರ್ಘಾಯುವು ಕಲಿಗಿ
ಚಲಮು ಗರ್ವ ರಹಿತುಲುಗಾ ಲೇದಾ
ಸಾಧು ತ್ಯಾಗರಾಜ ವಿನುತ ರಾಮ (ಕಾ)

Malayalam

പ. കാരുബാരു സേയുവാരു
ഗലരേ നീവലെ സാകേത നഗരിനി

അ. ഊരിവാരു ദേശ ജനുലു വര
മുനുലുപ്പൊങ്ഗുചുനു ഭാവുകുലയ്യേ (കാ)

ച. നെലകു മൂഡു വാനലഖില വിദ്യല
നേര്പു കലിഗി ദീര്ഘായുവു കലിഗി
ചലമു ഗര്വ രഹിതുലുഗാ ലേദാ
സാധു ത്യാഗരാജ വിനുത രാമ (കാ)

Updated on 04 Mar 2009