Thyagaraja Vaibhavam: November 2007

Friday, November 30, 2007

Thyagaraja Kriti - Sara Sara Samaraika - Raga Kuntala Varaali

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Thyagaraja Kriti - Chentanae Sadaa - Raga Kuntala Varaali

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Thyagaraja Kriti - Kali Narulaku - Raga Kuntala Varaali

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

kali narulaku-kuntaLavarALi

In the kRti ‘kali narulaku’ – rAga kuntaLavarALi, SrI tyAgarAja states that people of kali do not understand the greatness of tAraka nAma – 'rAma'.

P kali narulaku mahimalu
telipi(y)Emi phalam(a)na lEdA

A ilanu velayu vara ¹vRshabh(A)dulak-
²(a)Tukula ruci teliyu ³candamugA nI (kali)

C dAra sutulakai dhanamulakai Uru
pErulakai bahu pedda tanamukai
sAreku bhakta vEsamu konu vAriki
tAraka nAma SrI tyAgarAj(A)rcita (kali)

Gist
O Lord worshipped by this tyAgarAja!

Didn’t I say 'what is the benefit of telling the people of this kali yuga about the potency (of Your name')?

Like the taste of parched rice being known to great bulls etc., found in this World, didn’t I say 'what is the benefit of telling the people of this kali yuga about the potency of Your name'?

Didn’t I say 'what is the benefit of telling about the potency of (Your) name' ('rAma') which carries one across the Ocean of Worldly Existence, to the people of this kali yuga who, for the sake of wife, children, wealth, name and fame, and great power, always don the garb of a devotee?

Word-by-word Meaning

P O Lord! Didn’t (lEdA) I say (ana) 'what (Emi) is the benefit (phalamu) (phalamana) (literally fruit) of telling (telipi) (telipiyEmi) the people (narulaku) of this kali yuga about the potency (mahimalu) (of Your name')?

A O Lord! Like (candamugA) the taste (ruci) of parched rice (aTukula) being known (teliyu) to great (vara) bulls (vRshabha) etc (Adulaku) (vRshabhAdulakaTukula) found (velayu) (literally shining) in this World (ilanu),
didn’t I say 'what is the benefit of telling the people of this kali yuga about the potency of Your (nI) name'?

C O Lord worshipped (arcita) by this tyAgarAja (tyAgarAjArcita)!
Didn’t I say 'what is the benefit of telling about the potency of (Your) name' (nAma) ('rAma') which carries one across (tAraka) the Ocean of Worldly Existence, to the people (vAriki) of this kali yuga who –
for the sake of wife (dAra), children (sutulakai), wealth (dhanamulakai), name and fame (Uru pErulakai), and great (bahu) power (pedda tanamukai),
always (sAreku) don (konu) (literally have) the garb (vEsamu) of a devotee (bhakta)?

Notes –
Variations –
¹ – vRshabhAdula – vRsha rAjula.

³ – candamugA nI – candamu gAni. If 'candamugA nI' is correct, then 'nI' could be connected to pallavi as 'nI mahimalu'; alternatively, it could be split as 'candamu gAni' +'I' and connected to pallavi as 'I kali narulaku'. However, if 'candamu gAni' – (short ending vowel) is correct, then 'gAni' can be connected to pallavi.

However, in keeping with caraNam, wherein 'tAraka nAma' is connected to pallavi as 'tAraka nAma mahimalu', in the anupallavi also, 'candamugA nI' has been accepted by joining 'nI' with pallavi as 'nI mahimalu'.

References –

Comments -
² – aTukula ruci – taste of parched rice - In this regard, the following verses of SrImad-bhAgavataM, Book 10, Chapter 81 (episode of sudAmA) is relevant –

kRshNa said to sudAmA –
nanv-Etad-upanItaM mE parama-prINanaM sakhE
tarpayanty-anga mAM viSvam-EtE pRthuka-taNDulAH 9

“Here You have brought Me something which I like most. These grains of beaten rice will satisfy not only Me, but the whole world.”

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. कलि नरुलकु महिमलु
तॆलिपि(ये)मि फल(म)न लेदा

अ. इलनु वॆलयु वर वृषभादुल(क)टुकुल
रुचि तॆलियु चन्दमुगा नी (कलि)

च. दार सुतुलकै धनमुलकै ऊरु
पेरुलकै बहु पॆद्द तनमुकै
सारॆकु भक्त वेसमु कॊनु वारिकि
तारक नाम श्री त्यागरा(जा)र्चित (कलि)

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. கலி நருலகு மஹிமலு
தெலிபி(யே)மி ப2ல(ம)ன லேதா3

அ. இலனு வெலயு வர வ்ரு2ஷபா4து3ல(க)டுகுல
ருசி தெலியு சந்த3முகா3 நீ (கலி)

ச. தா3ர ஸுதுலகை த4னமுலகை ஊரு
பேருலகை ப3ஹு பெத்3த3 தனமுகை
ஸாரெகு ப4க்த வேஸமு கொனு வாரிகி
தாரக நாம ஸ்ரீ த்யாக3ரா(ஜா)ர்சித (கலி)

கலி மனிதருக்கு (உனது) வல்லமைகளைத்
தெரிவிப்பதனா லென்ன பயனெனவில்லையா?

புவியில் விளங்கும் உயர் எருது ஆகியவற்றிற்கு, அவலின்
சுவை தெரிதல் போலும்,
இக்கலி மனிதருக்கு உனது வல்லமைகளைத்
தெரிவிப்பதனா லென்ன பயனெனவில்லையா?

மனைவி, மக்களுக்காக, செல்வத்திற்காக, ஊர்,
பெயருக்காக, மிக்கு பெரியதனத்திற்காக,
எவ்வமயமும் தொண்டர் வேடம் பூணுவோருக்கு,
தியாகராசனால் போற்றப் பெற்றோனே!
தாரக நாமத்தின் வல்லமைகளைத்
தெரிவிப்பதனா லென்ன பயனெனவில்லையா?

அவலின் சுவை தெரிதல் போலும் - அவலின் சுவை தெரியாதென
பெரியதனம் - அதிகாரம்
தாரக நாமம் - 'இராமா' எனும் நாமம் - பிறவிக் கடலைக் கடத்துவிக்க

Telugu

ప. కలి నరులకు మహిమలు
తెలిపియేమి ఫలమన లేదా

అ. ఇలను వెలయు వర వృషభాదులకటుకుల
రుచి తెలియు చందముగా నీ (కలి)

చ. దార సుతులకై ధనములకై ఊరు
పేరులకై బహు పెద్ద తనముకై
సారెకు భక్త వేసము కొను వారికి
తారక నామ శ్రీ త్యాగరాజార్చిత (కలి)

Kannada

ಪ. ಕಲಿ ನರುಲಕು ಮಹಿಮಲು
ತೆಲಿಪಿಯೇಮಿ ಫಲಮನ ಲೇದಾ

ಅ. ಇಲನು ವೆಲಯು ವರ ವೃಷಭಾದುಲಕಟುಕುಲ
ರುಚಿ ತೆಲಿಯು ಚಂದಮುಗಾ ನೀ (ಕಲಿ)

ಚ. ದಾರ ಸುತುಲಕೈ ಧನಮುಲಕೈ ಊರು
ಪೇರುಲಕೈ ಬಹು ಪೆದ್ದ ತನಮುಕೈ
ಸಾರೆಕು ಭಕ್ತ ವೇಸಮು ಕೊನು ವಾರಿಕಿ
ತಾರಕ ನಾಮ ಶ್ರೀ ತ್ಯಾಗರಾಜಾರ್ಚಿತ (ಕಲಿ)

Malayalam

പ. കലി നരുലകു മഹിമലു
തെലിപിയേമി ഫലമന ലേദാ

അ. ഇലനു വെലയു വര വൃഷഭാദുലകടുകുല
രുചി തെലിയു ചന്ദമുഗാ നീ (കലി)

ച. ദാര സുതുലകൈ ധനമുലകൈ ഊരു
പേരുലകൈ ബഹു പെദ്ദ തനമുകൈ
സാരെകു ഭക്ത വേസമു കൊനു വാരികി
താരക നാമ ശ്രീ ത്യാഗരാജാര്ചിത (കലി)

Updated on 28 Apr 2009

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Thyagaraja Kriti - Sarasa Saama Daana - Raga Kaapi Naaraayani

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

sarasa sAma dAna-kApinArAyaNi

In the kRti ‘sarasa sAma dAna’ – rAga kApinArAyaNi, SrI tyAgarAja extols the Lord about the way He dealt with rAvaNa.

P sarasa ¹sAma dAna bhEda daNDa catura
sATi daivam(e)varE brOvavE

A parama SAmbhav(A)grEsaruND(a)gucu²
palku rAvaNuDu teliya lEka pOye (sarasa)

C hitavu mATal(e)ntO bAga palkitivi
³satamugAn(a)yOdhyan(i)ttun(a)NTivi
nata sahOdaruni rAju cEsi rAka
hatamu jEsitivi tyAgarAja nuta (sarasa)

Gist
O Elegant Lord who is adept in the four-fold actions (of rAja dharma) - conciliation, gift or bribe, creation of dissension and punishment! O Lord praised by this tyAgarAja!

Which God is equal to You?
Deign to protect me.

But, rAvaNa, being the eminent devotee of the great Lord Siva, failed to understand Your words!

You conveyed well a lot of beneficial words; You said that ‘I shall offer even ayOdhyA for ever’; when he (rAvaNa) did not mend his ways even after anointing vibhIshaNa – his brother who supplicated before You – as King of lankA, You ultimately slayed him.

Word-by-word meaning

P O Elegant Lord (sarasa) who is adept (catura) in the four-fold actions (of rAja dharma) - conciliation (sAma), gift or bribe (dAna), creation of dissension (bhEda) and punishment (daNDa)!
which (evarE) God (daivamu) (daivamevarE) is equal (sATi) to You? deign to protect (brOvavE) me.

A But, rAvaNa (rAvaNuDu) being (agucu) the eminent (agrEsaruNDu) devotee of the great (parama) (literally supreme) Lord Siva (SAmbhava) (literally related or belonging to Sambhu) (SAmbhavAgrEsaruNDagucu), failed to understand (teliya lEka pOye) Your words (palku)!
O Elegant Lord who is adept in the four-fold actions (of rAja dharma) - conciliation, gift or bribe, creation of dissension and punishment! which God is equal to You? deign to protect me.

C You conveyed (palkitivi) (literally uttered) well (bAga) a lot of (entO) beneficial (hitavu) words (mATalu) (mATalentO);
You said (aNTivi) that ‘I shall offer (ittunu) even ayOdhyA (ayOdhyanu) for ever’ (satamugAnu) (satamugAnayOdhyAnittunaNTivi);
when he (rAvaNa) did not mend his ways (rAka) (literally come) even after anointing (cEsi) (literally make) vibhIshaNa – his brother (sahOdara) (sahOdaruni) who supplicated (nata) before You – as King (rAju) of lankA, You ultimately slayed (hatamu jEsitivi) him;
O Lord praised (nuta) by this tyAgarAja!
O Elegant Lord who is adept in the four-fold actions (of rAja dharma) – conciliation, gift or bribe, creation of dissension and punishment! which God is equal to You? deign to protect me.

Notes –
Variations –
² – agrEsaruNDagucu – agrEsaruNDanucu : In the present context, 'agrEsaruNDagucu' seems to be appropriate.

³ – satamugAnayOdhyanittunu – satamugAnayOdhyaniccEnu.

References –
¹ – sAma dAna bhEda daNDa - Four-fold method of rAja dharma in dealing with enemy - conciliation, gifts/bribe, sowing dissensions and war/punishment. – please refer to dEvi bhAgavataM, Book 1, Chapter 7 -

Comments -
¹ – dAna – bhEda - As brought in the note on caraNa, it is not clear whether SrI rAma did actually entice rAvaNa by offering ayOdhyA. vibhIshaNa sought asylum of the the Lord voluntarily and this would not amount to ‘creating dissension’. Therefore, as per SrImad vAlmIki rAmAyaNa, SrI rAma did not resort to ‘dAna’ or ‘bhEda’ – but only ‘sAma’ and ‘daNDa’.

³ - satamugAnayOdhyanittunu – ‘I shall give you ayOdhya for ever’ – the purported statement of SrI rAma, addressed to rAvaNa, is not found in SrImad vAlmIki rAmAyaNa. In sundara kANDa, AnjanEya, after seeing sItA, assumes himself the task of meeting rAvaNa; in the Court of rAvaNa, AnjanEya does not make any such statement (of giving even ayOdhya to rAvaNa). Subsequently, in yuddha kANDa, SrI rAma despatches angada (son of vAli) as a messenger to rAvaNa to ask him to return sItA; even here, there is no such mention of ayOdhyA being bestowed on rAvaNa. Therefore, the source of the statement of SrI tyAgarAja is not traceable.

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. सरस साम दान भेद दण्ड चतुर
साटि दैव(मॆ)वरे ब्रोववे

अ. परम शाम्भ(वा)ग्रेसरु(ण्ड)गुचु
पल्कु रावणुडु तॆलिय लेक पोयॆ (सरस)

च. हितवु माट(लॆ)न्तो बाग पल्कितिवि
सतमुगा(न)योध्य(नि)त्तु(न)ण्टिवि
नत सहोदरुनि राजु चेसि राक
हतमु जेसितिवि त्यागराज नुत (सरस)

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. ஸரஸ ஸாம தா3ன பே4த3 த3ண்ட3 சதுர
ஸாடி தை3வ(மெ)வரே ப்3ரோவவே

அ. பரம ஸா1ம்ப4(வா)க்3ரேஸருண்(ட3)கு3சு
பல்கு ராவணுடு3 தெலிய லேக போயெ (ஸரஸ)

ச. ஹிதவு மாட(லெ)ந்தோ பா3க3 பல்கிதிவி
ஸதமுகா3(ன)யோத்4ய(னி)த்து(ன)ண்டிவி
நத ஸஹோத3ருனி ராஜு சேஸி ராக
ஹதமு ஜேஸிதிவி த்யாக3ராஜ நுத (ஸரஸ)

சமாதானம், கொடை, பிளவு, தண்டனை ஆகிய நான்கிலும்
வல்ல இனியோனே! உனக்கு நிகர் தெய்வமெவருளர்? காப்பாய்;

உயர் சம்புவின் அடியார்களில் தலைசிறந்தோனாகியும்
(உனது) சொற்களை இராவணன் அறியாமற் போனானே!
சமாதானம், கொடை, பிளவு, தண்டனை ஆகிய நான்கிலும்
வல்ல இனியோனே! உனக்கு நிகர் தெய்வமெவருளர்? காப்பாய்

இதமான சொற்களெத்தனையோ நன்கு பகர்ந்தாய்;
என்றைக்கும் அயோத்தியையும் அளிப்பேனென்றாய்;
பணிந்த சோதரனை அரசனாக்கியும் (வழிக்கு) வராமற் போக,
(அவனை) வதைத்தாய்; தியாகராசனால் போற்றப் பெற்றோனே!
சமாதானம், கொடை, பிளவு, தண்டனை ஆகிய நான்கிலும்
வல்ல இனியோனே! உனக்கு நிகர் தெய்வமெவருளர்? காப்பாய்

சமாதானம், கொடை, பிளவு, தண்டனை -
பகைவரையணுகுவதில் நான்கு முறைகள் (அரசியல்)

சம்பு - சிவன்
சோதரன் - விபீடணன்

Telugu

ప. సరస సామ దాన భేద దండ చతుర
సాటి దైవమెవరే బ్రోవవే

అ. పరమ శాంభవాగ్రేసరుండగుచు
పల్కు రావణుడు తెలియ లేక పోయె (సరస)

చ. హితవు మాటలెంతో బాగ పల్కితివి
సతముగానయోధ్యనిత్తునంటివి
నత సహోదరుని రాజు చేసి రాక
హతము జేసితివి త్యాగరాజ నుత (సరస)

Kannada

ಪ. ಸರಸ ಸಾಮ ದಾನ ಭೇದ ದಂಡ ಚತುರ
ಸಾಟಿ ದೈವಮೆವರೇ ಬ್ರೋವವೇ

ಅ. ಪರಮ ಶಾಂಭವಾಗ್ರೇಸರುಂಡಗುಚು
ಪಲ್ಕು ರಾವಣುಡು ತೆಲಿಯ ಲೇಕ ಪೋಯೆ (ಸರಸ)

ಚ. ಹಿತವು ಮಾಟಲೆಂತೋ ಬಾಗ ಪಲ್ಕಿತಿವಿ
ಸತಮುಗಾನಯೋಧ್ಯನಿತ್ತುನಂಟಿವಿ
ನತ ಸಹೋದರುನಿ ರಾಜು ಚೇಸಿ ರಾಕ
ಹತಮು ಜೇಸಿತಿವಿ ತ್ಯಾಗರಾಜ ನುತ (ಸರಸ)

Malayalam

പ. സരസ സാമ ദാന ഭേദ ദണ്ഡ ചതുര
സാടി ദൈവമെവരേ ബ്രോവവേ

അ. പരമ ശാമ്ഭവാഗ്രേസരുണ്ഡഗുചു
പല്കു രാവണുഡു തെലിയ ലേക പോയെ (സരസ)

ച. ഹിതവു മാടലെന്തോ ബാഗ പല്കിതിവി
സതമുഗാനയോധ്യനിത്തുനണ്ടിവി
നത സഹോദരുനി രാജു ചേസി രാക
ഹതമു ജേസിതിവി ത്യാഗരാജ നുത (സരസ)

Updated on 26 Apr 2009

Monday, November 26, 2007

Thyagaraja Kriti - Sujana Jeevana - Raga Kamas

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

sujana jIvana-kamAs

In the kRti ‘sujana jIvana’ – rAga kamAs, SrI tyAgarAja sings praises of the Lord.

P sujana jIvana rAma suguNa ¹bhUshaNa rAma

A bhujaga bhUshaN(A)rcita budha jan(A)van(A)tmaja²
vandita Srita ³candana ⁴daSa turanga mAm-ava (sujana)

C ⁵cAru nEtra SrI kaLatra SrI ramya gAtra
tAraka nAma su-caritra daSaratha putra
tArak(A)dhip(A)nana ⁶dharma pAlaka
tAraya raghuvara nirmala tyAgarAja sannuta (sujana)

Gist
O Lord rAma – the very life of virtuous people! O Lord adorned with virtues!

O Lord worshipped by Lord Siva! O Protector of the men of wisdom! O Lord worshipped by brahmA! O Lord who is wish tree for those dependent! O Lord who comes in the lineage of ikshvAku!

O Beautiful Eyed! O Lord who has lakshmI as Consort! O Lord whose body is delightful to lakshmI! O Lord whose name carries across the Ocean of Worldly Existence! O Lord with virtuous conduct! O Son of King daSaratha! O Moon Faced! O Protector of dharma! O Lord raghuvara! O Blemish-less! O Lord well-praised by this tyAgarAja!

Please protect me.
Please carry me across the Ocean of Worldly Existence.

Word-by-word Meaning

P O Lord rAma – the very life (jIvana) of virtuous people (sujana)! O Lord rAma – one who is adorned (bhUshaNa) with virtues (suguNa)!

A O Lord worshipped (arcita) by Lord Siva – adorned (bhUshaNa) (bhUshaNArcita) with serpents (bhujaga)! O Protector (avana) of the men of wisdom (budha jana)!
O Lord worshipped (vandita) by brahmA (Atmaja) (janAvanAtmaja)! O Lord who is wish tree (candana) (literally most excellent) for those dependent (Srita)! O Lord who comes in the lineage of ikshvAku (daSa turanga) (literally ten horses)! Please protect (ava) me (mAM) (mAm-ava);
O Lord rAma – the very life of virtuous people! O Lord rAma – one who is adorned with virtues!

C O Beautiful (cAru) Eyed (nEtra)! O Lord who has lakshmI (SrI) as Consort (kaLatra)! O Lord whose body (gAtra) is delightful (ramya) to lakshmI (SrI)!
O Lord whose name (nAma) carries across (tAraka) the Ocean of Worldly Existence! O Lord with virtuous conduct (su-caritra)! O Son (putra) of King daSaratha!
O Moon – Lord (adhipa) of stars (tAraka) – Faced (Anana) (tArakAdhipAnana)! O Protector (pAlaka) of dharma!
O Lord raghuvara! O Blemish-less (nirmala)! O Lord well-praised (sannuta) by this tyAgarAja! Please carry me across (tAraya) the Ocean of Worldly Existence;
O Lord rAma – the very life of virtuous people! O Lord rAma – one who is adorned with virtues!

Notes –
Variations –
¹ – bhUshaNa rAma – bhUshaNa.

² – Atmaja vandita – aja vandita : 'Atmaja', by itself, is used to refer to kAma (cupid). In the present context the meaning 'cupid' does not seem to be appropriate, but 'brahmA' may be appropriate. 'brahmA' is called 'AtmabhU'. It is not clear whether SrI tyAgarAja uses 'Atmaja' to mean 'AtmabhU'.

⁶ – dharma pAlaka – dharma pAlana.

References –
⁶ – dharma pAlaka – The following verses from SrImad vAlmIki rAmAyaNa, ayOdhyA kANDa, Chapter 21 refer –

dharmO hi paramO lOkE dharmE satyaM pratishThitaM
dharma-saMSritam-apy-Etat pitur-vacanam-uttamaM
saMSrutya ca pitur-vAkyaM mAtur-vA brAhmaNasya vA
na kartavyaM vRthA vIrA dharmam-ASritya tishThatA 41, 42

“Indeed righteousness is paramount in this world (and) truthfulness is rooted in piety. This command of my father too is supreme in that it is based on righteousness. Having plighted one’s word to do the bidding of one’s father, mother or a brAhmaNa, O gallant lakshmaNa, he who takes his stand on righteousness should not falsify it.”

Please also refer to - vAlmIki rAmAyaNa, ayOdhyA kANDa, Chapter 21

Comments -
³ – candana – Generally, this word means 'excellent'. However, in conjunction with the preceding word 'Srita', it would mean, 'wish-tree'. SrI tyAgarAja uses 'Srita mandAra', 'Srita pArijAta' in other kRtis. Accordingly, it has been translated here. The five celestial (wish) trees are – mandAra, pArijAtaka, santAna, kalpa vRksha, hari candana.

⁴ – daSa turanga – As per Monier’s Dictionary, daSa aSva (daSASva) - means ‘of a son of ikshvAku’; therefore, it seems SrI tyAgarAja uses this term (by substituting ‘aSva’ with ‘turanga’) to mean one of the lineage of ikshvAku.

As per SrImad vAlmIki rAmAyaNa, uttara kANDa, Chapter 99, SrI rAma performed ten-thousand horse sacrifices and vAjapEya sacrifices.

In some books, this has been taken to mean ‘one who has garuDa as vehicle’; ‘turanga’ has been frequently used by SrI tyAgarAja to mean ‘moving fast’ - eg ‘khaga turanga’ where ‘khaga’ means ‘garuDa’; here the qualifying word is ‘daSa’ which does not mean garuDa.

⁵ – cAru nEtra – this epithet may be applied to lakshmI also (cAru nEtra SrI kaLatra) and translated as ‘O Consort of the beautiful-eyed lakshmI’.

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. सुजन जीवन राम सुगुण भूषण राम

अ. भुजग भूष(णा)र्चित बुध ज(ना)व(ना)त्मज
वन्दित श्रित चन्दन दश तुरंग मा(म)व (सुजन)

च. चारु नेत्र श्री कळत्र श्री रम्य गात्र
तारक नाम सु-चरित्र दशरथ पुत्र
तार(का)धि(पा)नन धर्म पालक
तारय रघुवर निर्मल त्यागराज सन्नुत (सुजन)

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. ஸுஜன ஜீவன ராம ஸுகு3ண பூ4ஷண ராம

அ. பு4ஜக3 பூ4ஷ(ணா)ர்சித பு3த4 ஜ(னா)வ(னா)த்மஜ
வந்தி3த ஸ்1ரித சந்த3ன த3ஸ1 துரங்க3 மா(ம)வ (ஸுஜன)

ச. சாரு நேத்ர ஸ்ரீ களத்ர ஸ்ரீ ரம்ய கா3த்ர
தாரக நாம ஸு-சரித்ர த3ஸ1ரத2 புத்ர
தார(கா)தி4(பா)னன த4ர்ம பாலக
தாரய ரகு4வர நிர்மல த்யாக3ராஜ ஸன்னுத (ஸுஜன)

நல்லோரின் வாழ்வே, இராமா!
நற்குணங்களையணிவோனே, இராமா!

அரவணிவோனால் தொழப்பெற்றோனே!
அறிஞர்களைக் காப்போனே! தான்தோன்றியால்
வந்திக்கப் பெற்றோனே! அண்டியோருக்கு வேண்டியதருள்வோனே!
இக்குவாகு குலத்தோனே! என்னைக் காப்பாய்;
நல்லோரின் வாழ்வே, இராமா!
நற்குணங்களையணிவோனே, இராமா!

அழகிய கண்களோனே! மா மணாளா! இலக்குமி விரும்பும் உடலோனே!
தாரக நாமத்தோனே! நன்னடைத்தையோனே! தசரதன் மைந்தா!
மதி வதனத்தோனே! அறங்காப்போனே!
கடத்துவிப்பாய், இரகுவரா! களங்கமற்றோனே!
தியாகராசனால் போற்றப் பெற்றோனே!
நல்லோரின் வாழ்வே, இராமா!
நற்குணங்களையணிவோனே, இராமா!

அரவணிவோன் - சிவன்
தான்தோன்றி - பிரமன்
இக்குவாகு - இரகு குல முன்தோன்றல்
தாரக நாமம் - 'இராமா' எனும் நாமம் பிறவிக் கடலைக் கடத்துவிப்பதனால்
கடத்துவிப்பாய் - பிறவிக் கடலினைக் கடத்துவிப்பாய்

Telugu

ప. సుజన జీవన రామ సుగుణ భూషణ రామ

అ. భుజగ భూషణార్చిత బుధ జనావనాత్మజ
వందిత శ్రిత చందన దశ తురంగ మామవ (సుజన)

చ. చారు నేత్ర శ్రీ కళత్ర శ్రీ రమ్య గాత్ర
తారక నామ సు-చరిత్ర దశరథ పుత్ర
తారకాధిపానన ధర్మ పాలక
తారయ రఘువర నిర్మల త్యాగరాజ సన్నుత (సుజన)

Kannada

ಪ. ಸುಜನ ಜೀವನ ರಾಮ ಸುಗುಣ ಭೂಷಣ ರಾಮ

ಅ. ಭುಜಗ ಭೂಷಣಾರ್ಚಿತ ಬುಧ ಜನಾವನಾತ್ಮಜ
ವಂದಿತ ಶ್ರಿತ ಚಂದನ ದಶ ತುರಂಗ ಮಾಮವ (ಸುಜನ)

ಚ. ಚಾರು ನೇತ್ರ ಶ್ರೀ ಕಳತ್ರ ಶ್ರೀ ರಮ್ಯ ಗಾತ್ರ
ತಾರಕ ನಾಮ ಸು-ಚರಿತ್ರ ದಶರಥ ಪುತ್ರ
ತಾರಕಾಧಿಪಾನನ ಧರ್ಮ ಪಾಲಕ
ತಾರಯ ರಘುವರ ನಿರ್ಮಲ ತ್ಯಾಗರಾಜ ಸನ್ನುತ (ಸುಜನ)

Malayalam

പ. സുജന ജീവന രാമ സുഗുണ ഭൂഷണ രാമ

അ. ഭുജഗ ഭൂഷണാര്ചിത ബുധ ജനാവനാത്മജ
വന്ദിത ശ്രിത ചന്ദന ദശ തുരങ്ഗ മാമവ (സുജന)

ച. ചാരു നേത്ര ശ്രീ കളത്ര ശ്രീ രമ്യ ഗാത്ര
താരക നാമ സു-ചരിത്ര ദശരഥ പുത്ര
താരകാധിപാനന ധര്മ പാലക
താരയ രഘുവര നിര്മല ത്യാഗരാജ സന്നുത (സുജന)

Updated on 25 Apr 2009

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Thyagaraja Kriti - Sita Pati Naa Manasuna - Raga Kamaas

Saturday, November 24, 2007

Thyagaraja Kriti - Nija Marmamula - Raga Umaabharanam

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

nija marmamula-umAbharaNaM

In the kRti ‘nija marmamulanu’ – rAga umAbharaNaM, SrI tyAgarAja asks why the Lord is deluding even those who are devoted to chanting His names.

P nija marmamulanu telisina vArini
nIv(a)layincEd(¹E)makO ²rAma

A aja gaja rakshaka ³gaja carm(A)mbar-
(A)di ⁴daiva bhEdamula lIla kalga jEsina nI (nija)

C Sruti SAstra purANa-⁵vid(A)di
⁶shaNmata nishThula ⁷nAma parAdula
⁸kshiti patulan kumatulugA jEsina
⁹kshEma tyAgarAja nuta SrI ¹⁰manOhara (nija)

Gist
O Lord rAma! O Lord who has stolen the heart of lakshmI - praised by this tyAgarAja!

I know not why You make even those who have understood (Your) true secrets languish?

I know not why You make even those languish who have understood Your true secrets - who created the grand sport of differences of deities of brahmA, vishNu and Siva?

I know not why You make even those languish who have understood the true secrets of Your joy in deluding -
(a) those learned in vEdAs, SAstra, epics etc.,
(b) those dedicated to six-fold forms of worship,
(c) those devoted to chanting of Your names, and
(d) the kings?

Word-by-word Meaning

P O Lord rAma! I know not why (EmakO) You (nIvu) make even those (vArini) who have understood (telisina) (Your) true (nija) secrets (marmamulanu) languish (alayincEdi) (nIvalayincEdEmakO)?

A O Lord rAma! I know not why You make even those languish who have understood Your (nI) true secrets - who
created (kalga jEsina) the grand sport (lIla) of differences (bhEdamula) of deities (daiva) of –
brahmA (aja), vishNu – the protector (rakshaka) of gajEndra – the elephant (gaja) and (Adi) (literally etc.) Siva – one who has elephant (gaja) skin (carma) as his garment (ambara) (carmAmbarAdi)?

C O Lord rAma! I know not why You make even those languish who have understood the true secrets of Your joy (kshEma) (literally comfort) in deluding (kumatulugA jEsina) (literally making fools of) –
those learned (vid) in vEdAs (SrUti), SAstra, epics (purANa) etc. (Adi) (vidAdi),
those dedicated (nishThula) to six-fold forms of worship (shaNmata), those devoted (parAdula) to chanting of Your names (nAma), and
those kings – Lords (patulan) of the Earth (kshiti)?
O Lord who has stolen (hara) the heart (manas) (literally mind) (manOhara) of lakshmI (SrI) - praised (nuta) by this tyAgarAja!

Notes –
Variations –
¹ – EmakO – EmokO. The word 'EmakO' is appearing in the kRti 'rAma nannu brOva' – rAga harikAmbhOji also. Therefore, the same word has been accepted here also.

The word ‘EmakO’ (or 'EmokO') is not found in the dictionary. From the context, it is clear that it means ‘for what reason’. The nearest word is ‘EmiTiko’ meaning ‘I know not why’. May be this is the colloquial version of ‘EmiTikO’.

² – rAma – SrI rAma.

⁴ – daiva – gauNa : In the present context, ‘daiva’ seems to be appropriate. In fact, 'gauNa' may be an interpolation.

⁵ – vidAdi – vivAdi - vidhAdi. In the present context, ‘vidAdi’ is the appropriate word.

⁸ – kshiti patulan ku-matulugA - kshiti patulankumatulgA – kshitipatulangamatulugA : 'kshiti patulan ku-matulugA' is the appropriate word.

⁹ – kshEma – SrIda. In the present context, ‘kshEma’ seems to be appropriate for connecting to the pallavi.

¹⁰ – manOhara – manOhara nI.

References –
³ – gaja carmAmbara – elephant skin as garment - Refers to slaying of gajAsura by Lord Siva

⁶ – shaNmata – six-fold forms of worship – Siva, vishNu, Sakti, kumAra, gaNapati, sUrya.

Comments -
⁷ – nAma parAdula – those devoted to chanting of Your names. Here, 'Adulu' does not necessarily mean 'etc' or 'and others'.

⁸ - kumatulugA jEsina – made fools – In the kRti 'manasA mana sAmarthyamEmi' – rAga vardhani, SrI tyAgarAja mentions two specific instances of how the Lord (rAma) cast His spell of illusion to change the course of events – (1) the decision of King daSratha to make rAma as crown prince thwarted by the very agency of kaikEyi who was otherwise well-disposed towards rAma, and (2) the stance of sugrIva who had given up hope of ever getting back his family deprived of by his elder brother vAli. But for these two instances, the purpose of divine incarnation might not have been accomplished.

This is in keeping with the statement of Lord in SrImad-bhagavad-gItA (Chpater 7) about the inexorable nature of mAyA –

daivI hyEshA guNamayI mama mAyA duratyayA
mAmEva yE prapadyantE mAyAm-EtAM taranti tE 14

"Verily this divine illusion of Mine, constituted of the guNAs, is difficult to cross over; those who devote themselves to Me alone, cross over this illusion." (Translation by Swami Swarupananda)

However, SrI tyAgarAja states that even those devoted to the Lord (nAma parAdulu) have not been spared by the illusion of the Lord – that is, in fact, the thrust of this kRti – nija marmamulanu telisina vArini nIvu alayincEdi – You make even those who understand the truth (and adopt the path of bhakti) to languish – why?

Please also refer to the dOha of Saint kabir –‘mAya mahA ThagnI’

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. निज मर्ममुलनु तॆलिसिन वारिनि
नी(व)लयिञ्चे(दे)मको राम

अ. अज गज रक्षक गज चर्माम्ब(रा)दि
दैव भेदमुल लील कल्ग जेसिन नी (निज)

च. श्रुति शास्त्र पुराण-वि(दा)दि
षण्मत निष्ठुल नाम परादुल
क्षिति पतुलन् कुमतुलुगा जेसिन
क्षेम त्यागराज नुत श्री मनोहर (निज)

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. நிஜ மர்மமுலனு தெலிஸின வாரினி
நீ(வ)லயிஞ்சே(தே3)மகோ ராம

அ. அஜ க3ஜ ரக்ஷக க3ஜ சர்மாம்ப3(ரா)தி3
தை3வ பே4த3முல லீல கல்க3 ஜேஸின நீ (நிஜ)

ச. ஸ்1ருதி ஸா1ஸ்த்ர புராண-வி(தா3)தி3
ஷண்மத நிஷ்டு2ல நாம பராது3ல
க்ஷிதி பதுலன் குமதுலுகா3 ஜேஸின
க்ஷேம த்யாக3ராஜ நுத ஸ்ரீ மனோஹர (நிஜ)

நிச மருமங்களினை யறிந்தவரையும்
நீ அலையச்செய்வதனோ, இராமா?

பிரமன், கரியைக் காத்தோன், கரித்தோலையணிந்தோன் முதலான
தெய்வங்களின் வேறுபாடெனும் திருவிளையாடலை உண்டாக்கிய உனது
நிச மருமங்களினை யறிந்தவரையும்
நீ அலையச்செய்வதனோ, இராமா?

தியாகராசனால் போற்றப் பெற்றோனே! இலக்குமி மனம் கவர்வோனே!
மறைகள், சாத்திரங்கள், புராணங்கள் ஆகியவற்றினில் தேர்ந்தோரையும்,
அறுமத நெறி நிற்போரையும், (உனது) நாமத்தினில் திளைப்போரையும்,
புவியாள்வோரையும், மதியிழந்தோராக்கிய (உனது) களிப்பின்
நிச மருமங்களினை யறிந்தவரையும்
நீ அலையச்செய்வதனோ, இராமா?

கரியைக் காத்தோன் - அரி
கரித்தோலையணிந்தோன் - அரன்
அறு மதங்கள் - அரி, அரன், சக்தி, முருகன், கணபதி, சூரியன் ஆகியோரின் வழிபாடு
மதியிழந்தோராக்கிய - மாயையெனும் திருவிளையாடலினால்

Telugu

ప. నిజ మర్మములను తెలిసిన వారిని
నీవలయించేదేమకో రామ

అ. అజ గజ రక్షక గజ చర్మాంబరాది
దైవ భేదముల లీల కల్గ జేసిన నీ (నిజ)

చ. శ్రుతి శాస్త్ర పురాణ-విదాది
షణ్మత నిష్ఠుల నామ పరాదుల
క్షితి పతులన్ కుమతులుగా జేసిన
క్షేమ త్యాగరాజ నుత శ్రీ మనోహర (నిజ)

Kannada

ಪ. ನಿಜ ಮರ್ಮಮುಲನು ತೆಲಿಸಿನ ವಾರಿನಿ
ನೀವಲಯಿಂಚೇದೇಮಕೋ ರಾಮ

ಅ. ಅಜ ಗಜ ರಕ್ಷಕ ಗಜ ಚರ್ಮಾಂಬರಾದಿ
ದೈವ ಭೇದಮುಲ ಲೀಲ ಕಲ್ಗ ಜೇಸಿನ ನೀ (ನಿಜ)

ಚ. ಶ್ರುತಿ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ ಪುರಾಣ-ವಿದಾದಿ
ಷಣ್ಮತ ನಿಷ್ಠುಲ ನಾಮ ಪರಾದುಲ
ಕ್ಷಿತಿ ಪತುಲನ್ ಕುಮತುಲುಗಾ ಜೇಸಿನ
ಕ್ಷೇಮ ತ್ಯಾಗರಾಜ ನುತ ಶ್ರೀ ಮನೋಹರ (ನಿಜ)

Malayalam

പ. നിജ മര്മമുലനു തെലിസിന വാരിനി
നീവലയിഞ്ചേദേമകോ രാമ

അ. അജ ഗജ രക്ഷക ഗജ ചര്മാമ്ബരാദി
ദൈവ ഭേദമുല ലീല കല്ഗ ജേസിന നീ (നിജ)

ച. ശ്രുതി ശാസ്ത്ര പുരാണ-വിദാദി
ഷണ്മത നിഷ്ഠുല നാമ പരാദുല
ക്ഷിതി പതുലന്‍ കുമതുലുഗാ ജേസിന
ക്ഷേമ ത്യാഗരാജ നുത ശ്രീ മനോഹര (നിജ)

Updated on 23 Apr 2009

Friday, November 23, 2007

Thyagaraja Kriti - Sri Janaki Manohari - Raga Isa Manohari

Thursday, November 22, 2007

Thyagaraja Kriti - Manasaa Sri Ramachandruni - Raga Isa Manohari

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

manasA SrI rAmacandruni-ISamanOhari

In the kRti ‘mansA SrI rAma candruni’ – rAga ISamanOhari, SrI tyAgarAja asks his mind to read vAlmIki rAmAyaNa to understand the true nature of Lord SrI rAma.

P manasA SrI rAma candruni
¹maravakE EmarakE O (manasA)

A munu ²puTTanu puTTina mauni kRtamau
³mUDun(n)Ar(⁴a)dhyAyamula jUcukO (manasA)

C sRshTi pushTi nashTi sEyu panulu
nikRshTam(a)nucunu ⁵trimUrtulak(o)sagi
tushTuDai paragE sad-bhakta
⁶manObhIshTamul(i)ccE tyAgarAja nutuni (manasA)

Gist
O My Mind!

Don’t forget the Lord SrI rAma candra - praised by this tyAgarAja;
don’t be deceived.

Take note of the third and sixth kANDas of rAmAyaNa - earlier composed by the sage vAlmIki.

He has allocated the tasks of projection, sustenance and in-folding to the Trinity considering these (tasks) to be inferior (to His status);
He remains satisfied with bestowing wishes to true devotees.

Word-by-word Meaning

P O My Mind (manasA)! Don’t forget (maravakE) the Lord SrI rAma candra (rAma candruni) and don’t be deceived (EmarakE).

A O My Mind! Take note of (jUcukO) (literally look) the third (mUDu) and sixth (Aru) kANDas (adhyAyamula) (literally Chapters) (mUDunnAradhyAyamula) of rAmAyaNa -
earlier (munu) composed (kRtamau) by the sage (mauni) vAlmIki - born (puTTina) in an ant-hill (puTTanu);
don’t forget the Lord SrI rAma candra and don’t be deceived.

C O My Mind! Don’t forget the Lord SrI rAma candra - the Lord praised (nutuni) by this tyAgarAja – the bestower (iccE) of the wishes (manObhIshTamulu) (manObhIshTamuliccE) of true devotees (sad-bhakta) - who remains (paragE) satisfied (tushTuDai) -
having allocated (osagi) (literally given) the tasks (panulu) of performing (sEyu) projection (sRshTi), sustenance (pushTi) and in-folding (nashTi) (literally destruction) to the Trinity (trimUrtulaku) (trimUrtulakosagi) considering these (tasks) to be (anucunu) inferior (nikRshTamu) (nikRshTamanucunu) (to His status);
don’t be deceived.

Notes –
Variations –
⁴ – adhyAyamula – adhyAyamuna : As the word is required to be in plural in the present context, ‘adhyAyamula’ seems to be appropriate.

⁶ – manObhIshTamuliccE – manObhIshTamuliccu.

References –
² – puTTanu puTTina – born in an ant-hill - Please refer to SrImad bhAgavataM, Book 6, Chapter 18 (verse 5) wherein it is stated vAlmIki – the son of varuNa – sprang up from an ant-hill.

³ – mUDunnArAdhyAyamu – vAlmIki rAmAyaNa – third book is ‘AraNyakANDa’ and sixth book is ‘yuddha kANDa’.

Comments -
¹ – maravakE – EmarakE – Feminine addressing form for the mind.

⁵ – trimUrtulakosagi – having assigned to the Trinity. Please refer to kRti 'evarani nirNayincirirA' – rAga dEvAmRta varshiNi - wherein SrI tyAgarAja states that SrI rAma is beyond Trinity.

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. मनसा श्री राम चन्द्रुनि
मरवके एमरके ओ (मनसा)

अ. मुनु पुट्टनु पुट्टिन मौनि कृतमौ
मूडु(न्ना)(र)ध्यायमुल जूचुको (मनसा)

च. सृष्टि पुष्टि नष्टि सेयु पनुलु
निकृष्ट(म)नुचुनु त्रिमूर्तुल(कॊ)सगि
तुष्टुडै परगे सद्भक्त
मनोभीष्टमु(लि)च्चे त्यागराज नुतुनि (मनसा)

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. மனஸா ஸ்ரீ ராம சந்த்3ருனி
மரவகே ஏமரகே ஓ (மனஸா)

அ. முனு புட்டனு புட்டின மௌனி க்ரு2தமௌ
மூடு3ன்(னா)(ர)த்4யாயமுல ஜூசுகோ (மனஸா)

ச. ஸ்ரு2ஷ்டி புஷ்டி நஷ்டி ஸேயு பனுலு
நிக்ரு2ஷ்ட(ம)னுசுனு த்ரிமூர்துல(கொ)ஸகி3
துஷ்டுடை3 பரகே3 ஸத்3-ப4க்த
மனோபீ4ஷ்டமு(லி)ச்சே த்யாக3ராஜ நுதுனி (மனஸா)

ஓ மனமே! இராமசந்திரனை மறவாதே, ஏமாறாதே

முன்னம் புற்றனிலுதித்த முனிவனால் இயற்றப்பெற்ற
மூன்று மற்றும் ஆறாவது படலங்களை நோக்குவாய்;
ஓ மனமே! இராமசந்திரனை மறவாதே, ஏமாறாதே

படைத்தல், காத்தல், அழித்தல் செய்யும் பணிகள்
தாழ்வானவையென, (அவற்றினை) மும்மூர்த்திகளுக்களித்து,
களித்திருக்கும், தூய தொண்டர்களின்
மன விழைவுகளினையருளும், தியாகாராசனால்
போற்றப் பெற்றோனை,
ஓ மனமே! இராமசந்திரனை மறவாதே, ஏமாறாதே

புற்றனிலுதித்த முனிவன் - வால்மீகி
மூன்று மற்றும் ஆறாவது படலங்கள் - இராமாயணத்தினைக் குறிக்கும்
மூன்றாவது படலம் - ஆரணிய காண்டம்
ஆறாவது படலம் - யுத்த காண்டம்

Telugu

ప. మనసా శ్రీ రామ చంద్రుని
మరవకే ఏమరకే ఓ (మనసా)

అ. మును పుట్టను పుట్టిన మౌని కృతమౌ
మూడున్నారధ్యాయముల జూచుకో (మనసా)

చ. సృష్టి పుష్టి నష్టి సేయు పనులు
నికృష్టమనుచును త్రిమూర్తులకొసగి
తుష్టుడై పరగే సద్భక్త
మనోభీష్టములిచ్చే త్యాగరాజ నుతుని (మనసా)

Kannada

ಪ. ಮನಸಾ ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಮ ಚಂದ್ರುನಿ
ಮರವಕೇ ಏಮರಕೇ ಓ (ಮನಸಾ)

ಅ. ಮುನು ಪುಟ್ಟನು ಪುಟ್ಟಿನ ಮೌನಿ ಕೃತಮೌ
ಮೂಡುನ್ನಾರಧ್ಯಾಯಮುಲ ಜೂಚುಕೋ (ಮನಸಾ)

ಚ. ಸೃಷ್ಟಿ ಪುಷ್ಟಿ ನಷ್ಟಿ ಸೇಯು ಪನುಲು
ನಿಕೃಷ್ಟಮನುಚುನು ತ್ರಿಮೂರ್ತುಲಕೊಸಗಿ
ತುಷ್ಟುಡೈ ಪರಗೇ ಸದ್ಭಕ್ತ
ಮನೋಭೀಷ್ಟಮುಲಿಚ್ಚೇ ತ್ಯಾಗರಾಜ ನುತುನಿ (ಮನಸಾ)

Malayalam

പ. മനസാ ശ്രീ രാമ ചന്ദ്രുനി
മരവകേ ഏമരകേ ഓ (മനസാ)

അ. മുനു പുട്ടനു പുട്ടിന മൌനി കൃതമൌ
മൂഡുന്നാരധ്യായമുല ജൂചുകോ (മനസാ)

ച. സൃഷ്ടി പുഷ്ടി നഷ്ടി സേയു പനുലു
നികൃഷ്ടമനുചുനു ത്രിമൂര്തുലകൊസഗി
തുഷ്ടുഡൈ പരഗേ സദ്ഭക്ത
മനോഭീഷ്ടമുലിച്ചേ ത്യാഗരാജ നുതുനി (മനസാ)

Updated on 21 Apr 2009

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Thyagaraja Kriti - Nenendu Vetukuduraa - Raga Karnataka Behag

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Thyagaraja Kriti - Abhimaanamennadu - Raga Kunjari

Monday, November 19, 2007

Thyagaraja Kriti - Abhimaanamu Ledemi - Raga Andaali

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

abhimAnamu lEdEmi-AndALi

In the kRti ‘abhimAnamu lEdEmi’ – rAga AndALi, SrI tyAgarAja pleads with Lord to have compassion on him.

P abhimAnamu lEd(E)mi nIv-
(a)bhinaya vacanamul(A)DEd(E)mi

C1 mAlim(i)ncukaina lEdA ¹tannu
mAlina dharmamu kaladA ²vana
mAli nApai daya rAdA pAlu-
mAlina guNam(i)kanaina pOdA (abhi)

C2 kalimi(y)uNTE peTTukOrA kRpa
kalugun(a)nucu vEDinArA nA
kalavaramulu vini rArA
pOkalu nIku kalad(a)ni nEn(e)runga lErA (abhi)

C3 rAju nIv(a)ni namminAnu gaja
rAj(u)nna vitamu vinnAnu rati
rAja dAsula vEDa lEnu tyAga-
rAju nIvAD(a)ni pEru konnAnu (abhi)

Gist
O Lord who wears garland vana mAla!

Don’t You have affection? What words of gesture You are speaking?

Is there not even a little kindness? Is there any duty which goes against self-interest? Won’t You have mercy on me? Won’t this quality of procrastination leave You even now?

If You have wealth (for bestowing on me), keep it to Yourself; I entreated You (thinking) that You would have compassion on me; deign to come hearing about my anxieties; I do not know that You have wickedness.

I believed that You are the Lord; I have heard about the condition in which gajEndra was (when he cried for help); I won’t entreat the slaves of cupid; I have earned a name that this tyAgarAja is Your man.

Word-by-word Meaning

P Don’t (lEdA Emi) (lEdEmi) You have affection (abhimAnamu)? What (Emi) words (vacanamulu) of gesture (abhinaya) You (nIvu) (nIvabhinaya) are speaking (ADEdi) (vacanamulADEdEmi)?

C1 Is there not (lEdA) even a little (incukaina) kindness (mAlimi)? Is there (kaladA) any duty (dharmamu) which goes against (mAlina) (literally devoid of) self-interest (tannu) (literally self)?
O Lord who wears garland vana mAla (vana mAli) (literally garland of wild flowers)! Won’t You have (rAdA) (literally come) mercy (daya) on me (nApai)? Won’t this quality (guNamu) of procrastination (pAlu-mAlina) leave (pOdA) You even now (ikanaina) (guNamikanaina)?
don’t You have affection? what words of gesture You are speaking?

C2 If You have (uNTE) wealth (kalimi) (for bestowing on me) (kalimiyuNTE), keep it to Yourself (peTTukOrA); I entreated (vEDinArA) You (thinking) that (anucu) You would have (kalugunu) (kalugunanucu) compassion (kRpa) on me;
deign to come (rArA) hearing (vini) about my anxieties (kalavaramulu); I (nEnu) do not (lErA) know (erunga) (nEnerunga) that (ani) You (nIku) have (kaladu) (kaladani) wickedness (pOkalu);
don’t You have affection? what words of gesture You are speaking?

C3 I believed (namminAnu) that (ani) You (nIvu) (nIvani) are the Lord (rAju) (literally King); I have heard (vinnAnu) about the condition (vitamu) in which gajEndra (gaja rAju) was (unna) (rAjunna) (when he cried for help);
I won’t (lEnu) entreat (vEDa) the slaves (dAsula) of cupid – Consort (rAja) (literally Lord) of rati; I have earned (konnAnu) a name (pEru) that (ani) this tyAgarAja (tyAgarAju) is Your man (nIvADu) (nivADani);
don’t You have affection? what words of gesture You are speaking?

Notes –
Comments –
¹ – tannu mAlina dharmamu kaladA – This has been translated as ‘is there any duty against one’s self-interest?’ based on the quotation - ‘tananu mAlina dharmam modalu ceDDa bEram - a code of conduct that is against one's interest is a bad bargain’ – http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/gwynn/index.html - (word 'maalina')

tannu mAlina dharmamu kaladA – Reading together with pallavi words ‘abhimAnamu lEdA’ and the 3rd caraNam words ‘nIvADani pEru konnAnu’, SrI tyAgaraja seems to convey that ‘since I am Yours, it is in Your self-interest (Your duty - dharma) to protect me (because I belong to You); otherwise, You will be going against Your own self-interest (tannu mAlina)’.

² – vana mAli – the garland vaijayanti worn by Lord vishNu consisting of tuLasi, mallikA, mandAra, pArijAta and lotus is called 'vana mAla'.

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. अभिमानमु ले(दे)मि
नी(व)भिनय वचनमु(ला)डे(दे)मि

च1. मालि(मि)ञ्चुकैन लेदा तन्नु
मालिन धर्ममु कलदा वन
मालि नापै दय रादा पालु-
मालिन गुण(मि)कनैन पोदा (अभि)

च2. कलिमि(यु)ण्टे पॆट्टुकोरा कृप
कलुगु(न)नुचु वेडिनारा ना
कलवरमुलु विनि रारा
पोकलु नीकु कल(द)नि ने(नॆ)रुंग लेरा (अभि)

च3. राजु नीवनि नम्मिनानु गज
रा(जु)न्न वितमु विन्नानु रति
राज दासुल वेड लेनु त्याग-
राजु नीवा(ड)नि पेरु कॊन्नानु (अभि)

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. அபி4மானமு லே(தே3)மி
நீ(வ)பி4னய வசனமு(லா)டே3(தே3)மி

ச1. மாலி(மி)ஞ்சுகைன லேதா3 தன்னு
மாலின த4ர்மமு கலதா3 வன
மாலி நாபை த3ய ராதா3 பாலு-
மாலின கு3ண(மி)கனைன போதா3 (அபி4)

ச2. கலிமி(யு)ண்டே பெட்டுகோரா க்ரு2ப
கலுகு3(ன)னுசு வேடி3னாரா நா
கலவரமுலு வினி ராரா
போகலு நீகு கல(த3)னி நே(னெ)ருங்க3 லேரா (அபி4)

ச3. ராஜு நீவனி நம்மினானு க3ஜ
ரா(ஜு)ன்ன விதமு வின்னானு ரதி
ராஜ தா3ஸுல வேட3 லேனு த்யாக3-
ராஜு நீவா(ட3)னி பேரு கொன்னானு (அபி4)

(என்னிடம்) அன்பு இல்லையா என்ன?
நீ சைகை வசனங்கள் பகர்வதென்ன?

1. கனிவு கொஞ்சமும் இல்லையோ? தன்னை
விலக்கிய அறம் உளதோ?
வனமாலி! என்மீது தயை வாராதோ?
காலம் தாழ்த்தும் பண்பு (உன்னை விட்டு) அகலாதோ?
(என்னிடம்) அன்பு இல்லையா என்ன?
நீ சைகை வசனங்கள் பகர்வதென்ன?

2. செல்வமுண்டாகில் (நீயே) வைத்துக்கொள்ளய்யா;
கிருபை தோன்றுமென வேண்டினேனய்யா;
எனது கலவரத்தினைக் கேட்டு வாராயய்யா;
பொல்லாமை உனக்குண்டென நானறியேனய்யா;
(என்னிடம்) அன்பு இல்லையா என்ன?
நீ சைகை வசனங்கள் பகர்வதென்ன?

3. அரசன் நீயென நம்பினேன்;
கரியரசன் இருந்த நிலையைப் பற்றி செவி மடுத்தேன்;
இரதிபதியின் அடிமைகளை வேண்டேன்;
தியாகராசன் உன்னவனெனப் பெயர் கொண்டேன்;
(என்னிடம்) அன்பு இல்லையா என்ன?
நீ சைகை வசனங்கள் பகர்வதென்ன?

தன்னை விலக்கிய அறம் - தனக்கே எதிரான அறம்
இரதிபதி - காமன்

Telugu

ప. అభిమానము లేదేమి
నీవభినయ వచనములాడేదేమి

చ1. మాలిమించుకైన లేదా తన్ను
మాలిన ధర్మము కలదా వన
మాలి నాపై దయ రాదా పాలు-
మాలిన గుణమికనైన పోదా (అభి)

చ2. కలిమియుంటే పెట్టుకోరా కృప
కలుగుననుచు వేడినారా నా
కలవరములు విని రారా
పోకలు నీకు కలదని నేనెరుంగ లేరా (అభి)

చ3. రాజు నీవని నమ్మినాను గజ
రాజున్న వితము విన్నాను రతి
రాజ దాసుల వేడ లేను త్యాగ-
రాజు నీవాడని పేరు కొన్నాను (అభి)

Kannada

ಪ. ಅಭಿಮಾನಮು ಲೇದೇಮಿ
ನೀವಭಿನಯ ವಚನಮುಲಾಡೇದೇಮಿ

ಚ1. ಮಾಲಿಮಿಂಚುಕೈನ ಲೇದಾ ತನ್ನು
ಮಾಲಿನ ಧರ್ಮಮು ಕಲದಾ ವನ
ಮಾಲಿ ನಾಪೈ ದಯ ರಾದಾ ಪಾಲು-
ಮಾಲಿನ ಗುಣಮಿಕನೈನ ಪೋದಾ (ಅಭಿ)

ಚ2. ಕಲಿಮಿಯುಂಟೇ ಪೆಟ್ಟುಕೋರಾ ಕೃಪ
ಕಲುಗುನನುಚು ವೇಡಿನಾರಾ ನಾ
ಕಲವರಮುಲು ವಿನಿ ರಾರಾ
ಪೋಕಲು ನೀಕು ಕಲದನಿ ನೇನೆರುಂಗ ಲೇರಾ (ಅಭಿ)

ಚ3. ರಾಜು ನೀವನಿ ನಮ್ಮಿನಾನು ಗಜ
ರಾಜುನ್ನ ವಿತಮು ವಿನ್ನಾನು ರತಿ
ರಾಜ ದಾಸುಲ ವೇಡ ಲೇನು ತ್ಯಾಗ-
ರಾಜು ನೀವಾಡನಿ ಪೇರು ಕೊನ್ನಾನು (ಅಭಿ)

Malayalam

പ. അഭിമാനമു ലേദേമി
നീവഭിനയ വചനമുലാഡേദേമി

ച1. മാലിമിഞ്ചുകൈന ലേദാ തന്നു
മാലിന ധര്മമു കലദാ വന
മാലി നാപൈ ദയ രാദാ പാലു-
മാലിന ഗുണമികനൈന പോദാ (അഭി)

ച2. കലിമിയുണ്ടേ പെട്ടുകോരാ കൃപ
കലുഗുനനുചു വേഡിനാരാ നാ
കലവരമുലു വിനി രാരാ
പോകലു നീകു കലദനി നേനെരുങ്ഗ ലേരാ (അഭി)

ച3. രാജു നീവനി നമ്മിനാനു ഗജ
രാജുന്ന വിതമു വിന്നാനു രതി
രാജ ദാസുല വേഡ ലേനു ത്യാഗ-
രാജു നീവാഡനി പേരു കൊന്നാനു (അഭി)

Updated on 19 Apr 2009

Sunday, November 18, 2007

Thyagaraja Kriti - Vinataa Suta Vaahanudai - Raga Hari Kaambhoji

Saturday, November 17, 2007

Thyagaraja Kriti - Laali Laaliyani - Raga Hari Kaambhoji

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

lAli lAliyani-harikAmbhOji

In the kRti ‘lAli laliyani’ – rAga harikAmbhOji, SrI tyAgarAja sings lullaby for the Lord.

P lAli lAli(y)ani(y)UcErA ¹vana
mAli mAlimitO jUcErA

C1 dEva dEva(y)ani pilicErA mahAnu-
bhAva ²bhAvamuna talacErA (lAli)

C2 rAma rAma(y)ani palikErA nish-
kAma kAma ripu nuta rArA (lAli)

C3 kOri kOri ninu kolicErA ³mAyA
dAri dAri sad-⁴bhajanarA (lAli)

C4 rAja rAja(y)ani pogaDErA tyAga-
rAja rAja(y)ani mrokkErA (lAli)

Gist
O Wearer of (garland) vana mAla! O Noble Minded! O Lord bereft of desires! O Lord praised by Lord Siva! O Lord of Grand Illusion (OR O destroyer of the Grand Illusion)!

I rock the swing singing (lullaby) ‘lAli lAli’; I behold You with love.
I addressed You as ‘dEva dEva’; I contemplated on You in my mind.
I chanted Your names as ‘rAma rAma’; deign to come;
I worshipped You with much yearning; the real path is indeed, chanting of Your names.
I extolled You as ‘rAja rAja’; I saluted calling You as 'Lord of this tyAgarAja'.

Word-by-word Meaning

P I rock the swing (UcErA) singing (ani) (literally as) (lullaby) ‘lAli lAli’ (lAliyaniyUcErA); O Wearer of (garland) vana mAla (literally garland of wild flowers! I behold (jUcErA) You with love (mAlimitO).

C1 I addressed (pilicErA) You as (ani) ‘dEva dEva’ (literally O Lord of celestials) (dEvayani);
O Noble Minded (mahAnubhAva)! I contemplated (talacErA) on You in my mind (bhAvamuna);
I rock the swing singing (lullaby) ‘lAli lAli’; O Wearer of (garland) vana mAla! I behold You with love.

C2 I chanted (palikErA) (literally uttered) Your names as (ani) ‘rAma rAma’ (rAmayani);
O Lord bereft of desires (nish-kAma)! O Lord praised (nuta) by Lord Siva – the enemy (ripu) of cupid (kAma)! Deign to come (rArA);
I rock the swing singing (lullaby) ‘lAli lAli’; O Wearer of (garland) vana mAla! I behold You with love.

C3 I worshipped (kolicErA) You (ninnu) with much yearning (kOri kOri);
O Lord of Grand Illusion (mAyA dAri) (OR O destroyer (dAri) (literally who rents asunder) of the Grand Illusion (mAyA))! the real path (dAri) is indeed, chanting of Your names (sad-bhajanarA);
I rock the swing singing (lullaby) ‘lAli lAli’; O Wearer of (garland) vana mAla! I behold You with love.

C4 I extolled (pogaDErA) You as (ani) ‘rAja rAja’ (literally O King of Kings!) (rAjayani);
I saluted (mrokkErA) calling (ani) You as 'Lord (rAja) (literally King) (rAjayani) of this tyAgarAja';
I rock the swing singing (lullaby) ‘lAli lAli’; O Wearer of (garland) vana mAla! I behold You with love.

Notes –
Variations –
³ – mAyA dAri – mAya dAri.

⁴ – bhajanarA – bhajanerA. As ‘bhajanarA’ is the appropriate form, the same has been adopted.

Words like 'UcErA', 'jUcErA' 'pilicErA'... etc as 'UcedarA', 'jUcedarA', 'pilicedarA'....etc.

References –
¹ – vana mAli - Lord vishNu's 'vaijayanti mAla' is called 'vanamAla'. tuLasi, mallikA, mandAra, pArijAta and Lotus are considered as constituents of vanamAla. For an article about 'garlands' and with particular reference to 'vaijayanti' and 'vanamAla'.

Comments –
² – bhAvamuna talacErA – it is very difficult to translate these words. It is a state of mind.

³ – mAyA dAri –In some books, this has been translated as ‘destroyer of illusion’; in other books as ‘Lord of mAyA’. In telugu there is a word ‘dArincu’ (Sanskrit ‘dArita’) which means to ‘rent or cut asunder’.

Sanskrit word ‘dArin’ means ‘husband’. The telugu word ‘dAri’ is also equivalent to Sanskrit word ‘dhAri’. In the kRti ‘rAkA SaSi vadana’ – rAga ‘Takka’, SrI tyAgarAja calls Lord ‘mAya dhAri’.

Therefore either of these meanings may be correct, but ‘Lord of illusion’ seems to be more appropriate. This is in keeping with the statement of Lord in SrImad-bhagavad-gItA (Chpater 7) –

daivI hyEshA guNamayI mama mAyA duratyayA
mAmEva yE prapadyantE mAyAm-EtAM taranti tE 14

"Verily this divine illusion of Mine, constituted of the guNAs, is difficult to cross over; those who devote themselves to Me alone, cross over this illusion." (Translation by Swami Swarupananda)

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. लालि लालि(य)नि(यू)चेरा वन-
मालि मालिमितो जूचेरा

च1. देव देव(य)नि पिलिचेरा
महानुभाव भावमुन तलचेरा (ला)

च2. राम राम(य)नि पलिकेरा
निष्काम काम रिपु नुत रारा (ला)

च3. कोरि कोरि निन्नु कॊलिचेरा माया
दारि दारि सद्भजनरा (ला)

च4. राज राज(य)नि पॊगडेरा त्याग-
राज राज(य)नि म्रॊक्केरा (ला)

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. லாலி லாலி(ய)னி(யூ)சேரா வன-
மாலி மாலிமிதோ ஜூசேரா

ச1. தே3வ தே3வ(ய)னி பிலிசேரா
மஹானுபா4வ பா4வமுன தலசேரா (லா)

ச2. ராம ராம(ய)னி பலிகேரா
நிஷ்காம காம ரிபு நுத ராரா (லா)

ச3. கோரி கோரி நின்னு கொலிசேரா மாயா
தா3ரி தா3ரி ஸத்3-ப4ஜனரா (லா)

ச4. ராஜ ராஜ(ய)னி பொக3டே3ரா த்யாக3-
ராஜ ராஜ(ய)னி ம்ரொக்கேரா (லா)

'லாலி லாலி'யெனத் தாலாட்டினேனய்யா;
வனமாலி! காதலுடன் நோக்கினேனய்யா

1. 'தேவ தேவா'யென அழைத்தேனய்யா;
பெருந்தகையே! உள்ளத்தினில் நினைத்தேனய்யா;
'லாலி லாலி'யெனத் தாலாட்டினேனய்யா;
வனமாலி! காதலுடன் நோக்கினேனய்யா

2. 'இராமா இராமா'யெனப் பகர்ந்தேனய்யா;
இச்சைகளற்றோனே! காமனின் பகைவனால்
போற்றப் பெற்றோனே! வாருமய்யா;
'லாலி லாலி'யெனத் தாலாட்டினேனய்யா;
வனமாலி! காதலுடன் நோக்கினேனய்யா

3. வேண்டி வேண்டியுன்னை சேவித்தேனய்யா; மாயையின்
தலைவா! நன்னெறி உனது புகழ் பாடுதலய்யா;
'லாலி லாலி'யெனத் தாலாட்டினேனய்யா;
வனமாலி! காதலுடன் நோக்கினேனய்யா

4. 'மன்னா மன்னா'யெனப் புகழ்ந்தேனய்யா;
தியாகராசனின் மன்னனென வணங்கினேனய்யா;
'லாலி லாலி'யெனத் தாலாட்டினேனய்யா;
வனமாலி! காதலுடன் நோக்கினேனய்யா

வனமாலி - வைஜயந்தி எனப்படும் மாலை அணியும் அரி
காமனின் பகைவன் - சிவன்
மாயையின் தலைவா - 'மாயையினை அழிப்போனே' எனவும் கொள்ளலாம்.

Telugu

ప. లాలి లాలియనియూచేరా వన-
మాలి మాలిమితో జూచేరా

చ1. దేవ దేవయని పిలిచేరా
మహానుభావ భావమున తలచేరా (లా)

చ2. రామ రామయని పలికేరా
నిష్కామ కామ రిపు నుత రారా (లా)

చ3. కోరి కోరి నిన్ను కొలిచేరా మాయా
దారి దారి సద్భజనరా (లా)

చ4. రాజ రాజయని పొగడేరా త్యాగ-
రాజ రాజయని మ్రొక్కేరా (లా)

Kannada

ಪ. ಲಾಲಿ ಲಾಲಿಯನಿಯೂಚೇರಾ ವನ-
ಮಾಲಿ ಮಾಲಿಮಿತೋ ಜೂಚೇರಾ

ಚ1. ದೇವ ದೇವಯನಿ ಪಿಲಿಚೇರಾ
ಮಹಾನುಭಾವ ಭಾವಮುನ ತಲಚೇರಾ (ಲಾ)

ಚ2. ರಾಮ ರಾಮಯನಿ ಪಲಿಕೇರಾ
ನಿಷ್ಕಾಮ ಕಾಮ ರಿಪು ನುತ ರಾರಾ (ಲಾ)

ಚ3. ಕೋರಿ ಕೋರಿ ನಿನ್ನು ಕೊಲಿಚೇರಾ ಮಾಯಾ
ದಾರಿ ದಾರಿ ಸದ್ಭಜನರಾ (ಲಾ)

ಚ4. ರಾಜ ರಾಜಯನಿ ಪೊಗಡೇರಾ ತ್ಯಾಗ-
ರಾಜ ರಾಜಯನಿ ಮ್ರೊಕ್ಕೇರಾ (ಲಾ)

Malayalam

പ. ലാലി ലാലിയനിയൂചേരാ വന-
മാലി മാലിമിതോ ജൂചേരാ

ച1. ദേവ ദേവയനി പിലിചേരാ
മഹാനുഭാവ ഭാവമുന തലചേരാ (ലാ)

ച2. രാമ രാമയനി പലികേരാ
നിഷ്കാമ കാമ രിപു നുത രാരാ (ലാ)

ച3. കോരി കോരി നിന്നു കൊലിചേരാ മായാ
ദാരി ദാരി സദ്ഭജനരാ (ലാ)

ച4. രാജ രാജയനി പൊഗഡേരാ ത്യാഗ-
രാജ രാജയനി മ്രൊക്കേരാ (ലാ)

Updated on 18 Apr 2009

Friday, November 16, 2007

Thyagaraja Kriti - Raaraa Phani Sayana - Raga Hari Kaambhoji

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

rArA phaNi Sayana-harikAmbhOji

In the kRti ‘rArA phaNi Sayana’ – rAga harikAmbhOji, SrI tyAgarAja sings praises of the Lord.

P rArA phaNi Sayana ravi jaladhija nayana
rAkA SaSi vadana ramaNIy(A)paghana

C1 rArA bhava taraNa rAr(A)mita suguNa
rArA bhU ramaNa rAr(A)bja su-caraNa (rArA)

C2 rArA sukumAra rAr(A)sama SUra
rArA raghu vIra rArA yudhi dhIra (rArA)

C3 rArA jAnakitO rArA sahajulatO
rArA pavanajutO rArA bhaktulatO (rArA)

C4 nAg(A)vana nEta rAga guNa virahita
sAgara tanaya yuta tyAgarAja vinuta (rArA)

Gist
O Lord reclining on the couch of SEsha!
O Lord who has Sun and Moon as His eyes!
O Full-moon Faced Lord!
O Lord with charming limbs!
O Lord who carries across the Ocean of Worldly Existence!
O Lord with abundant virtues!
O Consort of bhU dEvi!
O Lord with Holy Lotus Feet!
O Delicate Youth!
O Peerless Hero!
O Lord raghu vIra!
O The Brave in the Battle-Field!
O Lord who protected gajEndra!
O Lord bereft of desires and qualities!
O Lord (abiding) with lakshmI!
O Lord praised by this tyAgarAja!

Please come.
Please come with jAnaki, brothers, AnjanEya and devotees.

Word-by-word Meaning

P Please come (rArA), O Lord reclining (Sayana) on the couch of SEsha – the serpent (phaNi)! O Lord who has Sun (ravi) and Moon – born of (Milk) Ocean (jaladhija)- as His eyes (nayana)!
O Full-moon (rAkA SaSi) Faced (vadana) Lord! O Lord with charming (ramaNIya) limbs (apaghana) (ramaNIyApaghana)!

C1 Please come (rArA), O Lord who carries across (taraNa) the Ocean of Worldly Existence (bhava)!
please come (rArA), O Lord with abundant (amita) (rArAmita) virtues (suguNa)!
please come (rArA), O Consort (ramaNa) of bhU dEvi!
please come (rArA), O Lord with Holy Lotus (abja) (rArAbja) Feet (su-caraNa)!
please come, O Lord reclining on the couch of SEsha – the serpent! O Lord who has Sun and Moon – born of Ocean - as His eyes! O Full-moon Faced Lord! O Lord with charming limbs!

C2 Please come (rArA), O Delicate Youth (su-kumAra)!
please come (rArA), O Peerless (asama) (rArAsama) Hero (SUra)!
please come (rArA), O Lord raghu vIra!
please come (rArA), O The Brave (dhIra) in the Battle-Field (yudhi)!
please come, O Lord reclining on the couch of SEsha – the serpent! O Lord who has Sun and Moon – born of Ocean - as His eyes! O Full-moon Faced Lord! O Lord with charming limbs!

C3 Please come (rArA) with jAnaki (jAnakitO);
please come (rArA) with brothers (sahajulatO) (literally co-borns);
please come (rArA) with AnjanEya – son of vAyu (pavanaja) (pavanajutO);
please come (rArA) with devotees (bhaktulatO);
please come, O Lord reclining on the couch of SEsha – the serpent! O Lord who has Sun and Moon – born of Ocean - as His eyes! O Full-moon Faced Lord! O Lord with charming limbs!

C4 O Lord (nEta) (literally leader) who protected (avana) gajEndra – the elephant (nAga) (nAgAvana)! O Lord bereft (virahita) of desires (rAga) and qualities (guNa)!
O Lord (abiding) with (yuta) lakshmI – daughter (tanaya) of the Milk Ocean (sAgara)! O Lord praised (vinuta) by this tyAgarAja!
please come, O Lord reclining on the couch of SEsha – the serpent! O Lord who has Sun and Moon – born of Ocean - as His eyes! O Full-moon Faced Lord! O Lord with charming limbs!

Notes –
Comments –

As per remarks available in the book 'Compositions of Tyagaraja' by Sri TK Govinda Rao, this kRti is believed to be not written by SrI tyAgarAja, but sung by certain lineage of disciples of SrI tyAgarAja.

In some books all word endings like ‘Sayana’, ‘nayana’ etc are given with ‘A’ – ‘SayanA’, ‘nayanA’ etc. However, in other books, these are not elongated.

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. रारा फणि शयन रवि जलधिज नयन
राका शशि वदन रमणी(या)पघन

च1. रारा भव तरण रा(रा)मित सुगुण
रारा भू-रमण रा(रा)ब्ज सु-चरण (रा)

च2. रारा सु-कुमार रा(रा)सम शूर
रारा रघु वीर रारा युधि धीर (रा)

च3. रारा जानकितो रारा सहजुलतो
रारा पवनजुतो रारा भक्तुलतो (रा)

च4. ना(गा)वन नेत राग गुण विरहित
सागर तनय युत त्यागराज विनुत (रा)

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. ராரா ப2ணி ஸ1யன ரவி ஜலதி4ஜ நயன
ராகா ஸ1ஸி1 வத3ன ரமணீ(யா)பக4ன

ச1. ராரா ப4வ தரண ரா(ரா)மித ஸுகு3ண
ராரா பூ4-ரமண ரா(ரா)ப்3ஜ ஸு-சரண (ரா)

ச2. ராரா ஸு-குமார ரா(ரா)ஸம ஸூ1ர
ராரா ரகு4 வீர ராரா யுதி4 தீ4ர (ரா)

ச3. ராரா ஜானகிதோ ராரா ஸஹஜுலதோ
ராரா பவனஜுதோ ராரா ப4க்துலதோ (ரா)

ச4. நா(கா3)வன நேத ராக3 கு3ண விரஹித
ஸாக3ர தனய யுத த்யாக3ராஜ வினுத (ரா)

வாராய், அரவணையோனே! பரிதி மதி கண்களோனே!
முழுமதி வதனத்தோனே! கவர்ச்சியான உடலோனே!

1. வாராய், பிறவிக் கடலைக் கடத்துவோனே!
வாராய், மிக்கு நற்குணத்தோனே!
வாராய், பூமி கொழுநனனே!
வாராய், கமலத் திருவடிகளோனே!
வாராய், அரவணையோனே! பரிதி மதி கண்களோனே!
முழுமதி வதனத்தோனே! கவர்ச்சியான உடலோனே!

2. வாராய், சுகுமாரா! வாராய், நிகரற்ற சூரா!
வாராய், இரகுவீரா! வாராய், களத்தில் தீரா!
வாராய், அரவணையோனே! பரிதி மதி கண்களோனே!
முழுமதி வதனத்தோனே! கவர்ச்சியான உடலோனே!

3. வாராய், சானகியுடன்; வாராய், உடன் பிறந்தோருடன்;
வாராய், வாயு மைந்தனுடன்; வாராய், தொண்டர்களுடன்;
வாராய், அரவணையோனே! பரிதி மதி கண்களோனே!
முழுமதி வதனத்தோனே! கவர்ச்சியான உடலோனே!

4. கரியைக் காத்த தலைவா! இச்சை மற்றும் குணங்களற்றோனே!
கடல் மகளுடனுறையே! தியாகராசனால் போற்றப் பெற்றோனே!
வாராய், அரவணையோனே! பரிதி மதி கண்களோனே!
முழுமதி வதனத்தோனே! கவர்ச்சியான உடலோனே!

கடல் மகள் - இலக்குமி

Telugu

ప. రారా ఫణి శయన రవి జలధిజ నయన
రాకా శశి వదన రమణీయాపఘన

చ1. రారా భవ తరణ రారామిత సుగుణ
రారా భూ-రమణ రారాబ్జ సు-చరణ (రా)

చ2. రారా సు-కుమార రారాసమ శూర
రారా రఘు వీర రారా యుధి ధీర (రా)

చ3. రారా జానకితో రారా సహజులతో
రారా పవనజుతో రారా భక్తులతో (రా)

చ4. నాగావన నేత రాగ గుణ విరహిత
సాగర తనయ యుత త్యాగరాజ వినుత (రా)

Kannada

ಪ. ರಾರಾ ಫಣಿ ಶಯನ ರವಿ ಜಲಧಿಜ ನಯನ
ರಾಕಾ ಶಶಿ ವದನ ರಮಣೀಯಾಪಘನ

ಚ1. ರಾರಾ ಭವ ತರಣ ರಾರಾಮಿತ ಸುಗುಣ
ರಾರಾ ಭೂ-ರಮಣ ರಾರಾಬ್ಜ ಸು-ಚರಣ (ರಾ)

ಚ2. ರಾರಾ ಸು-ಕುಮಾರ ರಾರಾಸಮ ಶೂರ
ರಾರಾ ರಘು ವೀರ ರಾರಾ ಯುಧಿ ಧೀರ (ರಾ)

ಚ3. ರಾರಾ ಜಾನಕಿತೋ ರಾರಾ ಸಹಜುಲತೋ
ರಾರಾ ಪವನಜುತೋ ರಾರಾ ಭಕ್ತುಲತೋ (ರಾ)

ಚ4. ನಾಗಾವನ ನೇತ ರಾಗ ಗುಣ ವಿರಹಿತ
ಸಾಗರ ತನಯ ಯುತ ತ್ಯಾಗರಾಜ ವಿನುತ (ರಾ)

Malayalam

പ. രാരാ ഫണി ശയന രവി ജലധിജ നയന
രാകാ ശശി വദന രമണീയാപഘന

ച1. രാരാ ഭവ തരണ രാരാമിത സുഗുണ
രാരാ ഭൂ-രമണ രാരാബ്ജ സു-ചരണ (രാ)

ച2. രാരാ സു-കുമാര രാരാസമ ശൂര
രാരാ രഘു വീര രാരാ യുധി ധീര (രാ)

ച3. രാരാ ജാനകിതോ രാരാ സഹജുലതോ
രാരാ പവനജുതോ രാരാ ഭക്തുലതോ (രാ)

ച4. നാഗാവന നേത രാഗ ഗുണ വിരഹിത
സാഗര തനയ യുത ത്യാഗരാജ വിനുത (രാ)

Updated on 15 Apr 2009