Thyagaraja Kriti - Aada Modi Galadae - Raga Chaarukesi

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

ADa mODi-cArukESi
In the kRti ‘ADa mODi galadE’ - rAga cArukESi – tyAgarAja pleads with the Lord to respond to him.

P ADa mODi ¹galadE rAm(a)yya mATal-(ADa)

A tODu nIDa nIvE(y)anucunu bhakti
kUDina pAdamu paTTina nAtO mATal-(ADa)

C caduvul(a)nni telisi ²Sankar(A)mSuDai
sadayuD(A)Suga sambhavuDu mrokka
kadalu ³tammuni palka jEsitivi gAkanu
⁴tyAgarAju ADina mATal-(ADa)

Gist
O Lord rAma! O Merciful Lord!

Is it fair to be obstinate to talk to me?

Is it fair to be obstinate to talk to me who has held Your Feet, considering You alone as my constant companion (like a shadow) and being endowed with devotion to You?

Isn't it that when AnjanEya – born of Wind God as an aspect of Lord Siva and also being erudite in all subjects - saluted You (and enquired about You), You asked lakshmaNa - your younger brother - to convey the details to him?

Therefore, is it fair to be obstinate to talk to this tyAgarAja even when he talks to You?

Word-by-word Meaning

P O Lord (ayya) rAma (rAmayya)! Is it fair to be obstinate (mODi galadE) to talk (mATalu Ada) (mATalADa) to me?

A O Lord rAma! Is it fair to be obstinate to talk (mATalADa) to me (nAtO) who has held (paTTina) Your Feet (pAdamu),
considering You alone (nIvE) as (anucunu) (nIvEyanucunu) my constant companion (tODu nIDa) (like a shadow) and being endowed (kUDina) with devotion (bhakti) to You?

C O Merciful Lord (sadayuDa)! Isn't it (gAkanu) that when AnjanEya – born (sambhavuDu) of Wind God (ASuga) (literally quick moving) (sadayuDASuga) as an aspect (amSuDai) of Lord Siva (Sankara) (SankarAmSuDai) and also being erudite in all subjects (caduvulu anni telisi) (literally one who has mastered all) (caduvulanni) - saluted (mrokka) You (and enquired about You),
You asked (jEsitivi) (literally do) lakshmaNa - your younger brother (tammuni) - to convey (palka) the details (kadalu) (literally stories) to him?
therefore, is it fair to be obstinate to talk (mATalADa) to this tyAgarAja (tyAgarAju) even when he talks (ADina) to You?

Notes –
Variations –
¹ – galadE – galadA.

References –
² – Sankara amSuDu – The story of how AnjanEya came to be described as a portion of Lord Siva is given in the Story of Hanuman

³ – tammuni palka – In their first meeting between AnjanEya and SrI rAma, the latter, while appreciated the scholarship of AnjanEya, did not directly talk to him, but asked lakshmaNa to speak to him. Please refer to SrImad vAlmIki rAmAyaNa – kishkindA kANDa – Chapter 3.

Comments -
⁴ – tyAgarAju ADina – From the example cited (rAma not speaking directly to AnjanEya), it is understood that SrI tyAgarAja wants that the Lord should respond to him also even if not directly.


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. आड मोडि गलदे रामय्य माट(लाड)

अ. तोडु नीड नीवे(य)नुचुनु भक्ति
कूडिन पादमु पट्टिन नातो माट(लाड)

च. चदुवु(ल)न्नि तॆलिसि शंक(रां)शुडै
सदयु(डा)शुग सम्भवुडु म्रॊक्क
कदलु तम्मुनि पल्क जेसितिवि गाकनु
त्यागराजु आडिन माट(लाड)

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. ஆட3 மோடி3 க3லதே3 ராமய்ய மாட(லாட3)

அ. தோடு3 நீட3 நீவே(ய)னுசுனு ப4க்தி
கூடி3ன பாத3மு பட்டின நாதோ மாட(லாட3)

ச. சது3வு(ல)ன்னி தெலிஸி ஸ1ங்க(ராம்)ஸு1டை3
ஸத3யு(டா3)ஸு1க3 ஸம்ப4வுடு3 ம்ரொக்க
கத3லு தம்முனி பல்க ஜேஸிதிவி கா3கனு
த்யாக3ராஜு ஆடி3ன மாட(லாட3)

சொல் பகரப் பிணங்கலாகுமா, இராமய்யா?

தொடர் நிழல் நீயேயென, பத்தியுடன்
கூடிய, (உனது) திருவடியைப் பற்றிய, என்னுடன்
சொல் பகரப் பிணங்கலாகுமா, இராமய்யா?

கல்வியனைத்தும் கற்று, சங்கரனுடைய இயல்பினனாக
வாயுவுக்குப் பிறந்தவன் வணங்க, கருணையுடையோனே!
விவரங்கள் தம்பியைப் பகரச் செய்தாயன்றோ?
(எனவே,) தியாகராசன் பகர்ந்தாலும்
சொல் பகரப் பிணங்கலாகுமா, இராமய்யா?

வாயுவுக்குப் பிறந்தவன் - அனுமன்
விவரங்கள் - அனுமனின் கேள்விகளுக்கு பதில்

Telugu

ప. ఆడ మోడి గలదే రామయ్య మాట(లాడ)

అ. తోడు నీడ నీవేయనుచును భక్తి
కూడిన పాదము పట్టిన నాతో మాట(లాడ)

చ. చదువులన్ని తెలిసి శంకరాంశుడై
సదయుడాశుగ సంభవుడు మ్రొక్క  
కదలు తమ్ముని పల్క జేసితివి గాకను
త్యాగరాజు ఆడిన మాట(లాడ)

Kannada

ಪ. ಆಡ ಮೋಡಿ ಗಲದೇ ರಾಮಯ್ಯ ಮಾಟ(ಲಾಡ)

ಅ. ತೋಡು ನೀಡ ನೀವೇಯನುಚುನು ಭಕ್ತಿ
ಕೂಡಿನ ಪಾದಮು ಪಟ್ಟಿನ ನಾತೋ ಮಾಟ(ಲಾಡ)

ಚ. ಚದುವುಲನ್ನಿ ತೆಲಿಸಿ ಶಂಕರಾಂಶುಡೈ
ಸದಯುಡಾಶುಗ ಸಂಭವುಡು ಮ್ರೊಕ್ಕ
ಕದಲು ತಮ್ಮುನಿ ಪಲ್ಕ ಜೇಸಿತಿವಿ ಗಾಕನು
ತ್ಯಾಗರಾಜು ಆಡಿನ ಮಾಟ(ಲಾಡ)

Malayalam

പ. ആഡ മോഡി ഗലദേ രാമയ്യ മാട(ലാഡ)

അ. തോഡു നീഡ നീവേയനുചുനു ഭക്തി
കൂഡിന പാദമു പട്ടിന നാതോ മാട(ലാഡ)

ച. ചദുവുലന്നി തെലിസി ശങ്കരാംശുഡൈ
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Updated on 03 Apr 2009