Thyagaraja Kriti - Sri Janaki Manohari - 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

SrI jAnakI manOhara-ISamanOhari

In the kRti ‘SrI jAnakI manOhara’ – rAga ISamanOhari, SrI tyAgarAja pleads with Lord to have compassion on him.

P SrI jAnakI manOhara SrI rAghava hari

A nA jAlini nIvE telisi
¹namr(A)nanuD(au)Tak(E)mi kAraNamu (SrI)

C nE sEyu dush-karma dEvata
nI sannidhini nilva sAgenO
nI sEva ²nilvagan(E)lara
nIraj(A)ksha tyAgarAja sannuta (SrI)

Gist
O Lord SrI rAgahava who has stolen the heart of SrI jAnakI! O Lord hari! O Lotus Eyed! O Lord well-praised by this tyAgarAja!

Having known Yourself my grief, what is the reason for You to avoid - become bent faced - me?

Could the deity of evil deeds done by me stand in Your holy presence? Otherwise, why should my services to You halt?

Word-by-word Meaning

P O Lord SrI rAgahava who has stolen (hara) the heart (manas) (literally mind) (manOhara) of SrI jAnakI! O Lord hari!

A Having known (telisi) Yourself (nIvE) my (nA) grief (jAlini), what (Emi) is the reason (kAraNamu) for You to avoid - become (auTaku) bent (namra) faced (AnanaDu) (namrAnanuDauTakEmi) - me?
O Lord SrI rAghava who has stolen the heart of SrI jAnakI! O Lord hari!

C Could (sAgenO) the deity (dEvata) of evil deeds (dush-karma) done (sEyu) by me (nE) stand (nilva) in Your (ni) holy presence (sannidhini)? otherwise,
why (ElarA) should my services (sEva) to You (nI) halt (nilvaganu) (nilvaganElarA)?
O Lotus (nIraja) Eyed (aksha) (nIrajAksha)! O Lord well-praised (sannuta) by this tyAgarAja!
O Lord SrI rAghava who has stolen the heart of SrI jAnakI! O Lord hari!

Notes –
Variations –
² – nilvaganElarA – nilvadElarA. In the present context, 'nilvaganElarA’ seems to be appropriate word.

Comments -
¹ – namrAnana – face bent down – normally this is indicative of humbleness or shyness or shame. Also, one might bend his head in order avoid eye-contact with a loathsome, but unavoidable, person.

In the caraNa, SrI tyAgarAja asks ‘could the deity of my evil deeds stand in Your presence’. Therefore, SrI tyAgarAja suspects that the Lord’s bent-face (avoiding eye contact) is because the deity of his evil deeds stands in the holy presence of the Lord.

In some books, it is given as ‘the deity of evil deeds is hiding the Lord’. Though this may be a correct interpretation, the statement of SrI tyAgarAja is not that of ‘hiding’ but ‘avoiding eye contact’.


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. श्री जानकी मनोहर श्री राघव हरि

अ. ना जालिनि नीवे तॆलिसि
न(म्रा)ननु(डौ)ट(के)मि कारणमु (श्री)

च. ने सेयु दुष्कर्म देवत
नी सन्निधिनि निल्व सागॆनो
नी सेव निल्वग(ने)लरा
नीर(जा)क्ष त्यागराज सन्नुत (श्री)

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. ஸ்ரீ ஜானகீ மனோஹர ஸ்ரீ ராக4வ ஹரி

அ. நா ஜாலினி நீவே தெலிஸி
நம்(ரா)னனு(டௌ3)ட(கே)மி காரணமு (ஸ்ரீ)

ச. நே ஸேயு து3ஷ்கர்ம தே3வத
நீ ஸன்னிதி4னி நில்வ ஸாகெ3னோ
நீ ஸேவ நில்வக3(னே)லரா
நீர(ஜா)க்ஷ த்யாக3ராஜ ஸன்னுத (ஸ்ரீ)

Telugu

ప. శ్రీ జానకీ మనోహర శ్రీ రాఘవ హరి

అ. నా జాలిని నీవే తెలిసి
నమ్రాననుడౌటకేమి కారణము (శ్రీ)

చ. నే సేయు దుష్కర్మ దేవత
నీ సన్నిధిని నిల్వ సాగెనో
నీ సేవ నిల్వగనేలరా
నీరజాక్ష త్యాగరాజ సన్నుత (శ్రీ)

Kannada

ಪ. ಶ್ರೀ ಜಾನಕೀ ಮನೋಹರ ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಘವ ಹರಿ

ಅ. ನಾ ಜಾಲಿನಿ ನೀವೇ ತೆಲಿಸಿ
ನಮ್ರಾನನುಡೌಟಕೇಮಿ ಕಾರಣಮು (ಶ್ರೀ)

ಚ. ನೇ ಸೇಯು ದುಷ್ಕರ್ಮ ದೇವತ
ನೀ ಸನ್ನಿಧಿನಿ ನಿಲ್ವ ಸಾಗೆನೋ
ನೀ ಸೇವ ನಿಲ್ವಗನೇಲರಾ
ನೀರಜಾಕ್ಷ ತ್ಯಾಗರಾಜ ಸನ್ನುತ (ಶ್ರೀ)


Malayalam

പ. ശ്രീ ജാനകീ മനോഹര ശ്രീ രാഘവ ഹരി

അ. നാ ജാലിനി നീവേ തെലിസി
നമ്രാനനുഡൌടകേമി കാരണമു (ശ്രീ)

ച. നേ സേയു ദുഷ്കര്മ ദേവത
നീ സന്നിധിനി നില്വ സാഗെനോ
നീ സേവ നില്വഗനേലരാ
നീരജാക്ഷ ത്യാഗരാജ സന്നുത (ശ്രീ)

Updated on 22 Apr 2009