Monday, May 19, 2008

Thyagaraja Kriti - Evaru Manaku - Raga Deva Gandhari - Nauka Charitram

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

evaru manaku-dEvagAndhAri

In the kRti ‘evaru manaku samAnamu’ – rAga dEvagAndhAri (tALa Adi), SrI tyAgarAja depicts how the vraja gOpis pride at their fortune that the Lord has become theirs.

pallavi
evaru manaku samAnam(i)lalOn(i)ntulAra nEDu


anupallavi
1avani hari hara brahm(A)di
surul(A)sacE mOsa pOyiri ganukanu (evaru)


caraNam
2naluva tanayapai mOhamu jendi nADE tagili pOye
muddul(o)luku SrI hari valacucu 3bRndA lOluDai pOye
ciluva bhUshaNuDu 4dArukA vanapu celula pAlAye
gOkulamuna tyAgarAja nutuDu mana
valala tagili pOye ganukanu (evaru)


Gist

O Damsels!
  • Who is now equal to us in this world?
  • Thinking it would be fine, vishNu, Siva, brahmA and other celestials were deceived, having been enamoured (by women).
    • That day itself, brahmA got caught, becoming infatuated with sarasvati - his own daughter.
    • The most charming Lord vishNu, being enamoured by tuLasi, became her paramour.
    • Lord Siva came in the possession of wives of ascetics of dArukA vana.
    • In this gOkula, kRshNa - praised by tyAgarAja - fell into our trap.

  • Therefore, who is now equal to us in this world?



Word-by-word Meaning

pallavi
evaru manaku samAnamu- ilalOnu-intulAra nEDu

O Damsels (intulAra)! Who (evaru) is now (nEDu) (literally today) equal (samAnamu) to us (manaku) in this world (ilalOnu) (samAnamilalOnintulAra)?


anupallavi
avani hari hara brahmA-Adi
surulu-AsacE mOsa pOyiri ganukanu (evaru)

Thinking it would be (ani) fine (avu) (avani), vishNu (hari), Siva (hara), brahmA and other (Adi) (brahmAdi) celestials (surulu) were deceived (mOsa pOyiri) having been enamoured (AsacE) (by women);
therefore (ganukanu), O damsels! who is now equal to us in this world?


caraNam
naluva tanayapai mOhamu jendi nADE tagili pOye
muddulu-oluku SrI hari valacucu bRndA lOluDai pOye
ciluva bhUshaNuDu dArukA vanapu celula pAlAye
gOkulamuna tyAgarAja nutuDu mana
valala tagili pOye ganukanu (evaru)

That day itself (nADE), brahmA (naluva) got caught (tagili pOye) becoming infatuated (mOhamu jendi) with sarasvati - his own daughter (tanayapai);
the most charming (muddulu oluku) (mudduloluku) (literally charm oozing) Lord vishNu (SrI hari), being enamoured (valacucu) by tuLasi (bRndA) became (pOye) her paramour (lOluDai);
Lord Siva – wearer of snakes (ciluva) as ornaments (bhUshaNuDu) - came in the possession (pAlAye) of wives of ascetics (celula) of dArukA vana (vanapu);
in this gOkula (gOkulamuna), kRshNa - praised (nutuDu) by tyAgarAja - fell (tagili pOye) into our (mana) trap (valala);
therefore (ganukanu), O damsels! who is now equal to us in this world?


Notes –
References
2 – naluva tanayapai - The story of brahmA is given in the following verses of bRhadAraNyaka upanishad. That is why it is said that sarasvati was born to brahma and he sought her as his wife.

sa vai naiva rEmE, tasmAd-EkAkI na ramatE sa dvitIyam-aicchat
sa haitAvAnAsa yathA strI-pumAmsau saMparishvaktau
sa imam-EvAtmAnaM dvEdhApAtayat tataH patiSca patnI cAbhavatAM
tasmAd-idam-ardhavRgalamiva sva iti ha smAha yAJnavalkyaH
tasmAd-ayamAkASaH striyA pUryata Eva
tAm samabhavat tatO manushyA ajAyanta

sA hEyam-IkshAM cakrE kathaM nu mAtmana Eva janayitvA saMbhavati
hanta tirO(a)sAnIti sA gaura-bhavat Rshabha itara tAM samEvAbhavat
tatO gAvO(a)jAyanta vaDavEtarAbhavat aSva-vRsha itaraH
gardabhItarA gardabha itaraH
tAM samEvAbhavat tata EkaSapham-ajAyata
ajEtarAbhavat vasta itaraH aviritarA mEsha itaraH tAM samEvAbhavat
tatO(a)jAvayO(a)jAyanta Evam-Eva yad-idaM kiMca mithunaM
A pipIlikAbhyaH tat-sarvamasRjata I.iv.3, 4

“He (virAj) was not at all happy (because he was alone). Therefore, people (still) are not happy when alone. He desired a mate. He became as big as man and wife embracing each other. He parted this very body into two. From that came husband and wife. Therefore, said yAjnavalkya, this (body) is one-half of oneself, like one of two halves of a split pea. Therefore this space is indeed filled by the wife. He was united with her. From that men were born.
She thought, ‘How can he be united with me after producing me from himself? Well, let me hide myself.’ She became a cow, the other became a bull and was united with her; from that cows (and bulls) were born. The one became mare, the other a stallion; the one became a she-ass, the other became a he-ass and was united with him; from that one-hoofed animals were born. The one became a she-goat, the other he-goat; the one became a ewe, the other became a ram and was united with her; from that, goats and sheep were born. Thus did he project every thing that exists in pairs, down to the ants.”

3 - bRndA – tuLasi - her name in her previous birth was bRndA. The story of tulasi is given in tuLasi mahAtmyam wherein the following is told by Lord vishNu to tuLasi -

"O exalted one, you performed austerities for a long time to get Me as your husband. And SankhacUDa also performed austerities for a long time to get you as his wife. By that austerity, he fulfilled his wish. It was then necessary for Me to fulfill your wish. For this reason, I did what I did. Now leave your earthly body and assume a spiritual body and be married to Me. Be like Laksmi.”

4 - dAruka vana – The story relates to Lord Siva taking the avatAra as bhikshATana who asks for alms.

Comments -
1 – avani – There is some doubt about translation of the word. The obvious meaning of this word is ‘Earth’; however, to derive such meaning, the form of the word seems to be incorrect. Therefore it has been split as ‘avu+ani’ to mean ‘to be fine’?

This kRti forms part of dance-drama ‘nauka caritraM’ – The Boat Story.

Background - The gOpis meet kRshNa at the yamunA river and contemplate travel in a boat. kRshNa says that it is not within the capacity of the women to steer boat and says he will do the job; however, gOpis do not believe Him and think that He is up to some trick. After Lord convinces them, they all travel in the boat. kRshNa sports with each of the Gopi individually (taking so many forms). gOpis wonder as to what penances did they perform in order to enjoy like this with the Lord. As kRshNa exhorts them to row the boat in the Westerly direction, gOpis think that this is another ruse of kRshNa and they tell their minds to him. As the gOpis are enamoured by each other to be Lord hari Himself, the celestial damsels come to watch the spectacle. In this kRti the arrogance of gopis that Lord belongs to them is depicted.



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. ऎवरु मनकु समान(मि)ललो(नि)न्तुलार नेडु

अ. अवनि हरि हर ब्र(ह्मा)दि
सुरु(ला)सचे मोस पोयिरि गनुकनु (ऎ)

च. नलुव तनयपै मोहमु जॆन्दि नाडे तगिलि पोयॆ
मुद्दु(लॊ)लुकु श्री हरि वलचुचु बृन्दा लोलुडै पोयॆ
चिलुव भूषणुडु दारुका वनपु चॆलुल पालायॆ
गोकुलमुन त्यागराज नुतुडु मन
वलल तगिलि पोयॆ गनुकनु (ऎ)


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. எவரு மனகு ஸமான(மி)லலோ(னி)ந்துலார நேடு3

அ. அவனி ஹரி ஹர ப்3ரஹ்(மா)தி3
ஸுரு(லா)ஸசே மோஸ போயிரி க3னுகனு (எ)

ச. நலுவ தனயபை மோஹமு ஜெந்தி3 நாடே3 தகி3லி போயெ
முத்3து3(லொ)லுகு ஸ்ரீ ஹரி வலசுசு ப்3ரு2ந்தா3 லோலுடை3 போயெ
சிலுவ பூ4ஷணுடு3 தா3ருகா வனபு செலுல பாலாயெ
கோ3குலமுன த்யாக3ராஜ நுதுடு3 மன
வலல தகி3லி போயெ க3னுகனு (எ)

யார் நமக்கீடு புவியினிலே, வனிதையரே, இன்று?

ஆகுமென, அரி, அரன், பிரமன் முதலான
வானோர் (பெண்) ஆசையினால் மோசம் போயினர்; எனவே,
யார் நமக்கீடு புவியினிலே, வனிதையரே, இன்று?

நான்முகன், மகளின் மீது மோகம் கொண்டு அன்றே சிக்கினான்;
எழில் சொட்டும் அரி, காதல் கொண்டு, பிருந்தா லோலனாகினான்;
அரவணிவோன், தாருகா வனப்பெண்டிர் வசமாகினான்;
கோகுலத்தினில் தியாகராசனால் போற்றப் பெற்றோன் நமது
வலையில் அகப்பட்டனன்; எனவே,
யார் நமக்கீடு புவியினிலே, வனிதையரே, இன்று?


குறிப்பு - இப்பாடல் கோகுலத்தில் இடைச்சியர் பாடுவதாக.
ஆகுமென - ஒவ்வுமென
மகளின் மீது - கலைவாணி பிரமனுக்குப் பிறந்தவள் எனப்படும்.
பிருந்தா - துளசி
பிருந்தா லோலன் - துளசியின் கதை நோக்கவும்.
அரவணிவோன் - சிவன்
தாருகா வனப்பெண்டிர் - இருடியரின் மனைவியர் - சிவனின் பிட்சாடனர் வேடம்.
தியாகராசனால் போற்றப் பெற்றோன் - கண்ணனைக் குறிக்கும்


Telugu

ప. ఎవరు మనకు సమానమిలలోనింతులార నేడు

అ. అవని హరి హర బ్రహ్మాది
సురులాసచే మోస పోయిరి గనుకను (ఎ)

చ. నలువ తనయపై మోహము జెంది నాడే తగిలి పోయె
ముద్దులొలుకు శ్రీ హరి వలచుచు బృందా లోలుడై పోయె
చిలువ భూషణుడు దారుకా వనపు చెలుల పాలాయె
గోకులమున త్యాగరాజ నుతుడు మన
వలల తగిలి పోయె గనుకను (ఎ)


Kannada

ಪ. ಎವರು ಮನಕು ಸಮಾನಮಿಲಲೋನಿಂತುಲಾರ ನೇಡು

ಅ. ಅವನಿ ಹರಿ ಹರ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾದಿ
ಸುರುಲಾಸಚೇ ಮೋಸ ಪೋಯಿರಿ ಗನುಕನು (ಎ)

ಚ. ನಲುವ ತನಯಪೈ ಮೋಹಮು ಜೆಂದಿ ನಾಡೇ ತಗಿಲಿ ಪೋಯೆ
ಮುದ್ದುಲೊಲುಕು ಶ್ರೀ ಹರಿ ವಲಚುಚು ಬೃಂದಾ ಲೋಲುಡೈ ಪೋಯೆ
ಚಿಲುವ ಭೂಷಣುಡು ದಾರುಕಾ ವನಪು ಚೆಲುಲ ಪಾಲಾಯೆ
ಗೋಕುಲಮುನ ತ್ಯಾಗರಾಜ ನುತುಡು ಮನ
ವಲಲ ತಗಿಲಿ ಪೋಯೆ ಗನುಕನು (ಎ)


Malayalam

പ. എവരു മനകു സമാനമിലലോനിന്തുലാര നേഡു

അ. അവനി ഹരി ഹര ബ്രഹ്മാദി
സുരുലാസചേ മോസ പോയിരി ഗനുകനു (എ)

ച. നലുവ തനയപൈ മോഹമു ജെന്ദി നാഡേ തഗിലി പോയെ
മുദ്ദുലൊലുകു ശ്രീ ഹരി വലചുചു ബൃന്ദാ ലോലുഡൈ പോയെ
ചിലുവ ഭൂഷണുഡു ദാരുകാ വനപു ചെലുല പാലായെ
ഗോകുലമുന ത്യാഗരാജ നുതുഡു മന
വലല തഗിലി പോയെ ഗനുകനു (എ)



Updated on 10 Dec 2009

1 comment:

Rajeev said...

Truly a great effort to compile the lyrics and meaning in different languages. A sincere serivce to classical music and tribute to Thaygaraja swamy. Thanks for all the effort.