Monday, May 12, 2008

Thyagaraja Kriti - Madilona Yochana - Raga Kolahalam

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

madilOna yOcana-kOlAhalaM

In the kRti ‘madilOna yOcana’ – rAga kOlAhalaM (tALa dESADi), SrI tyAgarAja asks the Lord whether any thought of protecting him has occurred to Him.

pallavi
madilOna yOcana puTTa lEdA
maharAja rAj(E)SvarA


anupallavi
padi vEsamulalO rAma vEsamu
bahu bAg(a)nucu kOru nannu brOva (madi)


1caraNam
iTTi vELa nIdu maTTu jUpum(a)ni
illAlu nItO muccaT(A)DadO nA
raTTu nI manasuk(e)TTu tOcenO
rakshincuTaku tyAgarAja nuta (madi)


Gist

O Lord of Emperors and Kings! O Lord praised by this tyAgarAja!
  • I have been beseeching You in the faith that, of Your ten incarnations, the incarnation as rAma is the very best.
  • Yet, has the thought of protecting me not yet arisen in Your mind?

  • At this time, wouldn’t Your wife speak to You to show Your might?
  • I do not know as to how my disgrace seemed to Your mind.



Word-by-word Meaning

pallavi
madilOna yOcana puTTa lEdA
maharAja rAja-ISvarA

O Lord (ISvarA) of Emperors (maharAja) and Kings (rAja) (rAjESvarA)! Has the thought (yOcana) (of protecting me) not yet arisen (puTTa lEdA) in Your mind (madilOna)?


anupallavi
padi vEsamulalO rAma vEsamu
bahu bAgu-anucu kOru nannu brOva (madi)

O Lord of Emperors and Kings! Has the thought not yet arisen in your mind to protect (brOva) me (nannu) who beseeches (kOru) You in the faith that (anucu),
of Your ten (padi) incarnations (vEsamulalO) (literally garbs), the incarnation (vEsamu) as rAma is the very best (bahu bAgu) (bAganucu)?


caraNam
iTTi vELa nIdu maTTu jUpumu-ani
illAlu nItO muccaTa-ADadO nA
raTTu nI manasuku-eTTu tOcenO
rakshincuTaku tyAgarAja nuta (madi)

At this (iTTi) time (vELa) wouldn’t Your wife (illAlu) speak (muccaTa ADadO) (literally converse) (muccaTADadO) to You (nItO) that (ani) ‘please show (jUpumu) (jUpumani) Your (nIdu) might (maTTu) (literally limit)’?
I do not know as to how (eTTu) my (nA) disgrace (raTTu) seemed (tOcenO) (literally occurred) to Your (nI) mind (manasuku) (manasukeTTu);
O Lord praised (nuta) by this tyAgarAja! O Lord of Emperors and Kings! has the thought not arisen in You mind for protecting (rakshincuTaku) me?


Notes –
Variations
1 – A different version of the caraNa, as given below, is found in some books. However, the meaning derived in the said books is the same as given above.

iTTi vELa nIk(e)TTu tOcun(a)ni
illAlito muccaTADedu
raTTu nI manasuk(e)TTu tOcenO
rakshincuTaku tyAgarAja nuta

This version is very confused; neither the words are cogent nor they are of appropriate form to derive any meaning. This is another instance to establish that the kRtis of SrI tyAgarAja have been extensively corrupted – within a span of 100 odd years.



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. मदिलोन योचन पुट्ट लेदा
महराज रा(जे)श्वरा

अ. पदि वेसमुललो राम वेसमु
बहु बा(ग)नुचु कोरु नन्नु ब्रोव (मदि)

च. इट्टि वेळ नीदु मट्टु जूपु(म)नि
इल्लालु नीतो मुच्च(टा)डदो ना
रट्टु नी मनसु(कॆ)ट्टु तोचॆनो
रक्षिञ्चुटकु त्यागराज नुत (मदि)


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. மதி3லோன யோசன புட்ட லேதா3
மஹராஜ ரா(ஜே)ஸ்1வரா

அ. பதி3 வேஸமுலலோ ராம வேஸமு
ப3ஹு பா3(க3)னுசு கோரு நன்னு ப்3ரோவ (மதி3)

ச. இட்டி வேள நீது3 மட்டு ஜூபு(ம)னி
இல்லாலு நீதோ முச்ச(டா)ட3தோ3 நா
ரட்டு நீ மனஸு(கெ)ட்டு தோசெனோ
ரக்ஷிஞ்சுடகு த்யாக3ராஜ நுத (மதி3)

உள்ளத்தினில் எண்ணம் பிறக்கவில்லையா?
மன்னாதி மன்னா! மன்னர் தலைவா!

பத்து வேடங்களில் இராம வேடம்
மிக்கு சிறந்ததென்று (உன்னைக்) கோரும் என்னைக் காக்க
உள்ளத்தினில் எண்ணம் பிறக்கவில்லையா?
மன்னாதி மன்னா! மன்னர் தலைவா!

இவ்வேளையுனது மட்டினைக் காட்டுவீரென
இல்லாள் உன்னுடன் சொல்லமாட்டாளோ? எனது
இழிவு உனதுள்ளத்திற் கெவ்விதம் தோன்றியதோ?
தியாகராசனால் போற்றப் பெற்றோனே! (என்னை) காப்பதற்கு
உள்ளத்தினில் எண்ணம் பிறக்கவில்லையா?
மன்னாதி மன்னா! மன்னர் தலைவா!

மட்டு - வல்லமையின் எல்லை, வரை


Telugu

ప. మదిలోన యోచన పుట్ట లేదా
మహరాజ రాజేశ్వరా

అ. పది వేసములలో రామ వేసము
బహు బాగనుచు కోరు నన్ను బ్రోవ (మది)

చ. ఇట్టి వేళ నీదు మట్టు జూపుమని
ఇల్లాలు నీతో ముచ్చటాడదో నా
రట్టు నీ మనసుకెట్టు తోచెనో
రక్షించుటకు త్యాగరాజ నుత (మది)


Kannada

ಪ. ಮದಿಲೋನ ಯೋಚನ ಪುಟ್ಟ ಲೇದಾ
ಮಹರಾಜ ರಾಜೇಶ್ವರಾ

ಅ. ಪದಿ ವೇಸಮುಲಲೋ ರಾಮ ವೇಸಮು
ಬಹು ಬಾಗನುಚು ಕೋರು ನನ್ನು ಬ್ರೋವ (ಮದಿ)

ಚ. ಇಟ್ಟಿ ವೇಳ ನೀದು ಮಟ್ಟು ಜೂಪುಮನಿ
ಇಲ್ಲಾಲು ನೀತೋ ಮುಚ್ಚಟಾಡದೋ ನಾ
ರಟ್ಟು ನೀ ಮನಸುಕೆಟ್ಟು ತೋಚೆನೋ
ರಕ್ಷಿಂಚುಟಕು ತ್ಯಾಗರಾಜ ನುತ (ಮದಿ)


Malayalam

പ. മദിലോന യോചന പുട്ട ലേദാ
മഹരാജ രാജേശ്വരാ

അ. പദി വേസമുലലോ രാമ വേസമു
ബഹു ബാഗനുചു കോരു നന്നു ബ്രോവ (മദി)

ച. ഇട്ടി വേള നീദു മട്ടു ജൂപുമനി
ഇല്ലാലു നീതോ മുച്ചടാഡദോ നാ
രട്ടു നീ മനസുകെട്ടു തോചെനോ
രക്ഷിഞ്ചുടകു ത്യാഗരാജ നുത (മദി)


Updated on 03 Dec 2009

2 comments:

Govindaswamy said...

The version of caraNam, asgiven in TTD book is slightly different from what you have given and is as below.
iTTivELa nIkeTTu tOcunani illAlitO muccaTalADedu
raTTu nI manasu keTTutOcenO rakshincuTaku tyAgarAjanuta.

My attempt to translate the meaning is given below.

When we are suffering at present (iTTIvELa), without feeling for the same (nIkeTTU tOcunani), You are indulging in amorous small talk (muccaTaDedu) with your wife (illAlitO). What did You think of (nI manasukeTTu tOcenO) of our problems?
rakshincuTaku joins with pallavi.
Regards
Govindaswamy

V Govindan said...

Dear Sri Govindaswamy,
I have not seen more absurd Telugu than the one given in the caraNa. From various interactions with you pointing out the variations given in the book of TTD, I am of firm opinion, the greatest culprit in corrupting the kRtis of Tyagaraja is the author of the TTD Book. Posterity will decide on this abuse of name of TTD for introducing absurd versions in tyAgarAja kRtis.
Regards,
V Govindan