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
rUkalu padi vElu-dESiyatODi
In the kRti ‘rUkalu padi vElunna’ – rAga dESiya tODi (tALa Adi), SrI tyAgarAja asks his mind to remain contented and chant Lord’s names.
pallavi
rUkalu padi vEl(u)nna cEreDu
nUkalu gati kAni O manasA
anupallavi
kOkalu veyy(u)nna
kaTTukonuTak(1o)kaTi kAni O manasA (rU)
caraNam
Ur(E)lina tA 2paNDuTa mUDu 3mUra tAvu kAni
nUru bhakshaNamul(a)bbina entO nOTik(a)nta kAni
Eru niNDuga pArina pAtraku tagu nIru vaccu kAni
sArataruni harini tyAgarAja sannutuni maravakE manasA (rU)
Gist
- O My Mind!
- Even if one has ten thousand rupees, all that one needs (for a meal) is but a handful of broken rice only;
- even if one has a thousand garments, all that one needs for wearing (at a time) is but one (garment) only;
- even if one rules over entire town, all that one lies down is but three cubits of space only;
- even if one gets a hundred varieties of food-items, all that one can gulp (at a time) is but as much as a mouthful only.
- even if the river flows to the brim, all that water one can fetch is but vessel-full only.
- Even if one has ten thousand rupees, all that one needs (for a meal) is but a handful of broken rice only;
- Therefore, do not forget Lord hari - the Most Excellent One, well-praised by this tyAgarAja.
Word-by-word Meaning
pallavi
rUkalu padi vElu-unna cEreDu
nUkalu gati kAni O manasA
O My Mind (manasA)! Even if one has (unna) ten (padi) thousand ( vElu) (vElunna) rupees (rUkalu) (literally coins or money), all that one needs (gati) (for a meal) is but (kAni) a handful (cEreDu) of broken rice (nUkalu) only.
anupallavi
kOkalu veyyi-unna
kaTTukonuTaku-okaTi kAni O manasA (rU)
O My Mind (manasA)! Even if one has (unna) a thousand (veyyi) (veyyunna) garments (kOkalu), all that one needs for wearing (kaTTukonuTaku) (at a time) is but (kAni) one (garment) (okaTi) (kaTTukonuTakokaTi) only.
O My Mind! Even if one has ten thousand rupees, all that one needs for a meal is but a handful of broken rice only.
caraNam
Uru-Elina tA paNDuTa mUDu mUra tAvu kAni
nUru bhakshaNamulu-abbina entO nOTiki-anta kAni
Eru niNDuga pArina pAtraku tagu nIru vaccu kAni
sArataruni harini tyAgarAja sannutuni maravakE manasA (rU)
Even if one rules (Elina) over entire town (Uru) (UrElina), all that one (tA) lies down (paNDuTa) is but (kAni) three (mUDu) cubits (mUra) of space (tAvu) only;
even if one gets (abbina) a hundred (nUru) varieties of food-items (bhakshaNamulu) (bhakshaNamulabbina), all that one can gulp is but (kAni) as much as (entO) a mouthful (nOTiki anta) (nOTikanta) only.
even if the river (Eru) flows (pArina) to the brim (niNDuga), all that water (niru) one can fetch (vaccu) is but (kAni) vessel-full (pAtraku tagu) only;
therefore, O My Mind (manasA), do not forget (maravakE) Lord hari (harini) - the Most Excellent One (sArataruni), well-praised (sannutuni) by this tyAgarAja.
O My Mind! Even if one has ten thousand rupees, all that one needs for a meal is but a handful of broken rice only.
Notes -
Variations -
1 – okaTi kAni – okaTE kAni.
References -
3 - mUra – length of fore-arm – a cubit – approx 18 inches.
Comments -
2 – paNDuTa – though this generally means ‘lie down’, ‘death’ is also implied here.
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. रूकलु पदि वे(लु)न्न चेरॆडु
नूकलु गति कानि ओ मनसा
अ. कोकलु वॆ(य्यु)न्न
कट्टुकॊनुट(कॊ)कटि कानि ओ मनसा (रू)
च. ऊ(रे)लिन ता पण्डुट मूडु मूर तावु कानि
नूरु भक्षणमु(ल)ब्बिन ऎन्तो नोटि(क)न्त कानि
एरु निण्डुग पारिन पात्रकु तगु नीरु वच्चु कानि
सारतरुनि हरिनि त्यागराज सन्नुतुनि मरवके मनसा (रू)
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. ரூகலு பதி3 வே(லு)ன்ன சேரெடு3
நூகலு க3தி கானி ஓ மனஸா
அ. கோகலு வெய்(யு)ன்ன
கட்டுகொனுட(கொ)கடி கானி ஓ மனஸா (ரூ)
ச. ஊ(ரே)லின தா பண்டு3ட மூடு3 மூர தாவு கானி
நூரு ப4க்ஷணமு(ல)ப்3பி3ன எந்தோ நோடி(க)ந்த கானி
ஏரு நிண்டு3க3 பாரின பாத்ரகு தகு3 நீரு வச்சு கானி
ஸாரதருனி ஹரினி த்யாக3ராஜ ஸன்னுதுனி மரவகே மனஸா (ரூ)
பணம் பத்தாயிரம் இருந்தாலும், கையளவு
நொய்யே கதியன்றோ, ஓ மனமே?
ஆடைகள் ஆயிரம் இருந்தாலும்,
உடுத்துக்கொள்வதற்கு ஒன்றேயன்றோ, ஓ மனமே?
பணம் பத்தாயிரம் இருந்தாலும், கையளவு
நொய்யே கதியன்றோ, ஓ மனமே?
ஊராண்டாலும், தான் படுத்தல் மூன்று முழ இடமேயன்றோ?
நூறு உண்டிகள் கிடைத்தாலும், எத்தனையோ வாய்க்கு அத்தனையேயன்றோ?
ஆறு நிரம்பிப் பாய்ந்தாலும், பாத்திரத்தளவே நீர் கொள்ளுமன்றோ?
பெருந்தகையினை, அரியினை, தியாகராசன் போற்றுவோனை மறவாதே, மனமே!
பணம் பத்தாயிரம் இருந்தாலும், கையளவு
நொய்யே கதியன்றோ, ஓ மனமே?
Telugu
ప. రూకలు పది వేలున్న చేరెడు
నూకలు గతి కాని ఓ మనసా
అ. కోకలు వెయ్యున్న
కట్టుకొనుటకొకటి కాని ఓ మనసా (రూ)
చ. ఊరేలిన తా పండుట మూడు మూర తావు కాని
నూరు భక్షణములబ్బిన ఎంతో నోటికంత కాని
ఏరు నిండుగ పారిన పాత్రకు తగు నీరు వచ్చు కాని
సారతరుని హరిని త్యాగరాజ సన్నుతుని మరవకే మనసా (రూ)
Kannada
ಪ. ರೂಕಲು ಪದಿ ವೇಲುನ್ನ ಚೇರೆಡು
ನೂಕಲು ಗತಿ ಕಾನಿ ಓ ಮನಸಾ
ಅ. ಕೋಕಲು ವೆಯ್ಯುನ್ನ
ಕಟ್ಟುಕೊನುಟಕೊಕಟಿ ಕಾನಿ ಓ ಮನಸಾ (ರೂ)
ಚ. ಊರೇಲಿನ ತಾ ಪಂಡುಟ ಮೂಡು ಮೂರ ತಾವು ಕಾನಿ
ನೂರು ಭಕ್ಷಣಮುಲಬ್ಬಿನ ಎಂತೋ ನೋಟಿಕಂತ ಕಾನಿ
ಏರು ನಿಂಡುಗ ಪಾರಿನ ಪಾತ್ರಕು ತಗು ನೀರು ವಚ್ಚು ಕಾನಿ
ಸಾರತರುನಿ ಹರಿನಿ ತ್ಯಾಗರಾಜ ಸನ್ನುತುನಿ ಮರವಕೇ ಮನಸಾ (ರೂ)
Malayalam
പ. രൂകലു പദി വേലുന്ന ചേരെഡു
നൂകലു ഗതി കാനി ഓ മനസാ
അ. കോകലു വെയ്യുന്ന
കട്ടുകൊനുടകൊകടി കാനി ഓ മനസാ (രൂ)
ച. ഊരേലിന താ പണ്ഡുട മൂഡു മൂര താവു കാനി
നൂരു ഭക്ഷണമുലബ്ബിന എന്തോ നോടികന്ത കാനി
ഏരു നിണ്ഡുഗ പാരിന പാത്രകു തഗു നീരു വച്ചു കാനി
സാരതരുനി ഹരിനി ത്യാഗരാജ സന്നുതുനി മരവകേ മനസാ (രൂ)
Updated on 20 Sep 2010
