Atta Palukuduvu- Tyagaraja Lyrics(Eng)

Pallavi

1aṭla palukaduviṭla1 palukuduv-
andukēmi sētu rāma nīv(aṭla)
O Lord Sri Rama! Sometimes you would speak in that manner; sometimes you would speak in this manner; what shall I do for that?

Anupallavi

2toṭlanarbhakulanūtuvu mari mari
1tōcinaṭlu gilluduvu śrī rāma nīv(aṭla)
O Lord Sri Rama! You would rock the cradle of infant(s); again, whenever You feel so, You would pinch the (sleeping) child.

Charanam

jīvula śikṣiñcaga nērtuvu cirañ-
jīvulugā jēya nērtuvurā
bhāvamerigi brōtuvu sad-bhakta
bhāgadhēya śrī tyāgarāja vinuta (aṭla)
You would know to punish humans and also would know to make them long-lived; You would protect understanding a person’s state of mind; O Lord Sri Rama - the fortune of true devotees - praised by this Thyagaraja!

Variations

  • 1aṭla - iṭla - tōcinaṭlu : aṭṭa - iṭṭa - tōcinaṭṭu

Commentary

  • 2 toṭlanūtuvu – gilluduvu - This is an adage to show one is busy – first make the child sleep by rocking the cradle; when the child starts sleeping, pinch it so that the child would cry and then rock the cradle - the cycle would go on. In Tamil this is called ‘kuzhandaiyaik kiḷḷi toṭṭilaiyāṭṭudal’.

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Atade Dhanyudu- Tyagaraja Lyrics(Eng)

Pallavi

ataḍē dhanyuḍurā ō manasā
O My Mind! He alone is blessed!

Anupallavi

satata yāna suta dhṛtamaina sītā
pati pāda yugamula satatamu smariyiñcu (ataḍē)
He alone is blessed, who always meditates on the holy feet of Sri Rama - Consort of Sita – held by Anjaneya – the son of Wind God – one who always moves.

Charanams Combined

1. venuka tīka tana manasu rañjillaga
ghanamaina nāma kīrtana paruḍainaṭṭi (ataḍē)

2. tumburu vale tana tambura paṭṭi
dayāmbudhi sannidhānambuna naṭiyiñcu (ataḍē)

3. sāyaku sujanula bāyaka tānun-
upāyamunanu proddhu hāyiga 1gaḍipina (ataḍē)

4. ullapu 2tāpamu calla jēsi anni
kallalaniyeñci 3sallāpamunanuṇḍu (ataḍē)

5. kari varaduni tatvameruganu marigiñcu
ari ṣaḍvargamulandu parava lēka tirugu (ataḍē)


6. ārtini mariyu 4pravṛttini tolagiñcē
kīrti kalgina rāma mūrtini nera nammu (ataḍē)

7. kalagani nija vipra kulamuna janmiñci
niluvaramagu mukti phalamunu jēkonna (ataḍē)

8. karma niṣṭhuḍaina dharma śīluḍaina
śarma rāma nāma marmamu telisina (ataḍē)


9. kāsu 5vīsamula kōsamu āsatō
vēsamu 6dhariñci mōsamu jendani (ataḍē)

10. andamugā nāmamandaru jēsina
sundara rāmuniyandu lakṣyamu peṭṭu (ataḍē)

11. inni pāṭulaku 7sarvōnnatamau sukhamu
munnayanubhaviñcukonna vāḍevaḍō (ataḍē)

12. rājasa janulatō tā jata kūḍaka
rājillu śrī tyāgarāja nutuni nammu (ataḍē)
1. Such a person alone is blessed, who, without retreating (from the aim), is ever dedicated to chanting the holy names of Lord, to the exultation of his mind.

2. He alone is blessed, who, like Tumburu (Gandharva chief of celestial musicians), dances in the Court of the Lord – the Ocean of mercy, attuned with his tambura.

3. He alone is blessed, who, without leaving the company of virtuous people for help, and himself remaining vigilant (against pitfalls), has spent his time happily.

4. He alone is blessed, who, having extinguished the afflictions of his mind, considering all (worldly enjoyments) to be false, remains talking sweetly (about the Lord).

5. He alone is blessed, who goes about without being involved in the six-fold internal enemies (kAma, krOdha, lObha, mOha, mada, mAtsarya) which screen one from understanding the real nature of the Lord – the saviour of Gajendra – the elephant.

6. He alone is blessed, who believes whole-heartedly the Lord Rama-incarnate, who is famed as the One who rids of all the griefs and cycle of re-birth.

7. He alone is blessed, who, having been born in actual Brahmana family (or caste) - which is indeed rare to attain - achieves the ever-lasting end-result called liberation.

8. Be he grounded in performance of Vedic actions or be he of virtuous (or charitable) disposition, he alone is blessed, who knows the secret of the joy of the name of Lord Sri Rama.

9. He alone is blessed, who is not ruined, because of desires, donning garbs for the sake of petty coins.

10. He alone is blessed, who sets his aim in the charming Lord Sri Rama, who has been worshipped well by all by chanting His names.

11. He alone is blessed whoever had earlier (or first) experienced the excellent comfort after this much of effort.

12. He alone is blessed, who, without himself joining the company of the people given to the quality of passion, believes in the resplendent Lord Sri Rama - praised by this Tyagaraja.

Variations

  • 1gaḍipina – gaḍupu
  • 4pravṛtti – pravarti : 'pravarti' is the Telugu form of the Sanskrit word 'pravṛtti'.
  • 6dhariñci – dhariyiñci : dhariyiñci - is not appropriate.
  • 7sarvōnnatamau – sarvōnnata
  • General – The sandhi of ending word of each Charana connecting to Pallavi word 'ataḍē' is not given uniformly in all the books. In some books no sandhi is given. In some books wrong sandhi is given.

References

Commentary

  • 2tāpamu – Three afflictions - ‘tri-tāpa’ - ‘tāpatraya’ – adhyātmika, ādhibhautika, ādhidaivika.
    • Also refer to Sri Lalita Sahasranama – ‘tāpa-trayāgni santapta samāhlādana candrikā’ (357) (moonlight that gives joy to those who are burnt by the triple fires of misery – those generated by physical, mental and supernatural causes)
  • 3sallāpamu – This word also means ‘conversing’. It is not clear whether Sri Tyagaraja means that the devotee should be talking sweetly to the Lord or about the Lord.
  • 4pravṛtti - Generally this means ‘action’ or ‘conduct’ ‘manifestation’ etc. In Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, Chapter 16, the following verse is relevant –
  • pravṛttim ca nivṛttiṃ ca janā na vidurāsurāḥ ||
    na śaucam nāpi cācārō na satyaṃ tēṣu vidyatē     || 7 ||

“The persons of Asurika nature know not what to do and what to refrain from; neither is purity found in them nor good conduct, not truth.”

(Explanation) what to do and what to refrain from : What acts they should perform to achieve the end of man, nor what acts they should abstain from to avert evil. (Translation and notes by Swami Swarupananda)
  • However, in view of the previous word ‘mariyu’ (again) and following word ‘toalgiñcē’ (rid), Sri Tyagaraja seems mean – the ‘cycle of re-birth’. In the Kriti ‘entani nē varṇintu’ – rāga mukhāri, he praises Sabari as ‘punar-āvṛtti rahita padamu pondina’ – (who attained the state of non-return). Accordingly, it has been translated here.
  • 5vīsamulu – this may mean ‘one sixteenth part of anything’ or ‘a grain of gold equivalent in weight to a grain of rice’. However, if ‘kāsu vīsamulu’ is to be taken together, this may mean ‘aṇā’ – one-sixteenth part of a rupee (used before 1957). Here, this has been translated as ‘petty coins'.
  • 7sarvōnnatamau sukhamanubhaviñcukonna vāḍu – Sri Tyagaraja seems to refer to Anjaneya specifically.

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Aragimpave- Tyagaraja Lyrics(Eng)

Pallavi

āragimpavē pālāragimpavē
Deign to partake the milk.

Anupallavi

1raghuvīra janakajā kara
pavitritamau venna pāl(āra)
O Lord Raghuveera! Deign to partake the milk and butter which have been sanctified by the touch of Sita – daughter of King Janaka.

Charanam

sāramaina divyānnamu
2ṣaḍ-rasa yuta bhakṣaṇamulu
dāra sōdarādulatō
3tyāgarāja vinuta pāl(āra)
O Lord well-praised by this Thyagaraja! deign to partake – along with Your spouse, brothers and others, the tasty and sacred rice and eatables consisting of six different tastes along with milk.

Variations

  • 1raghuvīra – In all the books the word ‘raghu’ is given in brackets, the significance of which is not clear.
  • 3tyāgarāja vinuta – tyāgarāja nuta

Commentary

  • 2ṣaḍrasa – sweet, sour, saltish, bitter, pungent, astringent; madhura, amla, lavaṇa, kaṭu, tīkṣṇa, kaṣāya;‘kaṭu’ - also means pungent.

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Appa rama bhakti- Tyagaraja Lyrics(Eng)

Pallavi

appa0 rāma bhakti yentō gopparā mā (yappa)
Wow! Devotion to Rama is indeed very great!

Anupallavi

trippaṭalanu dīrci
kaṇṭi-reppa valenu kācu1 mā (yappa)
(Devotion to Rama) which, bringing to an end the wanderings (of the mind), protects (the devotee) like the eye-lids, (is indeed very great!)

Charanams

1.
lakṣmi dēvi valacunā
lakṣmaṇuṇḍu kolucunā
sūkṣma buddhi gala bharatuḍu
jūci jūci solasunā mā (yappa)
Show Details		Would Lakshmi Devi so fervently love Him?
Would Lakshmana serve Him with such dedication?
Would Bharata, having a sharp intellect,
feel ecstatic by beholding Him again and again? (Devotion to...)
2.
śabari yeṅgiliccunā2
candra-dharuḍu meccunā3
abala swayamprabhaku4 daiva
macala padaviniccunā mā (yappa)
Show Details		Would Sabari offer already-tasted food?
Would Siva extol Him?
Would the Lord bestow eternal state
to the lass Swayamprabha? (Devotion to...)
3.
kapi vāridhi dāṭunā5
kaliki rōṭa kaṭṭunā6
aparādhi tyāgarāju
kānandamu heccunā mā (yappa)
Can a monkey leap across the mighty ocean?
Can an ordinary woman tie the Lord to a mortar?
Can bliss be heightened
for this sinner Thyagaraja? (Devotion to...)

Variations

  • 1kācu – kācunā: kācu is the appropriate word.
  • 2śabari yeṅgiliccunā – śabari yeṅgiliniccunā

Commentary

  • Thyagaraja mentions the instances in the Charanam as proofs of the greatness of Rama-bhakti.
  • 0"appa" (though it literally means father) is most likely in this context an exclamation of amazement, as in "Wow, Rama-bhakti is indeed very great!" It is similar to the Tamil expression aḍēṅgappā.
  • 2śabari eṅgiliccunā: 'eṅgili’ means leftover of eatables, defiled by contact with the mouth. (Tamil: eccil)
    • As per Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kanda, Chapter 74 (Rama meeting Sabari), there is no mention of Sabari offering bitten and tasted fruits.
    • The Sabari episode (folkore)
  • 3candra-dharuḍu meccunā: The reference is to the phalaśruti of Vishnu Sahasranama where Parvathi asks Lord Siva the means for hearing the thousand(s of) names of Vishnu recited by the learned every day. The Lord Siva replies that simple repetition of the name of ‘Rama’ would be equal to reciting the Vishnu Sahasranama.
  • 4abala swayamprabhā - The story of Swayamprabha comes in the Kishkinda Kanda of Ramayana. During their search of Sita, Anjaneya and others reach a divine cave, where they find a wonderful city guarded by an aged ascetic woman by name Swayamprabha. She is daughter of Merusavarni and has been granted boons by Gods. However, Valmiki Ramayana doesn’t seem to contain any further reference about her emancipation in the hands of Sri Rama. This is found in Adhyatma Ramayana – Kishkinda Kanda – 6th Chapter.
  • 5kapi vāridhi dāṭunā – Before leaping over the ocean Anjaneya utters these words to the monkeys –
    "As an arrow loosed by Sri Rama would fly with the speed of wind, I too would likewise course to Lanka guarded by Ravana. If I don’t find Sita in Lanka, I shall certainly proceed with the same speed to heaven. If I don’t find Sita in heaven even after exerting myself, I shall bring Ravana, in chains. At all events I shall return successful with Sita" (Srimad Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kanda, Chapter 1, verses 38 – 42).
    • However, in spite of his best efforts he could not locate Sita – even though Asoka Vana, where Sita was kept as captive, was just in his sight. He becomes despondent and even contemplates of becoming an ascetic (ibid Chapter 13, verse 54). Then, drawing up courage, prays to Rama, Lakshmana and Sita and other Gods before venturing into Asoka Vana (ibid, verse 59). And, there, he finds Sita.
    • It is indeed strange that the grace of the very person who sent Anjaneya on this mission (Sri Rama) and the person searched (Sita) should be sought. Sri Thyagaraja enjoys this contradiction in the Krti 'rāma rāma nīvāramu gāmā’ – rāga ānanda bhairavi wherein he states - 'marugu jēsukonunaṭṭi mahima rārā’ – ‘O Lord who seems as if His Might is screened’. Sri Thyagaraja worshipped Sri Rama as Para Brahman.
    • The great Harikatha exponent Brahmasri T.S. Balakrishna Sastrigal explains (in his discourse on Thyagaraja Ramayana) the feat of leaping across the ocean as the effect of devotion of Anjaneya. But when the Bhakta develops ego and thus boastfulness, the job undertaken does not fructify. The boastful Anjaneya at the beginning of the journey understands his limits and hence prayer to Sri Rama and mother Sita for their grace – for searching Sita herself.
  • 6kaliki rōta kaṭṭunā - The episode in Krishnavatara where Yasoda ties Sri Krishna, as a child, to a mortar is mentioned here. Srimad Bhagavatam, Book 10, Chapter 9, verses 18 and 21 are relevant:
    “Perceiving the over-exertion of His mother, whose body was bathed in perspiration, the wreaths tied around his braid fallen down, Sri Krishna allowed himself to be bound by Himself out of (sheer) compassion.
    • Lord Krishna is not so easily accessible in this world to those identified with their body or even to men of wisdom who have become one with Him; but only to those possessed of devotion to Him.”
    • Please also refer to Krti of Papanasam Sivan – ‘Enna Thavam Saidanai Yasoda’ wherein he wonders at the fortune of a milk-maid who could tie the Supreme Lord to a mortar.

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Aparadhamulanorva- Tyagaraja Lyrics(Eng)

Pallavi

1aparādhamulanōrva samayamu
kṛpa jūḍumu ghanamaina nā
It is time to pardon my severe offences; please show mercy on me.

Anupallavi

capala cittuḍai manaserugakanē
jāli peṭṭukoni moralaniḍu (aparādha)

It is time to pardon my severe offences who - becoming fickle minded, having come to grief unknowingly, is now appealing to You.

Charanam

sakala lōkula phalamulanerigi
samrakṣiñcucunuṇḍaga
nannokani brōva teliya kīrtana
śatakamonarcu tyāgarāja nuta nā (aparādha)
O Lord praised by this Thyagaraja who has composed (or is composing) hundred(s) of Kirtana in Your praise! While You are nourishing nicely all the people according to the fruits of their actions, don’t You know to protect me alone? it is time to pardon my severe offences.

Variations

  • 1aparādhamulanōrva – aparādhamulanunōrva

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Aparadhamula Manpi - Tyagaraja Lyrics(Eng)

Pallavi

aparādhamula mānpiyādukōvayya
O Lord! Please support me by forgiving my crimes.

Anupallavi

kṛpa jūci brōcitē kīrti galadika nīku
If you protect me by showing mercy, You will have more fame.

Charanams Combined

1. atyanta matsara madāndhuḍai sajjanula
nitya karmamula vale nindiñcukonna nā (apa)

2. cūcu vāralakeduṭa sokki japituḍanaiti
yōciñca nī pāda yugaḷa dhyānamu lēni nā (apa)


3. 1straiṇa janulanu kūḍi 2vīṇāḍitini kāni
prāṇa hita guṇa kathala palka lēnaiti nā (apa)

4. śaraṇu joccina nannu karuniñcavē rāma
vara tyāgarāja nuta vaśamu kādika 3nāku (apa)
1. O Lord! Please support me by forgiving my crimes who, blinded by intense envy and arrogance, had slandered pious people like daily routines.

2. In front of on-lookers, I became (apparently) like one immersed in chanting of Lord’s names; O Lord! please do not hesitate; please support me - who is bereft of meditation on Your holy feet - by forgiving my crimes.

3. Joining those who belong to (keep company of) women, I wasted time; and I failed to recite the stories of qualities of the Lord which are beneficent to the life.

4. O Lord Sri Rama! Please have mercy on me who has sought refuge in You; O Excellent Lord praised by this Tyagaraja! It is not possible for me any longer.

Variations

  • 3nāku – nādu.

Commentary

  • 1straiṇa janulu – ‘those who desire the company of (other) women’; therefore ‘belonging to women (straiṇa)’. It is not clear whether it means ‘womaniser’.
  • 2vīṇāḍitini – in Telugu, there does not seem to be any word ‘vīṇu’; it is probably the morphed form of the tamil word ‘vīṇ’ meaning ‘wasteful’, ‘useless’.

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Pallavi

anyāyamu sēyakurā rāma 1nann-
anyunigā jūḍakurā nāyeḍa rāma
O Lord Sri Rama! Please don't do injustice to me; O Lord Sri Rama! Please do not treat me as an alien.

Anupallavi

2ennō tappulu gala vārini
rājanya nīvu brōcināvu ganukanu (anyāya)
O King! You have earlier protected those who had numerous faults; therefore, O Lord Sri Rama! Please don't do injustice to me; O Lord Sri Rama! Please do not treat me as an alien.

Charanam

3jaḍa bharatuḍu jiṅka śiśuvunetti
baḍalika tīrcaga lēdā
kaḍalini munigina girinoka
4kūrmamu kāpāḍaga lēdā
puḍamini 5pāṇḍava drōhini
dharma putruḍu brōvaga lēdā
naḍimi prāyamuna tyāgarāja nuta
nā pūrvaju bādha 6tīrpa lēnani (anyāya)
Didn’t Jada Bharata relieve the fatigue of the frightened fawn by taking it into his fold? Didn’t a tortoise save the mountain Mandara which submerged into the sea? Didn’t, in this Earth, Yudhishthira – son of Yama – save Duryodhana – one who had malice towards Pandavas? O Lord praised by this Tyagaraja! O Lord Sri Rama! Please don't do injustice to me during my middle ages (by saying) that ‘I shall not relieve the troubles’ created by my elder brother.

Variations

  • 1nannanyunigā jūḍakurā nāyeḍa rāma - anyunigā jūḍakurā nāyeḍa

References

  • 2enno tappulu gala – Sugriva is one such person who received Lord’s grace in spite of his faults.
  • 3jaḍa bharata – The story of Bharata and Jada Bharata appears in Srimad Bhagavatam, Book 5, Chapters 7 to 14; the story of fawn reared by Jada Bharata appears in ibid, Chapter 8. [Story of Jada Bharata - in brief]
  • 4kūrmamu – Refers to kūrmāvatāra of Lord Vishnu.
  • 5pāṇḍava drōhi – In some books, this has been taken to mean ‘aśvattāma’ son of drōṇācārya. In other books, this has been taken to mean ‘duryōdhana’.
  • The story of aśvattāma slaying all the sons of pāṇḍavās and ultimately letting off Brahmastra to destroy the pāṇḍava race, is contained in [Mahabharata–Book 10, Sauptika parva–Chapters 3 to 17]
  • The story in brief is contained in the web sites - [Asvattama-1] [Asvattama-2]
  • According to Mahabharata, the life of aśvattāma was saved by Draupadi before whom he (aśvattāma) was brought to mete out justice. He was earlier cursed by Sri Krishna in the following words –

“As regards thyself, all wise men know thee for a coward and a sinful wretch! Always engaged in sinful acts, thou art the slayer of children. For this reason, thou must have to bear the fruit of these thy sins. For 3,000 years thou shalt wander over this earth, without a companion and without being able to talk with anyone. Alone and without anybody by thy side, thou shalt wander through diverse countries, O wretch, thou shalt have no place in the midst of men. The stench of pus and blood shall emanate from thee, and inaccessible forests and dreary moors shall be thy abode! Thou shalt wander over the Earth, O thou of sinful soul, with the weight of all diseases on thee.” [Krishna's Curse on Asvattama]

  • 5pāṇḍava drōhi - The story relates to yudhiṣṭhira coming to the rescue of Duryodhana, Karna and their army when the latter were vanquished by Gandharvas in a battle at Dvaitavana where pāṇḍavas were staying during their exile. The story appears in Mahabharata – Book 3 – Vana Parva - GhoshaYatra Parva – Chapters 234 to 244. [Duryodhana]

Commentary

  • 6tīrpa lēnani – tīrpa lēdā. The traditional meaning – as contained in all the books – is that Sri Tyagaraja beseeches the Lord to relieve him of the problems created by his elder brother. Therefore 'tīrpa lēnani' is appropriate to derive such a meaning. On the other hand, 'tīrpa lēdā' would mean 'did you not relieve'. If 'tīrpa lēdā' is taken as correct, all the examples cited and also the Pallavi words 'anyāyamu sēyakurā' would be rendered meaningless.

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