Tyagaraja Kriti

Meaning - Gist
O Charming SrI rAma!

Why would it not be properly understood by the people?
Why would it not be properly understood by the people of this kali age that this body is evanescent?

Even after observing limit of (leaving behind at the time of death) -

houses constructed strongly with stones,
super abundant relatives and attendants,
their bellied bodies, well-nourished without sharing and offering to those surrounding true relatives, others’ children and guests, and
boxes of wealth tied in coarse bags -

why would it not be properly be understood by the people (that this body is evanescent)?

Even after observing all the consequences of –

aggrandising the wealth of others, by telling lies, for the sake of filling one’s stomach pit,
roaming after, all those women with blossom like lips, like puppies, and (consequently),

as the body is afflicted by plenty of diseases,
as the wealth earned previously melts away slowly, (consequently)
as all the people reproach,
as all the (goals of) future world slip away, and (finally),

being born again in this World -

why would it not be properly understood by the people (that this body is evanescent)?

Looking at those who -

being unable to tolerate even a bit the grief of adhering to the deceivers,
understanding that one's present condition to be the results of accumulated sins -

think otherwise,

treating wealth to be impermanent like the reflecting morning dew, and (therefore) not desiring it (wealth),

why would it not be properly understood by the people that, they also should chant the names of Lord of Universe reverentially worshipped and extolled by this virtuous tyAgarAja?

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
endukO bAga teliyadu

Why (enduko) would it not be properly (bAga) understood (teliyadu) by the people?

anupallavi
andagADa SrI rAma I tanuvu-
asthiramu-ani-I kali mAnavulaku-(endukO)

O Charming (andagADa) SrI rAma!
Why would it not be properly understood by the people (mAnavuluku) (literally to the people) of this (I) kali age that (ani) this (I) body (tanuvu) is evanescent (asthiramu) (literally not permanent) (tanuvasthiramaniyI)?

caraNam
caraNam 1
gaTTiga rALLanu kaTTina gRhamulu
maTTu mitamu lEni-aTTi parijanulu
cuTTukonna nija cuTTAlaku-orula
paTTulaku-athitulaku
peTTa lEka tama poTTa sAku-
konna-aTTi dEhamulu reTTu sanculanu
kaTTina dhanamula peTTela tODanu
peTTi poyyE maTTu kanungoni (endukO)

Even after observing (kanungoni) limit (maTTu) of leaving behind (peTTi poyyE) (at the time of death) -
houses (gRhamulu) constructed (kaTTina) strongly (gaTTiga) with stones (rALLanu),
super abundant (maTTu mitamu lEnaTTi) (literally as if there is no limit or moderation) relatives and attendants (parijanulu),
their (tama) bellied (poTTa) bodies (dEhamulu), well-nourished (sAku-konnaTTi) without (lEka) sharing and offering (peTTa) to those surrounding (cuTTukonna) true (nija) relatives (cuTTAlaku), others’ (orula) (cuTTAlakorula) children (paTTulaku) and guests (athitulaku) (paTTulakathitulaku), and (tODanu) (literally together with)
boxes (peTTela) of wealth (dhanamula) tied (kaTTina) in coarse (reTTu) bags (sanculanu) -
why would it not be properly be understood by the people (that this body is evanescent)?

caraNam 2
kallalu-ADi kaDupu pallamu nimpuTaku-
ellavAri dhanamu-ella jErcukoni
pallava-adharulanu-ella kani Sunakapu
pillala vale tirigi-
oLLa rOgamulu koLLagA tagala
tolli paikamulu mella jAra janulu-
ella dUra paramu-ella pAra bhuvi
maLLi puTTu phalamu-ella kanungoni (endukO)

Even after observing (kanungoni) all (ella) the consequences (phalamu) (phalamella) of –
aggrandising (jErcukoni) (literally accumulating) all (ella) the wealth (dhanamu) (dhanamella) of others (ellavAri), by telling (ADi) lies (kallalu) (kallalADi), for the sake of filling (nimpuTaku) (nimpuTakellavAri) one’s stomach (kaDupu) pit (pallamu),
roaming (tirigi) after (kani) (literally looking for) all (ella) those women with blossom (pallava) like lips (adharulanu) (pallavAdharulanella) like (vale) puppies (Sunakapu pillala), and (consequently),
as the body (oLLa) (tirigivoLLa) is afflicted (tagala) by plenty (koLLagA) of diseases (rOgamulu),
as the wealth (paikamulu) earned previously (tolli) melts away (jAra) slowly (mella), (consequently)
as all (ella) the people (janulu) (janulella) reproach (dUra),
as all (ella) the (goals of) future world (paramu) (paramella) slip away (pAra) (literally run away), and (finally),
being born (puTTu) again (maLLi) in this World (bhuvi) -
why would it not be properly understood by the people (that this body is evanescent)?

caraNam 3
vancakulanu-anusarincina-alamaTa-
incukaina sairinca lEka tama
sancita karmamulu-ancu telisi vEru-
encu vArala jUci
mancu vale prati-phalincu sampadalu-
ancu kOrakanu manci tyAgarAju-
ancitamuga pUjincu nutincu
prapanca nAthuni bhajincudAmu-anucu (endukO)

Looking at (jUci) those (vArala) who –
being unable (lEka) to tolerate (sairinca) even a bit (incukaina) the grief (alamaTa) of adhering to (anusarincina) the deceivers (vancakulanu) (vancakulananusarincinayalamaTayincukaina),
understanding (telisi) that (ancu) one's present condition to be the results (karmamulu) of accumulated sins (sancita),
think (encu) otherwise (vEru) (vErencu),
treating wealth (sampadalu) (sampadalancu) to be (ancu) impermanent like (vale) the reflecting (prati-phalincu) morning dew (mancu), and (therefore) not desiring (kOrakanu) it (wealth),
why would it not be properly understood by the people that (anucu), they also should chant (bhajincudAmu) (literally ‘let us also chant’) (bhajincudAmanucu) the names of Lord (nAthuni) of Universe (prapanca) –
reverentially (ancitamuga) worshipped (pUjincu) and extolled (nutincu) by this virtuous (manci) (literally good) tyAgarAja (tyAgarAjancitamuga)?

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
¹ – Sri rAma – SrI rAma SrI rAma.

² – gRhamulu – gRhamula.

³ – parijanulu – parijanula.

⁴ – dEhamulu – dEhamula.

⁵ – Sunakapu – Sunaka.
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References

Comments
⁶ – vErencu vAru – those who think otherwise - those pious people devoted to Lord who think differently than the worldly minded.

⁷ – mancu vale prati-phalincu – evanescence of wealth like the dew which vanishes with rising of the Sun.
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endukO bAga - rAga mOhanaM