Transliteration Scheme

maravakarA - rAga dEva gAndhAri

Tamil Version
Language Version

pallavi
maravakarA nava manmatha rUpuni

caraNam
caraNam 1
nITO mellani mATO kannula
tETO mari 1vale-vATO manasA (ma)

caraNam 2
kulukO 2pAvala gilukO kapurapu
palukO cekkula taLukO manasA (ma)
caraNam 3
villO ghaNTala ghallO sumamula
illO sEvapu kollO manasA (ma)
caraNam 4
kElO(v)ungarAlO 3bangAr(u)yyAlO
centa(n)illAlO manasA (ma)
caraNam 5
SaramO kanak(A)mbaramO SrI-kara
uramO brOcu duramO manasA (ma)
caraNam 6
Ajanmamu 4hRd-rAjIvamutO
pUjintura tyAgarAja nutuni manasA (ma)

Meaning - Gist
O My Mind!

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
maravakarA nava manmatha rUpuni

O My Mind! Do not forget (maravakarA) the Lord whose form (rUpuni) is ever-youthful (nava) (literally fresh) like cupid (manmatha).

caraNam
caraNam 1
nITO mellani mATO kannula
tETO mari vale-vATO manasA (ma)

What a (an) –
prettiness (nITu) (nITO)!
soft (mellani) speech (mATa) (mATO)!
lustre (tETa) (literally clarity) (tETO) of eyes (kannulua)! and (mari)
style of upper garment (vale-vATu) (valevATO)!
O My Mind (manasA)! Do not forget the Lord whose form is ever-youthful like cupid.

caraNam 2
kulukO pAvala gilukO kapurapu
palukO cekkula taLukO manasA (ma)

What a (an) –
graceful gait (kuluku) (kulukO)!
jingle (giluku) (gilukO) of (wooden) sandals (pAvala)!
sweet (camphoric) (kapurapu) (literally sweet smelling) speech (paluku) (palukO)!
sheen (taLuku) (taLukO) of cheeks (cekkula)!
O My Mind (manasA)! Do not forget the Lord whose form is ever-youthful like cupid.
caraNam 3
villO ghaNTala ghallO sumamula
illO sEvapu kollO manasA (ma)

What a (an) –
bow (villu) (villO)!
jingle (ghallu) (ghallO) of (bow’s) bells (ghaNTala)!
house (illu) (illO) adorned with flowers (sumamulu)!
abundance (kolla) (kollO) of service (sEvapu)!
O My Mind (manasA)! Do not forget the Lord whose form is ever-youthful like cupid.
caraNam 4
kElO-ungarAlO bangAru-uyyAlO
centa-illAlO manasA (ma)

What (a) (an) –
hands (kElu) (kElO)!
rings (ungarAlu) (ungarAlO) in the fingers!
golden (bangAru) swing (uyyAla) (uyyAlO) (bangAruyyAlO)!
wife (illAlu) (illAlO) who is always by His side (centa) (centanillAlO)!
O My Mind (manasA)! Do not forget the Lord whose form is ever-youthful like cupid.
caraNam 5
SaramO kanaka-ambaramO SrI-kara
uramO brOcu duramO manasA (ma)

What (a) (an) -
arrow(s) (Saramu) (SaramO)!
golden-hued (kanaka) garments (ambaramu) (ambaramO) (kanakAmbaramO)!
chest (uramu) (uramO) (where lakshmI resides) that causes prosperity (SrI-kara)!
promptness (duramu) (duramO) in protecting (brOcu) His devotees!
O My Mind (manasA)! Do not forget the Lord whose form is ever-youthful like cupid.
caraNam 6
Ajanmamu hRd-rAjIvamutO
pUjintura tyAgarAja nutuni manasA (ma)

I shall worship (pUjintura), throughout my life (Ajanmanu), the Lord praised (nutuni) by this tyAgarAja, with my heart (hRt) lotus (rAjIvamutO) (hRd-rAjIvamutO).
O My Mind (manasA)! Do not forget the Lord whose form is ever-youthful like cupid.

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
1 – vale-vATO – valuvATO : As per telugu dictionary, the correct word is ‘vale-vATu’ or ‘valle-vATu’. Therefore, ‘vale-vATO’ seems to be appropriate usage.

2 – pAvala – pAvula : As per telugu dictionary, the correct word is ‘pAva’; therefore, ‘pAvala’ seems to be appropriate usage.

3 - bangAruyyAlO – bangaruyyAlO.
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References
4 - hRdrAjIvamutO – The following verse from SivAnanda lahari by Adi SankarAcArya is relevant –

gabhIrE kAsArE viSati vijanE ghOra-vipinE
viSAlE SailE ca bhramati kusumArthaM jaDa-matiH |
samarpyaikaM cEtas-sarasijam-umA-nAtha bhavatE
sukhEnAvasthAtu jana iha na jAnAti kim-ahO || 9 ||

“Dull-witted man, wandering about for flowers (for Thy worship), goes to deep lotus lakes, to uninhabited dense forests and to high mountains. Lo! he does not know how to be happy in life by offering unto Thee, the Lord of umA, the unique lotus of his own heart.” (Translation – Swami Tapasyananda)
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