pallavi
rAma bhakti sAmrAjyam(E)
mAnavulak(a)bbEnO manasA
anupallavi
A mAnavula sandarSanam-
(a)tyanta 1brahmAnandamE (rAma)
caraNam
2IlAg(a)ni vivarimpa lEnu
cAla sv(A)nubhava vEdyamE
lIlA sRshTa jaga(t)rayam(a)nE
kOlAhala tyAgarAja nutuDagu (rAma)
pallavi
rAma bhakti sAmrAjyamu-
E mAnavulaku-abbEnO manasA
O my mind (manasA)! By whomsoever (E mAnavulaku) was attained (abbEnO) (mAnavulakabbenO) the empire (sAmrAjyamu) (sAmrAjyamE) of devotion (bhakti) to SrI rAma!
anupallavi
A mAnavula sandarSanamu-
atyanta brahmAnandamE (rAma)
Even beholding (sandarSanamu) those (A) persons (mAnavula), is an intense (atyanta) (sandarSanamatyanta) Supreme bliss (brahmAnandamu) (brahmAnandamE);
O my mind! by whomsoever was attained the empire of devotion to SrI rAma!
caraNam
IlAgu-ani vivarimpa lEnu
cAla sva-anubhava vEdyamE
lIlA sRshTa jagat-trayamu-anE
kOlAhala tyAgarAja nutuDagu (rAma)
I am unable to (lEnu) describe (vivarimpa) it (the empire of devotion) to be (ani) of such and such nature (I lAgu) (I lAgani);
it is knowable (vEdyamE) only (cAla) (literally much) through self (sva) experience (anubhava) (svAnubhava);
O my mind! by whomsoever was attained empire of devotion to SrI rAma – Lord praised (nutuDagu) by this tyAgarAja -
who projected (sRshTa) sportingly (lIlA) the tumult (kOlAhala) called (anE) the three (trayamu) Worlds (jagat) (jagatrayamanE)!
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
1 – brahmAnandamE - brahmAnandamE manasA.
References
Comments
2 – IlAgani vivarimpa lEnu – I am unable to describe 'it' to be of such and such nature. In the books, 'it' has been attributed to the 'bliss' (brahmAnandamu) mentioned in anupallavi. If beholding those people who have attained the empire (sAmrAjyamu) is supreme bliss (brahmAnandamu), then, the empire (sAmrAjyamu) itself should be of greater bliss. Therefore, the caraNa 'IlAgani' refers to the said empire (sAmrAjyamu). The thrust of the kRti is not about beholding those who have attained the empire, but attaining the empire itself. That is what SrI tyAgarAja amplifies in caraNa as 'knowable only through self experience (cAla svAnubhava vEdyamE).
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