pallavi
SrIpa priya 1sangIt(O)pAsana
cEyavE O manasA
anupallavi
tApasa jana mAnasa dhanamu 2tri-
tApa rahita sapta svara cAri (SrI)
caraNam
3ranjimpa jEseDu rAgambulu
manjuLamagu(n)avatAramul(e)tti
4manjIramu ghallani naTincu
mahima teliyu tyAgarAja nutuDagu (SrI)
pallavi
SrIpa priya sangIta-upAsana
cEyavE O manasA
O My Mind (manasA)! Undertake (cEyavE) worship (upAsana) through music (sangIta) (sangItOpAsana) which is dear (priya) to Lord vishNu - the Spouse (pa) of lakshmI (SrI) (SrIpa).
anupallavi
tApasa jana mAnasa dhanamu tri-
tApa rahita sapta svara cAri (SrI)
He is the wealth (dhanamu) of the minds (mAnasa) of the ascetics (tApasa jana);
He is the beyond (rahita) (literally devoid of) the triad (tri) of misery (tApa); He is found (cAri) (literally moving about) in the sapta svara;
O My Mind! Undertake worship through music which is dear to Lord vishNu.
caraNam
ranjimpa jEseDu rAgambulu
manjuLamagu-avatAramulu-etti
manjIramu ghallani naTincu
mahima teliyu tyAgarAja nutuDagu (SrI)
O My Mind! Undertake worship through music which is dear to Lord vishNu – praised (nutuDagu) by this tyAgarAja who knows (teliyu) –
the glory (mahima) of enchanting (ranjimpa jEseDu) rAgas (rAgambulu)
dancing (naTincu) to the jingling (ghallu ani) (ghallani) of the anklets (manjIramu)
taking (etti) beautiful (manjuLamagu) forms (avatAramulu) (manjuLamagunavatAramuletti).
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
References
1 - sangItOpAsana aka nAdOpAsana - For more information on the subject – nAdOpAsana-1; nAdOpAsana-2
2 – tri-tApa – (tApa-traya) - AdhyAtmika, Adhidaivika, Adhibhautika.
3 – ranjimpa jEseDu rAgambulu – SrI tyAgarAja reproduces exactly the words of age-old definition of rAga - ‘ranjayati iti rAgaH’ – a rAga is that which enchants. Please visit - rAgas-1; rAgas-2
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1 – upAsana – It means much more than ‘worship’. According to SrI rAmanuja, upAsana consists of five parts – abhigamana (approach), upAdAna (preparation of offering), ijya (oblation), svAdhyAya (recitation) and yOga (devotion) – Source – Monier’s Sanskrit Dictionary.
4 - manjIramu ghallani naTincu – dancing to the jingling of anklets. The participatory musical tradition as practised by bhAgavatas as against the ‘kutcheri’ tradition.
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