Tyagaraja Kriti

Meaning - Gist
O Lord praised by brahmA!

Would devotion towards SrI rAma arise spontaneously?
Would devotion towards SrI rAma arise spontaneously in the minds of those who, ever being immersed in the Worldly life, consider it to be of substance?
Would devotion towards SrI rAma arise spontaneously excepting for those fortunate people who,

looking at the festivity consisting of wife, children, relations, nice mansions, bodily strength, gold and wealth,
consider them evanescent?

Would devotion towards SrI rAma arise spontaneously excepting for those who

beholding virtuous people,
ever serving them,
listening to their appeal, and
accomplishing them respectfully, and
worship the Lord in their minds, understanding that everything is but Lord hari only and cognizing as such?

Would devotion towards SrI rAma arise spontaneously excepting for those great people who,

instead of performing desire-oriented worships,
ever chant the tAraka nAma – the king of all sacred syllables - shining in the tongue of this tyAgarAja?

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
UrakE kalgunA rAmuni bhakti

Would devotion (bhakti) towards SrI rAma (rAmuni) arise (kalgunA) spontaneously (UrakE)?

anupallavi
sArekunu samsAramuna jocci
sAramu-ani-encu vAri manasuna (UrakE)

Would devotion towards SrI rAma arise spontaneously -
in the minds (manasuna) of those (vAri) who, ever (sArekunu) being immersed (jocci) in the Worldly life (samsAramuna), consider (encu) it to be (ani) of substance (sAramu) (sAramaniyencu)?

caraNam
caraNam 1
Alu sutulu juTTAlu vara
sadanAlu kAya balAlu kanaka
dhanAlu kala vibhavamula kani asthiramulu-
anE bhAgya-SAlulaku gAka (UrakE)

Would devotion towards SrI rAma arise spontaneously excepting (gAka) for those fortunate people (bhAgya-SAlulaku) who -
looking at (kani) the festivity (vibhavamula) consisting of (kala) -
wife (Alu), children (sutulu), relations (juTTAlu), nice (vara) mansions (sadanAlu), bodily (kAya) strength (balAlu), gold (kanaka) and wealth (dhanAlu),
consider (anE) (literally say) them evanescent (asthiramulu) (asthiramulanE)?

caraNam 2
manci vArini poDagAnci santatamu
sEvinci manavini-Alakinci-Adari
sAdhinci sarvamu hari-ancu telisi
bhAvinci madini pUjincu vAriki gAka (UrakE)

Would devotion towards SrI rAma arise spontaneously excepting (gAka) for those (vAriki) who –
beholding (poDagAnci) virtuous (manci) people (vArini),
ever (santatamu) serving (sEvinci) them,
listening (Alakinci) to their appeal (manavini), and
accomplishing (sAdhinci) them respectfully (Adari) (manavinAlakinciyAdari), and
worship (pUjincu) the Lord in their minds (madini)
understanding (telisi) that everything (sarvamu) is but (ancu) Lord hari (hariyancu) only and cognizing as such (bhAvinci)?

caraNam 3
rAjasa guNa yukta pUjalanu-onarincaka
aja sannuta tyAgarAjuni jihvapai
rAjillu vara mantra rAjamunu
sadA japincu maharAjulaku gAka (UrakE)

O Lord praised (sannuta) by brahmA (aja)! Would devotion towards SrI rAma arise spontaneously excepting (gAka) for those great people (maharAjuluku) who,
instead of performing (onarincaka) desire-oriented (rAjasa guNa yukta) worships (pUjalanu) (pUjalanonarincaka),
ever (sadA) chant (japincu) the tAraka nAma – the king (rAjamunu) of all sacred (vara) syllables (mantra) - shining (rAjillu) in the tongue (jihvapai) of this tyAgarAja (tyAgarAjuni)?

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
¹ – vibhavamula – vibhavAla.

² – asthiramulanE – asthirAlanE.

⁴ – mantra rAjamunu – mantra rAjamunanu.

⁵ – japincu – japincE.

⁶ – maharAjulaku - mahArAjulaku.
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References
⁴ – mantra rAjamu – King of all sacred syllables - Please refer to Discourse of kAnci mAhAsvAmi candraSEkharEndra sarasvati on tAraka nAma – rAma
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Comments
³ – manci vAri manavinAlakinci Adari sAdhinci – listening to the appeal of virtuous people and accomplishing them respectfully – Here 'accomplish' would refer to the development of 'understanding that everything is but Lord hari only and cognizing as such'.
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