pallavi
bhajana sEyu mArgamunu jUpavE parama
bhAgavata bhAgadhEya sad-(bhajana)
anupallavi
ajuDu 1rudr(A)khaNDala pavanaja
2vijay(A)dulu gumi kUDi nIdu caraNa (bhajana)
caraNam
sakala vEda SAstra purAN(A)di dIpa
sakala mantra tantra rUpa sItA-pa
sakala dEva ripu samara pratApa
sAdhu tyAgarAja nuta SrI rAma 3nija (bhajana)
pallavi
bhajana sEyu mArgamunu jUpavE parama
bhAgavata bhAgadhEya sad-(bhajana)
O Fortune (bhAgadhEya) of supreme (parama) devotees (bhAgavata)! Please show me (jUpavE) the method (mArgamunu) (literally path) of real chanting of names (sad-bhajana sEyu).
anupallavi
ajuDu rudra-AkhaNDala pavanaja
vijaya-Adulu gumi kUDi nIdu caraNa (bhajana)
O Fortune of supreme devotees! Please show me the method of chanting the glory of Your (nIdu) feet (caraNa) adopted by –
brahmA (ajuDu), Siva (rudra), indra (AkhaNDala) (rudrAkhaNDala), AnjanEya – son of vAyu (pavanaja), vijya and others (Adulu) (vijayAdulu) by assembling (kUDi) together (gumi) (literally flock).
caraNam
sakala vEda SAstra purANa-Adi dIpa
sakala mantra tantra rUpa sItA-pa
sakala dEva ripu samara pratApa
sAdhu tyAgarAja nuta SrI rAma nija (bhajana)
O Light (dIpa) that illuminates all (sakala) vEda, SAstra and purANa etc (Adi) (purANAdi)!
O Embodiment (rUpa) of all (sakala) sacred verses (mantra) and mystical formulations (tantra)! O Consort (pa) of sItA (sItA-pa)!
O Glorious One (pratApa) in the battle (samara) against all (sakala) the enemies (ripu) of celestials (dEva)!
O Lord SrI rAma praised (nuta) by this pious (sAdhu) tyAgarAja!
O Fortune of supreme devotees! Please show me the method of true (nija) chanting of Your names.
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
1 – rudrAkhaNDala – rudruDu AkhaNDala.
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2 – vijaya – This may refer to the gate keepers at vaikuNTha – jaya and vijaya - stated to be parama bhAgavata or to arjuna who is also called ‘vijaya’.
3 – nija bhajana – Please refer to kRti 'adi kAdu bhajana' rAga yadukula kAmbhOji where SrI tyAgarAja defines what is not a bhajana.
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