Tyagaraja Kriti

Meaning - Gist
O My Mind!

Do chant the names of SrI rAma -

praised by Gods beginning with brahmA and sage Suka;
the Lord with auspicious story or conduct;
who established this Universe;
who has conquered sorrows;
who protected the sages;
who is now a prince;
the friend of Lord Siva;
with dark-blue body;
the Sun who dispels the darkness called the triad of miseries of His servants and citizens;
who is tranquil like the Mother Earth;
the spouse of sItA;
who always bestows everything; and
effulgent in the heart of this tyAgarAja.

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
bhajarE bhaja mAnasa rAmaM

O My Mind (mAnasa)! Do chant (bhajarE bhaja) the names of SrI rAma (rAmaM).

anupallavi
aja mukha Suka vinutaM Subha caritaM (bhaja)

O my mind! do chant the names of SrI rAma –
praised (vinutaM) by Gods beginning with (mukha) brahmA (aja) and sage Suka;
the Lord with auspicious (Subha) story or conduct (caritaM).

caraNam
caraNam 1
nirmita lOkaM nirjita SOkaM
pAlita muni janam-adhunA nRpa pAkaM (bhaja)

O my mind! do chant the names of SrI rAma -
who established (nirmita) this Universe (lOkaM);
who has conquered (nirjita) sorrows (SOkaM);
who protected (pAlita) the sages (muni janaM);
who is now (adhunA) (janamadhunA) a prince – child (pAkaM) of a King (nRpa).

caraNam 2
Sankara mitraM SyAmaLa gAtraM
kinkara jana gaNa tApa traya tamO-mitraM (bhaja)

O my mind! do chant the names of SrI rAma -
the friend (mitraM) of Lord Siva (Sankara);
with dark-blue (SyAmaLa) body (gAtraM);
the Sun (mitraM) who dispels the darkness (tamaH) (tamO-mitraM) called the triad (traya) of miseries (tApa) of His servants (kinkara) and citizens (jana gaNa).

caraNam 3
bhU sama SAntaM bhUjA kAntaM
vAram-akhiladaM tyAgarAja hRd-bhAntaM (bhaja)

O my mind! do chant the names of SrI rAma -
who is tranquil (SAntaM) like (sama) (literally equal) the Mother Earth (bhU);
the spouse (kAntaM) of sItA – Earth born (bhUjA);
who always (vAraM) (literally at the appointed time) bestows (daM) everything (akhila) (akhiladaM);
effulgent (bhAntaM) in the heart (hRt) (hRd-bhAntaM) of this tyAgarAja.

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)

References
¹ – tApa traya - AdhyAtmika, Adhidaivika, Adhibhautika.
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Comments
² – tamOmitraM – This is how it is given in the books. As 'mitra' means 'Sun', it has been translated as 'Sun (mitraM) who dispels the darkness (tamaH) (tamO-mitraM). However, it is not clear whether sandhi rules permit such a splitting and whether it should be split as ‘tamaH+amitram’ (tamOऽmitraM). In both cases, overall meaning does not change.
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