Tyagaraja Kriti

pallavi
dASarathE dayA SaradhE

anupallavi
ASara haraNa ¹parASara gEya
kav(I)Sa su-hRdaya nivESa ²ghRNA-kara (dA)

caraNam
sarasija nAbha jala dhara SObha
paripAlit(E)bha vara bhakta lAbha
paricara kISa pApa vinASa
taraNi sankASa tyAgarAj(E)Sa (dA)

Meaning - Gist

O Son of King daSaratha! O Ocean of mercy!
O Slayer of demons! O Lord sung by sage parASara! O Lord who has entered into the sacred heart of vAlmIki! O Merciful Lord!
O Lotus navelled! O Splendorous like rain-cloud! O Protector of gajEndra! O Gain of great devotees! O Lord served by monkeys! O Annihilator of sins! O Lord resplendent like the Sun! O Lord of this tyAgarAja!

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
dASarathE dayA SaradhE

O Son of King daSaratha (dASarathE)! O Ocean (SaradhE) of mercy (dayA)!

anupallavi
ASara haraNa parASara gEya
kavi-ISa su-hRdaya nivESa ghRNA-kara (dA)

O Slayer (haraNa) of demons (ASara)! O Lord sung (gEya) by sage parASara! O Lord who has entered (nivESa) into the sacred heart (su-hRdaya) of vAlmIki – king (ISa) of poets (kavi) (kavISa)! O Merciful Lord (ghRNA-kara)!
O Son of King daSaratha! O Ocean of mercy!

caraNam
sarasija nAbha jala dhara SObha
paripAlita-ibha vara bhakta lAbha
paricara kISa pApa vinASa
taraNi sankASa tyAgarAja-ISa (dA)

O Lotus (sarasija) navelled (nAbha)! O Splendorous (SObha) like rain-cloud (jala dhara)!
O Protector (paripAlita) of gajEndra – the elephant (ibha) (paripAlitEbha)! O Gain (lAbha) of great (vara) devotees (bhakta)!
O Lord served (paricara) by monkey(s) (kISa) (literally ape)! O Annihilator (vinASa) of sins (pApa)!
O Lord resplendent (sankASa) like the Sun (taraNi)! O Lord (ISa) of this tyAgarAja (tyAgarAjESa)!
O Son of King daSaratha! O Ocean of mercy!

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
² – ghRNAkara – karuNAkara.
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References

Comments
¹ – parASara – Father of (vEda) vyAsa – kRshNa dvaipAyana.
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