Tyagaraja Kriti

Meaning - Gist
Behold!

indra –

Lord of celestials,
wearing pure golden garments and adorned with ornaments –

proceeded wondering whether it is possible to attain such a privilege of beholding the service of the Lord hari in the inner recess to one’s heart’s content;

proceeded wondering whether it is possible for anyone to attain such a privilege of -

performing such a loving service singing excellent songs in praise of Lord hari;
worshipping Lord hari beseeching to one’s heart’s content and singing that ‘today my austerities have fructified’; and
beholding Lord SrI rAma – well-praised by tyAgarAja – as the Moon Faced Lord, shining with beautiful sItA, is worshipped by prahlAda.

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
dorakunA(y)ani surula dora veDalenu kanarE

Behold (kanarE), indra – Lord (dora) of celestials (surula) – proceeded (veDalenu) wondering whether (ani) it is possible to attain (dorakunA) (dorakunAyani) such a privilege.

anupallavi
karagu bangaru valva kaTTi sommulu peTTi
hari sEva 1kanulAra(n)antarangamunanu kana (dorakunA)

Behold, wearing (kaTTi) pure (karagu) (literally molten) golden (bangaru) garments (valva) and adorned (peTTi) with ornaments (sommulu) –
indra proceeded wondering whether it is possible to attain such a privilege of -
beholding (kana) the service (sEva) of the Lord hari in the inner recess (antarangamunanu) to one’s heart’s content (kanulAra) (literally to the satiation of eyes) (kanulAranantarangamunanu).

caraNam
caraNam 1
ghanamaina hari nAma gAnam(o)narinci
canuvunanu hari sEva salpan(e)vvarikaina (dorakunA)

Behold, indra proceeded wondering whether it is possible for anyone (evvarikaina) to attain such a privilege of -
performing (salpanu) (salpanevvarikaina) such a loving (canuvunanu) service (sEva)
singing (onarinci) (literally performing) excellent (ghanamaina) (literally great) songs (gAnamu) (gAnamonarinci) in praise of (nAma) (literally names) Lord hari.

caraNam 2
nEDu tana nOmu phalam(I)DEren(a)ni harini
pADucunu manasAra vEDucunu sEvimpa (dorakunA)

Behold, indra proceeded wondering whether it is possible for (a mortal) to attain such a privilege of
worshipping (sEvimpa) Lord hari (harini) beseeching (vEDucunu) to one’s heart’s content (manasAra) and singing (pADucunu) that (ani)
‘today (nEDu) my (tana) austerities (nOmu) have fructified (phalamu IDErenu) (phalamIDErenani)’.

caraNam 3
rAja mukhuD(a)vanijA ramaNitO celagaga
pUjincu SrI tyAgarAja sannutuni kana (dorakunA)

Behold, indra proceeded wondering whether it would be possible to attain such a privilege of
beholding (kana) Lord SrI rAma - well-praised (sannutuni) by tyAgarAja - as the Moon (rAja) Faced (mukhuDu) Lord, shining (celagaga) with beautiful (ramaNitO) sItA – born of Earth (avanijA) (mukhuDavanijA) – is worshipped (pUjincu) by prahlAda.

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
¹ – antarangamunanu – antarangamuna.
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References

Comments
¹ – kanulAra antarangamunanu – these two words seem to be mutually contradictory. Therefore, ‘kanulAra’ has been translated as ‘to one’s heart’s content’, rather than ‘to the satiation of one’s eyes’.

General – Anupallavi describes indra witnessing prahlAda performing service to the Lord; the three caraNas describe the actual service by prahlAda.

This kRti forms part of dance-drama ‘prahlAda bhakti vijayaM’. In this kRti, indrA is depicted as proceeding to witness the worship of Lord hari by prahlAda.
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