Tyagaraja Kriti

Meaning - Gist
O Lord SrI rAma! O Lord of Holy form! O Supreme Lord Beyond Everything! O Destroyer of arrogance of demons! O Lord with elongated eyes like Lotus petal! O Witness of the Universe! O Lord who is on the side of this tyAgarAja!

Won’t You condescend to govern me now by any means whatsoever?
As regards my own feelings, You alone should protect me; otherwise, who else is there?
I desired service of Your Holy feet.
Which are the other Gods who, becoming Ocean of Mercy like You, protected these brAhmaNas?
I totally trusted that You are the Lord who is most merciful towards the humble.
I always entreated You.
You alone are the Lord manifest in this World.
Whoever survived without Your grace?

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
E vidhamulanu-aina kAni nannu-
Elukona manasu rAdA rAma

O Lord SrI rAma! Won’t You condescend (manasu rAdA) to govern (Elukona) me (nannu) (nannElukona) by any (E) means (vidhamulanu) whatsoever (aina kAni) (vidhamulanaina)?

anupallavi
bhAvinci jUcupaTla nIvE
brOva valenu kAni vEru-evvaru (E)

As regards (paTla) my own feelings (bhAvinci jUDu) (jUcupaTla), You alone (nIvE) should protect (brOva valenu) me; otherwise (kAni), who (evvaru) else (vEru) (vErevvaru) is there?
O Lord SrI rAma! Won’t You condescend to govern me by any means whatsoever?

caraNam
caraNam 1
pAvana rUpa parAtpara nI pAda
sEvanu kOriti-I bhU-surulanu
nI vale karuNA nidhiyai brOcina
dEvatalu-evarurA rAma (E)

O Lord of Holy (pAvana) form (rUpa)! O Supreme Lord Beyond Everything (parAtpara)! I desired (kOriti) service (sEvanu) of Your (nI) Holy feet (pAda);
O Lord SrI rAma! Which are the other (evarurA) Gods (dEvatalu) (dEvatalevarurA) who, becoming Ocean (nidhi) (nidhiyai) of Mercy (karuNA) like You (nI vale), protected (brOcina) these (I) (kOritiyI) brAhmaNas (bhU-surulanu)?
O Lord SrI rAma! Won’t You condescend to govern me by any means whatsoever?

caraNam 2
dIna dayApara mUrtivi nIvu-ani
nE nera nammitirA adi gAkanu
dAnava garva vidAraNa nEnu
sadA ninu vEDitirA rAma (E)

I (nE) totally (nera) (literally much) trusted (nammitirA) that (ani) You (nIvu) (nIvani) are the Lord (mUrtivi) (literally form) who is most merciful (dayApara) towards the humble (dIna);
further (adi gAkanu), O Lord SrI rAma - Destroyer (vidAraNa) of arrogance (garva) of demons (dAnava)! I (nEnu) always (sadA) entreated (vEDitirA) You (ninu);
O Lord SrI rAma! Won’t You condescend to govern me by any means whatsoever?

caraNam 3
sAkshAtkAramu nIvE nIdu
kaTAkshamu lEka-evaru bratikiri jagat-
sAkshi-aina jIvanaja daLa-Ayata-
aksha tyAgarAja paksha ipuDu-(E)

You alone (nIvE) are the Lord manifest (sAkshAtkAramu) in this World; whoever (evaru) survived (bratikiri) without (lEka) (lEkayevaru) Your (nIdu) grace (kaTAkshamu) (literally side glance)?
O Lord with elongated (Ayata) eyes (aksha) like Lotus - born of water (jIvanaja) - petal (daLa) (daLAyatAksha) who (aina) is the witness (sAkshi) (sAkshiyaina) of the Universe (jagat)! O Lord who is on the side (paksha) of this tyAgarAja!
O Lord SrI rAma! Won’t You condescend to govern me now (ipuDu) by any means whatsoever?

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
¹ – Elukona manasu rAdA – ElukO manasu rAdA : As ' Elukona manasu rAdA' is appropriate, the same has been adopted here.

² – nI pAda – nI pada.

³ – kOritiyI – kOritiyE – kOritira : As ‘kOritiyI’ seems to be more appropriate, the same has been adopted here.

⁴ – sAkshAtkAramu – sAkshAtkAramuna.

⁵ - kaTAkshamu lEkayevaru – kaTAkshamu lEkevaru.
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Comments
⁶ – jIvanaja – ‘jIvana’ also means ‘water’ – life giver; therefore ‘jIvanaja’ means Lotus – water born.
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