Tyagaraja Kriti

Meaning - Gist

O Lord of three Worlds! O Lord Sambhu! O Lord of tiruvaiyAru!
O Lord praised by sage agastya! O Lord Siva with (consort) pArvatI!
O Lord who wears River gangA! O Brave One! O Slayer of chief enemies of celestials! O Lord who causes auspiciousness! O Destroyer of three Fortresses! O Lord who holds (in hand) the charming deer! O Bee hovering over the heart-Lotus of those who are dear! O Auspicious limbed!
O Lord who wears skin of elephant as garment! O Lord who enables fording the Ocean of Worldly Existence! O Protector of celestials! O Wind that disperses dark clouds called cruel people! O Radiant bodied! O Lord who is beyond everything! O Lord who destroys my sins!
O Lord who wears (digit of) moon on the head! O Ocean of compassion! O Beloved of pArvatI! O Lord whose feet are fervently worshipped by Emperors! O Lord of this tyAgarAja! O Overlord of nandi!

Deign to come near.
Please protect me.
Give me the support of Your hand-Lotus.

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
Ehi tri-jagad-ISa SambhO mAM
pAhi panca nadi-ISa

Deign to come near (Ehi), O Lord (ISa) of three (tri) Worlds (jagat) (tri-jagad-ISa)!
O Lord Sambhu (SambhO)! Please protect (pAhi) me (mAM), O Lord (ISa) of tiruvaiyAru – five (panca) rivers (nadI) (nadISa)!

anupallavi
vAhini-ISa ripu nuta Siva sa-amba
dEhi tvadIya kara-abja-avalambam (Ehi)

O Lord praised (nuta) by sage agastya – enemy (ripu) of ocean – Lord (ISa) of Rivers (vAhini) (vAhinISa)! O Lord Siva with (sa) (consort) pArvatI (amba) (sAmba)!
Give me (dEhi) the support (avalambam) of Your (tvadIya) hand (kara) Lotus (abja) (karAbjAvalambam);
Deign to come near, O Lord of three Worlds! O Lord Sambhu! Please protect me, O Lord of tiruvaiyAru!

caraNam
caraNam 1
gangA dhara dhIra nirjara ripu pungava samhAra
mangaLa-kara pura bhanga vidhRta su-
kuranga-Apta hRdaya-abja bhRnga Subha-anga (Ehi)

O Lord who wears (dhara) River gangA! O Brave One (dhIra)! O Slayer (samhAra) of chief (pungava) enemies (ripu) of celestials (nirjara) (literally non-ageing)!
O Lord who causes (kara) auspiciousness (mangaLa)! O Destroyer (bhanga) of three Fortresses (pura)! O Lord who holds (vidhRta) (in hand) the charming (su) deer (kuranga)!
O Bee (bhRnga) hovering over the heart (hRdaya) Lotus (abja) (hRdayAbja) of those who are dear (Apta) (sukurangApta)! O Auspicious (Subha) limbed (anga) (SubhAnga)!
Deign to come near, O Lord of three Worlds! O Lord Sambhu! Please protect me, O Lord of tiruvaiyAru!

caraNam 2
vAraNa-ajina cEla bhava nIradhi tAraNa sura pAla
krUra lOka-abhra samIraNa Subhra
SarIra mAmaka-agha hara parAtpara (Ehi)

O Lord who wears skin (ajina) of elephant (vAraNa) (vAraNAjina) as garment (cEla)! O Lord who enables fording (tAraNa) the Ocean (nIradhi) of Worldly Existence (bhava)! O Protector (pAla) of celestials (sura)!
O Wind (samIraNa) that disperses dark clouds (abhra) called cruel (krUra) people (lOka) (lOkAbhra)! O Radiant (Subhra) bodied (SarIra)!
O Lord who is beyond everything (parAtpara)! O Lord who destroys (hara) my (mAmaka) sins (agha) (mAmakAgha)!
Deign to come near, O Lord of three Worlds! O Lord Sambhu! Please protect me, O Lord of tiruvaiyAru!

caraNam 3
rAja SEkhara karuNA sAgara naga rAja-AtmajA ramaNa
rAja rAja paripUjita pada tyAga-
rAja rAja vRsha rAja-adhi-rAja (Ehi)

O Lord who wears (digit of) moon (rAja) on the head (SEkhara)! O Ocean (sAgara) of compassion (karuNA)! O Beloved (ramaNa) of pArvatI – mind-born (AtmajA) of King (rAja) (rAjAtmajA) of Mountains (naga)!
O Lord whose feet (pada) are fervently worshipped (paripUjita) by Emperors - Kings (rAja) of Kings (rAja)! O Lord (rAja) of this tyAgarAja! O Overlord (adhi-rAja) of nandi – king (rAja) (rAjAdhi-rAja) of bulls (vRsha)!
Deign to come near, O Lord of three Worlds! O Lord Sambhu! Please protect me, O Lord of tiruvaiyAru!

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)

References
¹ - vAhinISa ripu - The episode of sage agastya drinking up the ocean is found in mahAbhArata, Book 3 – Vana Parva – Sections 104 and 105.

² - nirjara ripu pungava samhAra – There are atleast three such enemies of indra (nirjara) – jAlandhara, gajAsura and kamalAksha, tArukAksha, vidhyunmAli of tripurA who were destroyed by Lord Siva. The episodes, in brief, are available in the following web sites –
Lord Siva-1 and Lord Siva-2 (Download)
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³ - pura bhanga – refers to tripura samhAram.

⁴ - vidhRta sukuranga – This refers to one of the lIlAs of Lord Siva at dArukA vana wherein he vanquishes the deer. The episode, in brief, is available in the above said site.

⁵ - vAraNAjina cEla – Refers to slaying of gajAsura – Please refer to the above site for more information.
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