pallavi
gAna mUrtE SrI kRshNa vENu
gAna lOla tri-bhuvana pAla pAhi
anupallavi
mAninI maNi SrI rukmiNI
mAnas(A)pahAra mAra janaka divya (gAna)
caraNam
navanIta cOra nanda sat-kiSOra
1nara mitra dhIra nara siMha SUra
nava mEgha tEja nagajA sahaja
2narak(A)ntak(A)ja nata tyAgarAja (gAna)
pallavi
gAna mUrtE SrI kRshNa vENu
gAna lOla tri-bhuvana pAla pAhi
O Lord SrI kRshNa - Embodiment (mUrtE) of music (gAna)! O Enjoyer (lOla) of flute (vENu) music (gAna)! O Protector (pAla) of the three Worlds (tri-bhuvana)! Deign to protect (pAhi) me.
anupallavi
mAninI maNi SrI rukmiNI
mAnasa-apahAra mAra janaka divya (gAna)
O Stealer (apahAra) of the heart (mAnasa) (literally mind) (mAnasApahAra) of the gem (maNi) of women (mAninI) (literally modest woman) SrI rukmiNI ! O Father (janaka) of cupid (mAra)!
O Lord SrI kRshNa - Embodiment of divine (divya) music! O Enjoyer of flute music! O Protector of the three Worlds! Deign to protect me.
caraNam
navanIta cOra nanda sat-kiSOra
nara mitra dhIra nara siMha SUra
nava mEgha tEja nagajA sahaja
naraka-antaka-aja nata tyAgarAja (gAna)
O Thief (cOra) of (fresh) butter (navanIta)! O Blessed (sat) Son (kiSOra) of nanda!
O Brave One (dhIra) who is Friend (mitra) of arjuna – man (nara)! O Hero (SUra) in the form of nara siMha!
O Splendorous (tEja) like fresh (nava) thunder-cloud (mEgha)! O Brother (sahaja) of pArvatI – daughter of mountain (nagajA)!
O Slayer (antaka) of demon naraka!
O Unborn (aja) (narakAntakAja)! O Lord saluted (nata) by this tyAgarAja!
O Lord kRshNa - Embodiment of music! O Enjoyer of flute music! O Protector of the three Worlds! Deign to protect me.
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
References
1 – nara mitra – In all the books the word ‘nara’ has been translated as ‘arjuna’. arjuna and kRshNa are known as ‘nara nArAyaNa Rshis’. “They that were Nara and Narayana in days of yore are now Arjuna and Kesava.” – mahAbhArata –Book 5, Chapter 96 refers.
2 – narakAntaka – narakAsura aka bhaumAsura was slayed by SrI kRshNa. Please refer to SrImad bhAgavataM, Book 10, Chapter 59. Story of narakAsura.
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Comments
In the book ‘Compositions of Tyagaraja’ by Sri TK Govinda Rao, this kRti is listed as ‘doubtful’, which means that it is doubtful whether this kRti was indeed composed by SrI tyAgarAja.
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