Tyagaraja Kriti

Meaning - Gist

O Lord SrI rAma!
O Redeemer of the fallen! O Lord sItA rAma!
O Lord of celestials!
O Wonderful Lord who pervades everything (in the Universe) as pure Bliss! O Lord well-praised by this tyAgarAja!

This is not reasonable for You.
My mind is agitated.

Even though I unwaveringly serve You, Your attitude is different.

I trusted You to be the God who saves those who do not have any refuge.
I prayed to You very vigorously.
I always sought You alone whole heartedly.

I vigorously served You considering You to be Supremely Compassionate Lord and that You would protect me.
I am in tears because You do not seem to have compassion on me.
Seeing me, why Your heart wouldn't be moved?

Won’t You show grace towards me?
Thereby, wouldn’t You earn plenty of merit?
Am I not Yours?

This is not reasonable for You.
My mind is agitated.

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
idi nIku mEra kAdurA SrI rAma nA
madi tallaDillenurA

O Lord SrI rAma! This (idi) is not (kAdurA) reasonable (mEra) (literally limit) for You (nIku); my (nA) mind (madi) is agitated (tallaDillenurA).

anupallavi
padilamugA kolicitE
bhAvamu vErai-unnadi (idi)

Even though I unwaveringly (padilamuga) serve (kolicitE) You, Your attitude (bhAvamu) is (unnadi) different (vErai) (vEraiyunnadi).
O Lord SrI rAma! This is not reasonable for You; my mind is agitated.

caraNam
caraNam 1
gati lEni vArini kaDa tErcu daivamu-ani
patita pAvana nammiti SrI rAma
ninnu-ati vEgamuna vEDiti santatamu
sammatini ninnE kOriti sItA rAma (idi)

O Redeemer (pAvana) of the fallen (patita)! I trusted (nammiti) You to be (ani) the God (daivamu) (daivamani) who saves (kaDa tErcu) those (vArini) who do not have (lEni) any refuge (gati);
O Lord SrI rAma! I prayed (vEDiti) to You (ninnu) very (ati) (ninnati) vigorously (vEgamuna);
O Lord sItA rAma! I always (santatamu) sought (kOriti) You alone (ninnE) whole heartedly (sammatini);
O Lord SrI rAma! This is not reasonable for You; my mind is agitated.

caraNam 2
parama dayALuvu-ani pAlana sEtuvu-ani
saraguna dEva rAya kolicina nApai
karuNa lEdu-ani kannIru-Aye jUci nI manasu
karagadu-endukurA O sItA rAma (idi)

O Lord (rAya) of celestials (dEva)! I am in tears (kannIru Aye) (kannIrAye) because (ani) You do not seem to have (lEdu) (lEdani) compassion (karuNa) on me (nApai),
who vigorously (saraguna) (literally quickly) served (kolicina) You considering You to be (ani) Supremely (parama) Compassionate (dayALuvu) (dayaLuvani) Lord and that (ani) You would protect (pAlana sEtuvu) (sEtuvani) me;
O Lord sItA rAma! Seeing (jUci) me, why (endukurA) Your (nI) heart (manasu) wouldn't be moved (karagadu) (literally melt) (karagadendukurA)?
O Lord SrI rAma! This is not reasonable for You; my mind is agitated.

caraNam 3
anniTa niNDina adbhuta-Ananda ghana
mannana sEya rAdA SrI rAma
nIku-enna rAni puNyamu rAdA SrI tyAgarAja
sannuta nIvADanu kAdA sItA rAma (idi)

O Wonderful (adbhuta) Lord who pervades (niNDina) (literally fill) everything (anniTa) (in the Universe) as pure (ghana) Bliss (Ananda) (adbhutAnanda)!
O Lord SrI rAma! Won’t (rAdA) You show grace (mannana sEya) towards me? Thereby, wouldn’t You (nIku) (literally to You) earn (rAdA) (literally come) plenty of (enna rAni) (nIkenna) merit (puNyamu), O Lord (SrI) well-praised (sannuta) by this tyAgarAja?
Am I not (kAdA) Yours (nIvADanu), O Lord sItA rAma?
O Lord SrI rAma! This is not reasonable for You; my mind is agitated.

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
¹ – kAdurA - kAdura.
² – tallaDillenurA – tallaDillenura.
³ – padilamugA – padilamuga.
⁴ – kOriti sItA rAma – kOriti SrI rAma.
⁶ – sItA rAma – SrI rAma sItA rAma.
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Comments
⁵ - puNyamu rAdA – Won’t You earn merit? Though Lord is above merits and demerits, this is a way of supplication in prayer to show mercy stating that giver will earn merit.
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