pallavi
itara daivamula vallan(i)lanu saukhyamA rAma
anupallavi
1mata bhEdamu lEka sadA 2madini marulu konna tanak(itara)
caraNam
3manasu telisi brOcinanu maracinanu nIvE rAma
tanavAD(a)na taruNam(i)dE tyAgarAja sannuta (itara)
pallavi
itara daivamula vallanu-ilanu saukhyamA rAma
O Lord rAma! In this World (ilanu), is comfort attainable (saukhyamA) from (vallanu) (literally by) (vallanilanu) other (itara) Gods (daivamula)?
anupallavi
mata bhEdamu lEka sadA madini marulu konna tanaku-(itara)
O Lord rAma! In this World, is comfort attainable from other Gods, by me (tanaku) (literally for me)
who has, for ever (sadA), fallen in love (marulu konna) (with You) in the mind (madini) without (lEka) any differentiation (bhEdamu) in the forms of worship (mata) (literally opinion)?
caraNam
manasu telisi brOcinanu maracinanu nIvE rAma
tanavADu-ana taruNamu-idE tyAgarAja sannuta (itara)
O Lord rAma! It is upto You only (nIvE), whether You protect (brOcinanu) me understanding (telisi) (the state of) my mind (manasu) or forget (maracinanu) me; but,
this indeed (idE) is the opportune moment (taruNamu) (taruNamidE) to declare (ana) (literally say) that I am Yours (tanavADu) (literally “He is My man”) (tanavADana);
O Lord praised by this tyAgarAja! Is comfort in this World attainable from other Gods?
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
References
1 – mata – SrI tyAgarAja refers to six-fold formal worship - vishNu, Siva, Sakti, gaNapati, subrahmaNya and sUrya.
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1 – mata bhEdamu lEka – In the kRti ‘nI cittamu nA bhAgyamu’ – rAga vijayavasanta, SrI tyAgarAja states -
para daivamula jUcinantanE
bhAvamandu nIvai paragedavayya
“The moment I look at other Gods, in my mind, that form was effulgent as You.”
In the kRti ‘paramAtmuDu veligE’ – rAga vAgadhISvari, SrI tyAgarAja states -
hariyaTa haruDaTa surulaTa narulaTa
akhilANDa kOTulaTa andarilO (paramAtmuDu veligE muccaTa bAga telusukO)
“Know unerringly the grandeur with which the Supreme Lord is effulgent as and in Lord vishNu, Lord Siva, celestials, men and millions of universes.”
Therefore, SrI tyAgarAja worshipped paramAtmA in the form of SrI rAma. The following verse from SrImad-bhagavad-gItA, Chapter 7 is relevant –
yE yathA mAM prapadyantE tAMstathaiva bhajAmyahaM |
mama vartmAnuvartantE manushyAH pArtha sarvaSaH || 11 ||
“In whatever way men worship Me, in the same way do I fulfil their desires; (it is) My path, O Son of pRthA (that) men tread, in all ways.” (Translation Swami Swarupananda)
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2 – madini marulu konna – In this regard, the following nArada bhakti sUtra is relevant –
sA tvasmin parama-prEma-rUpA || 2 ||
“That (bhakti) is of the nature of supreme Love of God.” (Translation by Swami Tyagisananda)
Tamil poet bhArathi, in his poem ‘cinnanciRu kiLiyE kaNNammA’ brings out the various forms of love – all directed towards the same Lord. Love is an indivisible emotion; we in our ignorance give it various names.
3 – manasu telisi brocinanu maracinanu – ‘manasu telisi’ also means ‘knowingly’. Therefore, it is also possible to translate as ‘whether You knowingly protect or forget’. However, ‘manasu’ seems to refer to the mind of tyAgarAja and not that of Lord.
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