Tyagaraja Kriti

Meaning - Gist

O Son of King daSaratha – the Ocean of Compassion! O Ocean of likable virtues!
O Lord whose feet resembles the (redness of) early dawn! O Destroyer of the arrogance of demons! O refuge of the dependent people! O Lord with wonderful qualities!
O Lord SrI rAma! O Supremely Holy! O Lord whose name carries one across the Ocean of Worldly Existence! O Abode of virtues! O Protector of sItA! O Father of brahmA! O Lotus Eyed who carried out well the word of (His) father! O Lord praised by sage sanaka!
O Lord praised by bRhaspati (OR O Lord praised by celestials and great sages)! O Lord who is attended by sugrIva! O Lord indwelling in the Agamas! O Supreme Lord who is beyond everything! O Lord who causes prosperity! O Ruler of Earth (Or O Consort of bhU-dEvi)!
O Lord praised by this tyAgarAja! O Ocean of Mercy! O Lord worshipped by AnjanEya! O Lord praised by kubEra! O Lord who steals the heart of pious people! O Lord whose voice is like the (majesty of) thunder of rain-cloud!

I shall not agree if You hesitate instead of listening to my appeal.
You alone are our wealth.
If You gracefully show mercy towards me, Your ancestral property wouldn't get spent; don’t be afraid; then, why this dispute?
It is not possible for me any longer; this is the opportune moment to bestow, bountifully, devotion to Your holy feet.
I shall not beg those people who remain arrogant about their wealth.
My mind will not at all listen; I extol You considering this body to be Yours.

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
karuNA jaladhi dASarathi
kamanIya suguNa nidhi

O Son of King daSaratha (dASarathi) – the Ocean (jaladhi) of Compassion (karuNA)! O Ocean (nidhi) of likable (kamanIya) virtues (suguNa)!

anupallavi
taruNa-aruNa nibha caraNa-asura mada
haraNa-ASrita jana SaraNa-adbhuta guNa (karuNA)

O Lord whose feet (caraNa) resembles (nibha) the (redness of) early (taruNa) dawn (aruNa) (taruNAruNa)! O Destroyer (haraNa) of the arrogance (mada) of demons (asura) (caraNAsura)!
O refuge (SaraNa) of the dependent (ASrita) (haraNASrita) people (jana)! O Lord with wonderful (adbhuta) (SaraNAdbhuta) qualities (guNa)!
O Son of King daSaratha – the Ocean of Compassion! O Ocean of likable virtues!

caraNam
caraNam 1
manavini vinaka yOcana jEsitE nE
vinanu-ayya SrI rAma O parama
pAvana tAraka nAma suguNa dhAma
janaka tanaya-avana catur-mukha
janaka janaka vacana su-pari-
pAlanamu jEsina vanaja lOcana
sanaka nuta mA dhanamu nIvE (karuNA)

O Lord (ayya) SrI rAma! I (nE) shall not agree (vinanu) (literally listen) (vinanayya) if You hesitate (yOcana jEsitE) instead of listening (vinaka) to my appeal (manavini);
O Supremely (parama) Holy (pAvana)! O Lord whose name (nAma) carries one across (tAraka) the Ocean of Worldly Existence! O Abode (dhAma) of virtues (suguNa)!
O Protector (avana) of sItA – daughter (tanaya) (tanayAvana) of King janaka! O Father (janaka) of brahmA – the four (catur) faced (mukha)!
O Lotus (vanaja) Eyed (lOcana) who carried out well (su-paripAlanamu jEsina) the word (vacana) of (His) father (janaka)!
O Lord praised (nuta) by sage sanaka! You alone (nIvE) are our (mA) wealth (dhanamu);
O Son of King daSaratha – the Ocean of Compassion! O Ocean of likable virtues!

caraNam 2
sura muni vara nuta sarasamutO nannu
karuNincitE nIdu taNDri sommu
veravaka pO nEradu enduku vAdu
hari gaNa-adhipa paricara-Agama
cara parAtpara taramu kAdu-ika
caraNa bhakti vitaraNamuganu-I
taruNamu-idi SrI kara dharA-adhipa (karuNA)

O Lord praised (nuta) by bRhaspati – great (vara) sage (muni) of celestials (sura) (OR O Lord praised (nuta) by celestials (sura) and great (vara) sages (muni))!
If You gracefully (sarasamutO) show mercy (karuNincitE) towards me (nannu), Your (nIdu) ancestral (taNDri) (literally father) property (sommu) wouldn't get spent (pO nEradu) (literally go away); don’t be afraid (veravaka); then, why (enduku) this dispute (vAdu)?
O Lord who is attended (paricara) by sugrIva – the head (adhipa) of the of monkeys (hari gaNa) (gaNAdhipa)! O Lord indwelling (cara) in the Agamas (paricarAgama)!
O Supreme Lord who is beyond everything (parAtpara)! It is not possible (taramu kAdu) for me any longer (ika) (kAdika);
This (idi) is the opportune moment (taruNamu) (taruNamidi) to bestow (I) (literally give) bountifully (vitaraNamuganu) (vitaraNamuganI) devotion (bhakti) to Your holy feet (caraNa);
O Lord who causes prosperity (SrI kara)! O Ruler (adhipa) of Earth (dhara) (dharAdhipa) (Or O Consort of bhU-dEvi)!
O Son of King daSaratha – the Ocean of Compassion! O Ocean of likable virtues!

caraNam 3
dhana madamunanu-uNDu janulanu nEnu
yAcana sEyaga lEnurA tyAgarAja
vinuta ghRNA sAgara samIra
tanaya sEvita dhanada nuta
sajjana manO-hara ghana rava svara
manasu cAlA vinadurA-I
tanuvu nIdi-ani vinuti jEseda (karuNA)

O Lord praised (vinuta) by this tyAgarAja! I (nEnu) shall not (lEnurA) beg (yAcana sEyaga) those people (janulanu) who remain arrogant (madamunanu uNDu) (madamunanuNDu) about their wealth (dhana);
O Ocean (sAgara) of Mercy (ghRNA)! O Lord worshipped (sEvita) by AnjanEya – son (tanaya) of Wind God (samIra)! O Lord praised (nuta) by kubEra – one who bestows wealth (dhanada)!
O Lord who steals (hara) the heart (manas) (manOhara) of pious people (sajjana)! O Lord whose voice (svara) is like the (majesty of) thunder (rava) of rain-cloud (ghana)!
My mind (manasu) will not at all (cAlA) listen (vinadurA); I extol (vinuti jEseda) You considering (ani) this (I) (vinadurAyI) body (tanuvu) to be Yours (nIdi) (nIdani);
O Son of King daSaratha – the Ocean of Compassion! O Ocean of likable virtues!

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
¹ – dASarathi – dASarathE.

² – kamanIya suguNa nidhi – kalyANa suguNa nidhi.

³ – ASrita jana SaraNa – ASrita jana caraNa. The correct word, in my opinion, is ‘SaraNa’.

⁴ – vitaraNamuganI (vitaraNamuganu + I) – vitaraNamosaganu’ (vitaraNamu + osaganu) : The saMskRta word ‘vitaraNa’ means ‘granting’, ‘bestowal’. However, the telugu word ‘vitaraNa’ means ‘bounty’, ‘liberality’. In view of words ‘I’ or ‘osaganu’ it is clear that, in both versions, the telugu meaning has been adopted. However, here ‘I’ is more appropriate than ‘osaganu’ because, an adverb is needed here; ‘vitaraNamuganu’ is an adverb; ‘vitaraNamu osaganu’ is not appropriate. Therefore, ‘vitaraNamuganI’ has been adopted.

⁵ – janulanu – manujula.
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⁶ – dhanada – bestower of wealth – This should mean either lakshmI or kubEra. In view of the following word ‘nuta’, this may not refer to lakshmI. Therefore, it should refer to kubEra. kubEra’s praise of Lord SrI rAma is contained in SrImad-vAlmIki rAmAyaNa, uttara kANDa, Chapter 41, wherein he sends pushpaka vimAna to be at the disposal of the Lord.
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