pallavi
mAra vairi ramaNI manju bhAshiNI
anupallavi
krUra dAnav(E)bha vAraN(A)ri gaurI (mAra)
caraNam
1kAma bandha vAraNa nishkAma citta varadE
2dharma saMvardhani sadA vadana hAsE
3tyAgarAja Subha phaladE (mAra)
pallavi
mAra vairi ramaNI manju bhAshiNI
O Beloved (ramaNI) of Lord Siva – enemy (vairi) of cupid (mAra)! O Sweet (manju) Spoken (bhAshiNI)!
anupallavi
krUra dAnava-ibha vAraNa-ari gaurI (mAra)
O Mother gaurI – the Lion (Lioness) – enemy (ari) of elephant (vAraNa) (vAraNAri) - to the cruel (krUra) elephantine (ibha) demons (dAnava) (dAnavEbha)!
O Beloved of Lord Siva! O Sweet-spoken!
caraNam
kAma bandha vAraNa nishkAma citta varadE
dharma saMvardhani sadA vadana hAsE
tyAgarAja Subha phaladE (mAra)
O Mother who is an obstacle (vAraNa) to those bound (bandha) by desires (kAma)! O Bestower of Boons (varadE) to those whose minds (citta) (literally intellect) are bereft of desires (nishkAma)!
O Mother dharma saMvardhani abiding at tiruvaiyAru! O Mother who has ever (sadA) smiling (hAsE) (literally laughing) face (vadanE)! O Bestower of auspicious (Subha) results (phaladE) to this tyAgarAja!
O Beloved of Lord Siva! O Sweet-spoken!
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
1 – kAma bandha – karma bandha.
2 – dharma saMvardhani – dharma vardhani. The name of the Mother at tiruvaiyAru is ‘dharma saMvardhani’; if this kRti is in Her praise, then it should be ‘dharma saMvardhani’.
3 – tyAgarAja Subha phaladE - Subha phaladE : As ‘tyAgarAja’ is the stamp of tyAgarAja kRtis, the same has been adopted.
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References
Comments
1 – kAma bandha vAraNa - The meaning of this epithet is not clear, because, ‘vAraNa’ can be taken in both positive (relieving) and negative (obstructing) meanings.
This kRti is listed in the category of ‘doubtful’ in the book of ‘Compositions of Tyagaraja’ by Sri TK Govinda Rao, which means it is doubtful whether this kRti was indeed composed by SrI tyAgarAja.
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