pallavi
1nATi mATa maracitivO O rAma cinna (nATi)
anupallavi
mATi mATiki nApai 2mannana jEyucu
ETiki yOcana I bhAgyamu nId(a)nu (nATi)
caraNam
taruNula bAgu nartanamula jUcu vELa
caraNamulanu kani karagucu sEvimpa
bharatuni kara cAmaramunu nilpucu
karuNanu 3tyAgarAja varaduD(a)ni palkina (nATi)
pallavi
nATi mATa maracitivO O rAma cinna (nATi)
O Lord rAma! Have you forgotten (maracitivO) the words (mATa) spoken by You in my young age (cinna nATi)?
anupallavi
mATi mATiki nApai mannana jEyucu
ETiki yOcana I bhAgyamu nIdi-anu (nATi)
O Lord rAma! Have you forgotten the words spoken by You that day, showing favour (mannana jEyucu) on me (nApai) on every occasion (mATi mATiki) and telling (anu)
‘why (ETiki) do You hesitate (yOcana)? this (I) fortune (bhAgyamu) is Yours’ (nIdi) (nIdanu)?
caraNam
taruNula bAgu nartanamula jUcu vELa
caraNamulanu kani karagucu sEvimpa
bharatuni kara cAmaramunu nilpucu
karuNanu tyAgarAja varaduDu-ani palkina (nATi)
C While (vELa) You were watching (jUcu) the nice (bAgu) dance (nartanamula) of the damsels (taruNula),
beholding (kani) Your holy feet (caraNamulanu), as I worshipped (sEvimpa) You melting (karagucu) in my heart,
O Lord rAma! have you forgotten the words of that day spoken (palkina) by You, with compassion (karuNanu), halting (nilpucu) the chowrie (cAmaramunu) in the hand (kara) of bharata (bharatuni) telling (ani) that tyAgarAja is indeed blessed (varaduDu) (varaduDani) (Or ‘Look at the blessed tyAgarAja’)?
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
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Comments
1 - nATi – This word, in conjunction with 'cinna' in pallavi would be translated as 'young age'. However, when joining anupallavi and caraNa, this word 'nATi' would be translated as 'that day'.
2 – mannana jEyucu – 'mannana' has the meanings 'respect', 'regard', 'grace', 'favour' etc. As the context is not clear, it has been translated as 'favour' in view of the ensuing word 'jEyucu'.
3 – tyAgarAja varaduDu – In the books, this has been translated as 'I shall grant boons to tyAgarAja'. Normally 'varduDu' is applied to the Lord as 'bestower of boons'. Though from the context, the meaning derived in the books seems to be appropriate, as these words are uttered by SrI rAma, 'tyAgarAja varaduDu' should refer to Himself.
General – What SrI tyAgarAja is describing in this kRti, being a very personal experience, cannot be adequately explained by anyone else; readers are requested to draw their own conclusions. As stated above, this being a personal experience of SrI tyAgarAja, if others feel that the translation is not upto to the mark, kindly pardon me.
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