Tyagaraja Kriti

Meaning - Gist

O Lord mAdhava! O Blessed Lord accompanied by sItA and lakshmaNa! O Lord who causes auspiciousness! O Lord whose story (or conduct) is most wonderful! O Protector of the sacrificial oblations of sage viSvAmitra! O Benefactor of AnjanEya! O Lord surrounded by those who supplicate! O Lord praised by brahmA!

O Fierce Sun who melts away the snow of sins of virtuous people! O Lord whose sweet voice surpasses the majesty of thunder of rain-cloud! O Lord of incomparable prowess in the battle against rAvaNa! O Root of bliss! O Most Handsome Lord worthy of being sought!

O Lord rAghava! O Exalted of all! O Effulgent Lord! O Lord with charming arms! O Lord who slayed rAvaNa! O Lord who has entered into the blessed heart of this tyAgarAja! O Lord who has Sun and Moon as eyes! O Consort of jAnakI!

Only You are my family wealth; only You are forever my livelihood.
Pardoning my fault of not realising (so) till now, kindly govern me.

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
nIvErA kula dhanamu santatamu
nIvErA jIvanamu

Only You (nIvErA) are my family (kula) wealth (dhanamu); Only You (nIvErA) are forever (santatamu) my livelihood (jIvanamu).

anupallavi
I varakunu teliyaka-unna nA nEramu
dEvara kshama cEsi dayatOnu-ElukOrA (nI)

O Lord (dEvara)! Pardoning (kshama cEsi) my (nA) fault (nEramu) of not realising (teliyaka unna) (teliyakunna) (so) till now (I varakunu), kindly (dayatOnu) govern me (ElukOrA) (dayatOnElukOrA).
Only You are my family wealth; Only You are forever my livelihood.

caraNam
caraNam 1
mAdhava sItA-anuja vara sahita
mangaLa kara parama-adbhutha carita
gAdhi yAga saMrakshaka satata
gatija-Apta nata jana-AvRta vidhi vinuta (nI)

O Lord mAdhava! O Blessed Lord (vara) accompanied (sahita) by sItA and lakshmaNa - younger brother (anuja) (sItAnuja)! O Lord who causes (kara) auspiciousness (mangaLa)! O Lord whose story (or conduct) (carita) is most (parama) wonderful (adbhuta) (paramAdbhuta)!
O Protector (saMrakshaka) of the sacrificial oblations (yAga) of sage viSvAmitra (gAdhi)! O Benefactor (Apta) of AnjanEya – son of Wind God – ever (satata) moving (gatija) (gatijApta)! O Lord surrounded (AvRta) by those (jana) (janAvRta) who supplicate (nata)! O Lord praised (vinuta) by brahmA (vidhi)!
Only You are my family wealth; only You are forever my livelihood.

caraNam 2
su-jana nicaya pApa hima caNDa sUrya
su-svara jita ghana rava mAdhurya
aja mukha-ari samara nirupama Saurya
Ananda kanda sundara su-varya (nI)

O Fierce (caNDa) Sun (sUrya) who melts away the snow (hima) of sins (pApa) of virtuous people (su-jana nicaya) (literally multitude of virtuous people)! O Lord whose sweet voice (su-svara) surpasses (jita) the majesty (mAdhurya) (literally sweetness) of thunder (rava) of rain-cloud (ghana)!
O Lord of incomparable (nirupama) prowess (Saurya) in the battle (samara) against rAvaNa – enemy (ari) of brahmA (aja) and others (mukha) (mukhAri)! O Root (kanda) of bliss (Ananda)! O Most Handsome (sundara) Lord worthy of being sought (su-varya)!
Only You are my family wealth; only You are forever my livelihood.

caraNam 3
rAghava sarva-unnata su-prakASa
ramaNIya kara pATita lankA-ISa
tyAgarAja vara hRdaya nivESa
taraNi SaSa-anka lOcana jAnakI-ISa (nI)

O Lord rAghava! O Exalted (unnata) of all (sarva) (sarvOnnata)! O Effulgent (su-prakASa) Lord! O Lord with charming (ramaNIya) arms (kara)! O Lord who slayed (pATita) (literally torn asunder) rAvaNa – the Lord (ISa) of lankA (lankESa)!
O Lord who has entered (nivESa) into the blessed (vara) heart (hRdaya) of this tyAgarAja! O Lord who has Sun (taraNi) and Moon (SaSa anka) (literally hare-marked) (SaSAnka) as eyes (lOcana)! O Consort (ISa) of jAnakI (jAnakISa)!
Only You are my family wealth; only You are forever my livelihood.

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
² - nA nEramu – nEramu.
³ - sItAnuja vara sahita – sItA varAnuja sahita : If the latter is version is correct, then it will be split as ‘sItA vara’ and ‘anuja sahita’. However, the former version seems to be more appropriate.

⁴ - gAdhi yAga saMrakshaka – gAdhi yAga saMrakshaNa.
⁶ – su-varya – sura varya.
⁷ – su-prakASa – sva-prakASa.
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Comments
¹ – I varaku teliyakunna nA nEramu – the fault of not realising that You are my family wealth and my livelihood.

⁵ – aja mukhAri – aja mukha – goat-faced – daksha – father of sati (pArvatI). Therefore, aja mukhAri – would mean Siva. However, in the present context, such a meaning is not appropriate. Therefore, ‘mukha’ has been translated as ‘and others’.
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nIvErA kula dhanamu - rAga bEgaDa