Tyagaraja Kriti

Meaning - Gist
Having true devotion towards You is indeed status.

being erudite, not knowing the Truth of vEda, SAstra and upanishad etc?
to possess wealth, wife, offspring, house, as also, friendship of kings?
to deceive the World with aNimA and other siddhis, attained by repetition of mantras and penances?
to attain enjoyments through sacrificial oblations etc, tainted with desires and covetousness?
not knowing the true nature of SrI rAma – one praised by this tyAgarAja?

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
padavi nI sad-bhaktiyu kalguTE

Having (kalguTE) true devotion (sad-bhaktiyu) towards You (nI) is indeed status (padavi).

anupallavi
cadivi vEda SAstra-upanishattula
satta teliya lEnidi padaviyA (padavi)

Being erudite (cadivi), is it a status (padiviyA) not knowing (teliya lEnidi) the Truth (satta) of vEda, SAstra and upanishad etc (SAstrOpanishattula)?
Having true devotion towards You is indeed status.

caraNam
caraNam 1
dhana dAra suta-AgAra sampadalu
dharaNI-ISula celimi-oka padaviyA (padavi)

Acquisitions (sampadalu) like wealth (dhana), wife (dAra), offspring (suta) (literally son), house (AgAra) (sutAgAra) as also friendship (celimi) of kings - Lords (ISulu) of Earth (dharaNI) (dharaNISula) – are these a (oka) (celimiyoka) status (padaviyA)?
Having true devotion towards You is indeed status.

caraNam 2
japa tapa-Adi-aNimA-Adi siddhulacE
jagamulanu-EcuTa-adi padaviyA (padavi)

Deceiving (EcuTa) the World (jagamulanu) with siddhis (siddhulacE) – aNimA and others (Adi) - attained by (Adi) (arising from) repetition of mantras (japa) and penances (tapa) (tapAdiyaNimAdi) – is it (adi) (literally that) (jagamulanEcuTayadi) a status (padaviyA)?
Having true devotion towards You is indeed status.

caraNam 3
rAga lObha yuta yajna-AdulacE
bhOgamulu-abbuTa-adi padaviyA (padavi)

Attaining (abbuTa) enjoyments (bhOgamulu) through (cE) (literally with) sacrificial oblations (yajna) etc (Adula) (yajnAdulacE) tainted with (yuta) desires (rAga) and covetousness (lObha) – is it (adi) (bhOgamulabbuTayadi) a status (padaviyA)?
Having true devotion towards You is indeed status.

caraNam 4
tyAgarAja nutuDau SrI rAmuni
tatvamu teliyanidi-oka padaviyA (padavi)

Is it a (oka) status (padaviyA) not knowing (teliyanidi) (teliyanidoka) the true nature (tatvamu) of SrI rAma (rAmuni) – one praised (nutuDau) by this tyAgarAja?
Having true devotion towards You is indeed status.

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)

References
³ – japa tapAdi – part of Eight-Fold (ashTAnga) yOga – yama, niyama, Asana, prANAyAma, pratyAhAra, dhAraNa, dhyAna, samAdhi - please refer to 'patanjali yOga sUtra', (Chapter 2 - Yoga and its Practice).

⁴ - aNimAdi siddhulu - Eight-Fold siddhi - aNiman – become minute as atom; laghiman – extreme lightness; prApti – reach anything (moon with the tip of finger); prAkAmya – irresistible will; mahiman – illimitable bulk; ISitA – supreme dominion; vaSitA – subjugating by magic; kAmAvaSAyitA – suppressing all desires : Source – Monier’s Sanskrit Dictionary.

aNiman, laghiman, prApti, prakAmya, mahiman, ISitA and vaSitA and garimA – making oneself heavy at will – Source - tamizh 'pingala nigaNDu'.

Please refer to SrImad bhAgavataM, Book 11, Chapter 15 (generally known as uddhava gIta), wherein eight primary siddhis and another 10 secondary siddhis are mentioned.

Please also refer to 'patanjali yOga sUtra' (Chapter 3 – Powers).
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Comments
¹ – sad-bhaktiyu – The addition of 'yu' at the end of 'bhakti' might mean 'and', 'also' (true devotion also). Only in case of caraNa 1, such a meaning is possible; the statements in anupallavi and other caraNas preclude such a meaning. Therefore, 'and', 'also' has not been applied.

² – satta – this word is derived from Sanskrit 'sat'. Though, generally, this word is translated as 'truth', it is possible that SrI tyAgarAja refers to vEdic statement 'Ekam sat'. This is more so because in the last caraNa where he refers to 'SrI rAmuni tatvamu teliyanidi' (not knowing the true nature of SrI rAma).

⁵ – SrI rAmuni tatvamu – SrI tyAgarAja worshipped SrI rAma as paramAtma – same as ‘satta’ mentioned in anupallavi – though the form (SrI rAma) was his ishTa daivaM – the chosen idol. Please refer to kRti ‘SyAma sundarAnga’ – rAga dhanyAsi and 'evarani nirNayinciri'-dEvAMrtavarshiNi
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