Tyagaraja Kriti

Meaning - Gist

O Lord rAma! O sItA rAma!
O Father of cupid! O Lord with a lovable face! O Ocean of Mercy!
O Pith and Substance of everything! O Substance of the sAma and other vEdas! O Lord abiding always in the (hearts of) wise! O Lord shining with necklace of pearls! O Wearer of golden bracelet on the upper arm! O Ocean of virtues! O Lord whose feet are worshipped by the celestials!
O Valiant One! O Parrot of (singing in) the cage of heart of pious people! O Lord with beautiful form like cupid! O Destroyer of demons! O Lord far removed from wicked people! O Lord who glorified the raghu dynasty! O Liberal minded!
O Lord saluted by Emperors! O Consort of sItA! O Lord found in the assembly of celestials! O Lord who causes auspiciousness! O Sun who blossoms the lotus flower of the heart of this tyAgarAja! O Son of King daSaratha!

I have truly believed You alone.
Please protect me.
Deign to bestow us devotion to Your holy feet.

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
rAmA ninnE namminAnu nijamuga sItA (rAmA)

O Lord rAma (rAmA)! I have truly (nijamuga) believed (namminAnu) You alone (ninnE)! O sItA rAma!

anupallavi
kAma janaka kamanIya vadana nanu
kAvavE kAruNya jaladhi (rAmA)

O Father (janaka) of cupid (kAma)! O Lord with a lovable (kamanIya) face (vadana)!
Please protect (kAvavE) me; O Ocean (jaladhi) of Mercy (kAruNya)!
O Lord rAma! I have truly believed You alone! O sItA rAma!

caraNam
caraNam 1
sAra sAma-Adi vEda sAra santata
budha vihAra rAjita muktA
hAra kanaka kEyUra dhara suguNa
pArAvAra sura-ArAdhita pada (rAmA)

O Pith and Substance of everything (sAra)! O Substance (sAra) of the sAma and other (Adi) (sAmAdi) vEdas! O Lord abiding (vihAra) always (santata) in the (hearts of) wise (budha)!
O Lord shining (rAjita) with necklace (hAra) of pearls (muktA)! O Wearer (dhara) of golden (kanaka) bracelet on the upper arm (kEyUra)!
O Ocean (pArAvAra) of virtues (suguNa)! O Lord whose feet (pada) are worshipped (ArAdhita) by the celestials (sura) (surArAdhita)!
O Lord rAma! I have truly believed You alone! O sItA rAma!

caraNam 2
dhIra sujana hRt-panjara kIra nI pada
bhakti mAku-Ira madana sundara-
AkAra danuja samhAra dushTa jana
dUra raghu kula-uddhAra-udAra (rAmA)

O Valiant One (dhIra)! O Parrot (kIra) of (singing in) the cage (panjara) of heart (hRt) of pious (sujana) people! Deign to bestow (Ira) us (mAku) (mAkIra) devotion (bhakti) to Your (nI) holy feet (pada);
O Lord with beautiful (sundara) form (AkAra) (sundarAkAra) like cupid (madana)! O Destroyer (samhAra) of demons (danuja)! O Lord far removed (dUra) from wicked (dushTa) people (jana)!
O Lord who glorified (uddhAra) the raghu dynasty (kula)! O Liberal minded (udAra) (kulOddhArOdAra)!
O Lord rAma! I have truly believed You alone! O sItA rAma!

caraNam 3
rAja rAja vandita bhUjA nAyaka sura
samAja SrI-kara tyAgarAja
mAnasa sarOja kusuma dina
rAja pankti ratha rAja tanaya SrI (rAmA)

O Lord saluted (vandita) by Emperors – king (rAja) of Kings (rAja)! O Consort (nAyaka) of sItA – daughter of Earth (bhUjA)!
O Lord found in the assembly (samAja) of celestials (sura)! O Lord who causes (kara) auspiciousness (SrI) (SrI-kara)!
O Sun – Lord (rAja) of the day (dina) – who blossoms the lotus (sarOja) flower (kusuma) of the heart (mAnasa) (literally mind) of this tyAgarAja!
O Son (tanaya) of King (rAja) daSaratha – one who has ten - (two) sets of five (pankti) - chariots (ratha)!
O Lord SrI rAma! I have truly believed You alone! O sItA rAma!

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
¹ – rAmA – rAma.

² – jaladhi – jaladhI - jaladhE.

³ – rAjita muktA hAra – rAjita nava muktA hAra.

⁵ – rAja rAja vandita – rAja rAja vandita pada.

⁶ – tyAgarAja – vara tyAgarAja.
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Comments
⁴ – nI pada bhakti mAkIra – This is how it is given in all the books. As this is a direct addressing, it should be 'mAkIrA' - ending vowel elongated.
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