Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
General – The order of caraNas 2 and 3 are interchanged in some books.

¹ – candamuna – candAna : According to context, ‘candamuna’ seems to be the appropriate word.

² – uppongenu – uppongini : As ‘uppongenu’ is the appropriate word, the same has been adopted.

⁴ – kaTTu rIti manasu – kaTTu rIti nA manasu.

⁶ – kadaladu – kadalanu. According to the context, ‘kadaladu’ is the appropriate word.

⁸ – sad-vairAgyamunidiyu – sad-vairAgyamu nidhiyu : If 'nidhiyu' is correct, then it should be 'sad-vairAgya' (adjective) to qualify 'nidhiyu'. But as it is clearly given as 'sad-vairAgyamu' (noun), 'nidhiyu' does not seem to be appropriate. Therefore, it has been taken as 'sad-vairAgyamunu + idiyu' (sad-vairAgyamunidiyu).

¹¹ – bhOgamandu – bhOgamondu : 'bhOgamandu’ seems to be more appropriate; this word has been used by SrI tyAgarAja in two other kRitis also (‘namminavArini maracEdi’ – rAga bhairavi and ‘E nOmu nOcitimO’ – rAga punnAgavarALi).
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References
³ – kalpa bhUja – kalpa vRksha – One of the five trees that emerged while churning the Milk Ocean. It is stated to be entwined by vines – In the lalitA sahasra nAmaM, one of the names of Mother is ‘bhaktimat kalpa latikA’ – to the devotees, wishes-yielding kalpa creeper.

⁵ – kalpa - A day of brahmA or 1000 yugAs – 4,320,000 mortal years
- this is the duration of the World.
- 30 such days of brahmA is one month and 12 months a year
- 100 such years is the lifetime of brahmA
- 50 such years have elapsed and we are in 51st year of brahmA
- known as SvEta varAha kalpa
- At the end of 100 years of brahmA the world is annihilated
Source – Monier’s Sanskrit Dictionary

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⁹ – sAyujya - The following verse from Sivananda Lahari (verse 28) is relevant –
sArUpyaM tava pUjanE Siva mahAdEvEti saMkIrtanE
sAmIpyaM Siva-bhakti-dhurya-janatA-sAMgatya-saMbhAshaNE |
sAlOkyaM ca carAcarAtmaka-tanu-dhyAnE bhavanI-patE
sAyujyaM mama siddha-matra bhavati svAmin kRtArtOsmyahaM ||

O Lord of bhavAnI! I attain -
to similarity of form with Thee by performing Thy ritualistic worship;
to closeness with Thee by singing Thy praise;
to residence in Thy heavenly plane by associating and conversing with Thy noble devotees; and
to oneness with Thee by contemplating on Thy form constituted of the whole of this living and non-living world.
Thus in this very embodiment I shall attain life’s fulfilment.
(Translation by Swami Tapasyananda)

Also refer to tirumandiram (tamizh treatise) by tirumUlar verses 1507 - 1513.
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Comments
⁷ – advaita sAmrAjyamu – Empire of non-duality - Please refer to kRti of sadASiva brahmEndra – ‘khElati piNDANDE’ wherein he mentions ‘haMsas-sOhaM sOhaM- haMsamiti’.

¹⁰ - tyAgarAjucE cEyinci – getting (service) done by the hands of tyAgarAja – tyAgarAja seeks anugraha of the Lord for performing services to the Lord. Please refer to discourse of kAnci mahAsvami on 'advaita sAdhana'

"The word ‘anugraha’ may also be interpreted as follows. The prefix ‘anu’ stands for concordance or conformity; also continuance. The word ‘graha’ connotes a catching up. When we try to catch up with the Lord by following or conforming with His attributeless nature, by the same principle of conformity He comes and catches us up. That is ‘anugraha’. The mind of us, instead of being steadfast in its work of ‘catching up’ with the Lord, may also run away from Him. Even then the Lord’s Grace follows us and makes us ‘catch up’. That is ‘anugraha’."

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"It is actually a running race between ISvara and the jIva. The jIva tries to catch up with ISvara. But ISvara thinks it unfair to grant Realisation of brahman to this jIva ‘who has so much balance of karma’. And the jIva having failed to catch up, gives up the attempt and allows itself to be carried away by all worldly distractions. That is the time when ISvara follows him with compassion and makes the ‘catching-up’ possible. But this compassionate easing up is done in a subtle way. It turns the mind towards spiritual matters; that is what it means for ISvara to ‘catch up’. At the same time it is done so gradually that the full ‘catching up’ of the jIva with ISvara does not happen before the time for it is due. To that extent ISvara ‘slips’ away. But that itself makes the jIva fall headlong into the bottomless pit of sin and again the compassionate grip of ISvara tightens. This tightening and loosening goes on and on until the jIva fills up its mind fully with ISvara and nothing else. And that is the time for the consummation of the ‘anugraha’. "

¹¹ – bhOgamandu – May You Enjoy - this is to be related to caraNa 2 wherein SrI tyAgarAja states that he is zestful for performing services to Him. This is called ‘kAntAsakti’ (love as that of a wife) in 'nArada bhakti sUtras' (82).
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