Tyagaraja Kriti

Meaning - Gist
O Mother tuLasi! O Golden Figure! O Bestower of boons to this tyAgarAja!

Who is Your equal in this world?
Deign to be established in our house.

Adorned with molten gold ornaments,
charmingly donning gold-laced saree,
compassionately bringing wealth and prosperity tied to Your saree, and
holding the hand of the Lord vishNu,

deign to be established in our house.

As pearl necklaces sway in your bosom,
as the celestial nymphs extol on beholding You,
as the blessed sages and guardians of eight directions beseech You, and
as Lord vishNu looks at You with love,

deign to be established in our house.

I shall worship You with maruvaka, pArijAta, lotus, henna flower, vakuLa, tube rose and other sacred flowers.

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
SrI tuLasamma mA-iNTa nelakonu-amma
I mahini nI samAnamu-evaru-amma bangAru bomma (SrI)

O Mother (amma) tuLasi (SrI tuLasamma)! Deign to be established (nelakonu) (nelakonavamma) in our (mA) house (iNTa) (mAyiNTa);
O Golden (bangAru) Figure (bomma)! O Mother (amma)! Who (evaru) is Your (nI) equal (samAnamu) (samAnamevaramma) in this (I) world (mahini)?

caraNam
caraNam 1
karagu suvarNapu sommulu peTTi
sarige cIra muddu kuriyaga kaTTi
karuNa jUci sirulanu oDi kaTTi
varaduni karamunanu paTTi (SrI)

Adorned with (peTTi) molten (karagu) gold (suvarNapu) ornaments (sommulu),
charmingly (muddu kuriyaga) donning (kaTTi) gold-laced (sarige) saree (cIra),
compassionately (karuNa jUci) bringing wealth and prosperity (sirulanu) tied to Your saree (oDi kaTTi) , and
holding (paTTi) the hand (karamunanu) of the Lord vishNu (varaduni),
O Mother tuLasi! deign to be established in our house; O Golden Figure! O Mother! who is Your equal in this world?

caraNam 2
uramuna mutyapu sarulu-asiyADa
sura taruNulu ninnu kani koniyADa
vara munulu-ashTa dig-ISulu vEDa
varaduDu ninnu prEma jUDa (SrI)

As pearl (mutyapu) necklaces (sarulu) sway (asiyADa) (sarulasiyADa) in your bosom (uramuna),
as the celestial (sura) nymphs (taruNulu) extol (koniyADa) on beholding (kani) You (ninnu),
as the blessed (vara) sages (munulu) and the guardians (ISulu) of eight (ashTa) (munulashTa) directions (dik) (digISulu) beseech (vEDa) You, and
as Lord vishNu (varaduDu) looks at You (jUDa) with love (prEma),
O Mother tuLasi! deign to be established in our house; O Golden Figure! O Mother! Who is Your equal in this world?

caraNam 3
maruvaka pArijAta sarOja
kuruvaka vakuLa sugandha rAja
vara sumamulacE tyAgarAja
varadE ninu pUja sEtu (SrI)

O Bestower of boons (varadE) to this tyAgarAja! I shall worship (pUja sEtu) You (ninu) with (cE) –
maruvaka, pArijAta, lotus (sarOja), henna flower (kuruvaka), vakuLa, tube rose (sugandha rAja) and other sacred (vara) flowers (sumamula) (sumamulacE);
O Mother tuLasi! deign to be established in our house; O Golden Figure! O Mother! Who is Your equal in this world?

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
¹ – karagu – karaku. There are two different words in telugu – ‘karagu’ and ‘karaku’. In the present context, ‘karagu’ is the appropriate word.

³ – maruvaka – maravaka.

⁸ – varadE – varada : ‘varadE’ seems to be appropriate in the present context.
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References
³ - maruvaka - a green fragrant leaf plant – tamizh maruvu - Sweet Marjoram

⁴ - pArijAta - tamizh pavaLa malli - Nyctanthes tristis

⁵ - kuruvaka - henna flower – tamizh marudANi

⁶ - vakuLa – tamizh magulam (flower of magizha tree) - Mimusops Elengi

⁷ - sugandha rAja - tube rose – rajani gandhA – tamizh sampangi
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Comments
² - oDi kaTTi – It is considered auspicious for ladies to receive and carry the gift articles tied in the loose end of saree (pallu).
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