Transliteration Scheme

SrI gaNa nAthaM - rAga kanakAngi

Tamil Version
Language Version

pallavi
SrI gaNa nAthaM bhajAm(y)aham
SrI-karaM cintit(A)rtha phaladam

anupallavi
SrI guru guh(A)grajam agra pUjyam
SrI kaNTh(A)tmajam Srita sAmrAjyam (SrI)

caraNam
ranjita nATaka ranga tOshaNam
Sinjita vara maNi-maya bhUshaNam
1AnjanEy(A)vatAram 2su-bhAshaNam
kunjara mukham tyAgarAja pOshaNam (SrI)

Meaning - Gist

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
SrI gaNa nAthaM bhajAmi-aham
SrI-karaM cintita-artha phaladam

I (aham) worship (bhajAmi) (bhajAmyaham) Lord gaNa pati - head (nAtham) of Lord Siva’s attendants (gaNa) - who causes (karam) prosperity (SrI) and who bestows results (phaladam) of desired (cintita) objects (artha) (cintitArtha).

anupallavi
SrI guru guha-agrajam agra pUjyam
SrI kaNTha-Atmajam Srita sAmrAjyam (SrI)

I worship Lord gaNa pati -
elder (agrajam) to Lord subrahmaNya (SrI guru guha) (guhAgrajam),
worshipped (pUjyam) first (agra) in any ceremony,
mind-born (Atmajam) of Lord Siva – poison (SrI) throated (kaNTha) (kaNThAtmajam),
who is an empire (sAmrAjyam) for those dependent (Srita) on Him,
who causes prosperity and
who bestows results of desired objects.

caraNam
ranjita nATaka ranga tOshaNam
Sinjita vara maNi-maya bhUshaNam
AnjanEya-avatAram su-bhAshaNam
kunjara mukham tyAgarAja pOshaNam (SrI)

I worship Lord gaNa pati -
who enjoys (tOshaNam) the colourful (ranjita) drama (nATaka) stage (ranga) of the Universe,
who wears excellent (vara) tinkling (Sinjita) gem stone (maNi maya) ornaments (bhushaNam),
who embodied (avatAram) as AnjanEya (AnjanEyAvatAram),
who speaks sweetly (su-bhAshaNam),
who is elephant (kunjara) faced (mukham),
who nurtures (pOshaNam) this tyAgarAja,
who causes prosperity and
who bestows the results of the desired objects.

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
2 – su-bhAshaNaM – su-bhUshaNaM.
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References
1 - AnjanEyAvatAraM – embodied as AnjanEya. In one of the books, ‘sangraha rAmAyaNa’ has been quoted as authority for this statement.
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Comments
In the book ‘Compositions of Tyagaraja’ by Sri TK Govinda Rao, this kRti is listed in the category of ‘doubtful’, which means that it is doubtful whether SrI tyAgarAja has indeed composed this kRti.
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