pallavi
sItA vara sangIta jnAnamu
dhAta 1vrAyavalerA
anupallavi
gIt(A)d(y)akhil(O)panishat-sAra 2bhUta
jIvan-muktuD(a)guTaku (sItA)
caraNam
3AkASa SarIramu brahmam(a)nE
4AtmA rAmuni tA 5sari jUcucu
lOk(A)dulu cinmayam(a)nu susvara
lOluDau tyAgarAja sannuta (sItA)
pallavi
sItA vara sangIta jnAnamu
dhAta vrAyavalerA
O Consort (vara) of sItA! The knowledge (jnAnamu) of music (sangIta) should have been ordained (vrAyavalerA) (literally write) by brahmA (dhAta).
anupallavi
gItA-Adi-akhila-upanishat-sAra bhUta
jIvan-muktuDu-aguTaku (sItA)
In order to become (aguTaku) living-free (bhUta jIvan-muktuDu) (muktuDaguTaku) - the state which is the essence (sAra) of (teachings of) all (akhila) upanishad(s), bhagavad-gItA (gItAdyakhilOpanishat-sAra) etc. (Adi) -
O Consort of sItA! the knowledge of music should have been ordained by brahmA.
caraNam
AkASa SarIramu brahmamu-anE
AtmA rAmuni tA 5sari jUcucu
lOkAdulu cinmayamu-anu susvara
lOluDau tyAgarAja sannuta (sItA)
O Lord well praised (sannuta) by this tyAgarAja, revelling (lOluDau) in the melodious sapta svara (su-svara), who (tA) -
apprehending (sari jUcucu) (literally comparing) the Indwelling (AtmA) Lord rAma (rAmuni) as (anE) the Supreme Lord (brahmamu) (brahmamanE) having space (AkASa) as His body (SarIramu),
says that (anu) the Universe (lOkAdulu) is of the nature of pure consciousness (cinmayamu) (cinmayamanu)!
O Consort of sItA! the knowledge of music should have been ordained by brahmA.
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
1 – vrAyavalerA – vrAyavalerA rAma.
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References
2 – bhUta jIvan-mukta – Please refer to the following verse of SrImad-bhagavad-gIta, Chapter 15, to know what ‘jIva bhUta’ means –
mamaivAMSO jIvalOkE jIvabhUtaH sanAtanaH |
manaHshashThAnIndriyANi prakRtisthAni karshati || 7 ||
An eternal portion of Myself having become a living soul in the world of life, draws (to itself) the (five) senses with mind for the sixth, abiding in prAkRti.” (Translation by Swami Swarupananda)
Please refer to kRti ‘mOkshamu galadA’ – According to SrI tyAgarAja, those who have the knowledge of music (combined with devotion) are jIvan-mukta, and, therefore, can attain mOksha; conversely, those who do not have the knowledge of music - not being jIvan mukta – cannot attain mOksha.
SrI tyAgarAja is concerned only with the nAdOpAsana or nAda yOga – attainment of mOksha through the route of sangIta. The other methods, for attainment of (jIvan) mukti – karma, jnAna, bhakti yOga (and rAja yOga which is a combination of all these) – are not discussed by SrI tyAgarAja.
Please refer to jIvanmuktAnanda lahari by SrI Adi Sankara.
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1 - vrAyavalEra – In a new born baby one can observe jagged lines of skin along the cranial sutures (skull joints). These lines are called ‘tala vrAta’ in telugu and ‘talaiyezhuttu’ in tamizh – means what is written on the head and are popularly believed to be the lines of destiny or fate. It is believed that brahmA writes the destiny of each individual in the form of said lines. The skin folds in fore-head are also considered as fate lines.
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3 – AkASa SarIramu brahmamu – lOkAdulu cinmayamu – Space is the body of Supreme Lord – Universe is pure consciousness – Please also refer to other statements of SrI tyAgarAja –