Tyagaraja Kriti

Meaning - Gist
O Lord SrI rAma! O Lord who is kind towards devotees! O Redeemer of those fallen!

It is not appropriate for You to remain without protecting me.
You being the Lord having the three powers (of projection, sustenance and in-folding), it is not appropriate for You to remain without protecting me.

Has Your attribute, of subduing one’s previous wrong-doings, become ineffective in this World? or,
did Your fame, that ‘Having said, He will not falter’, say that ‘I am not good enough’? or,
did Your grace say that ‘I will not come to protect Your devotees who are not familiar'? or,
have all Your powers been expended towards devotees who appeared earlier? or,
did sItA, who is always by Your side, tell ‘do not speak (to him)'? or else,
did lakshmaNa tell very angrily, ‘what concern is it to You’? or,
did bharata charmingly fill his eyes with tears of joy (looking at which You forgot about me)? or,
did AnjanEya hold Your holy feet swearing that ‘don’t do it’? or,
did brahmA utter a lie that ‘His devotion is not good enough’? or,
did sarasvati utter many a words that ‘it is not possible for me (to vouch for him)’? or,
did this tyAgarAja forget to seat You in his heart? or,
did Your sister, (Mother) dharma samvardhani, tell ‘don’t go to join him’?

Please let me know.

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
yuktamu kAdu nanu rakshincakanu-uNDEdi rAma

O Lord SrI rAma! It is not (kAdu) appropriate (yuktamu) for You to remain (uNDEdi) without protecting (rakshincakanu) (rakshincakanuNDEdi) me (nanu).

anupallavi
bhakta vatsala patita pAvana tri-
Saktiyu kalgina dEvuDu nIvai (yuktamu)

O Lord who is kind (vatsala) (literally paternal love) towards devotees (bhakta)! O Redeemer (pAvana) of those fallen (patita)!
You being (nIvai) the Lord (dEvuDu) having (kalgina) the three (tri) powers (Saktiyu) (of projection, sustenance and in-folding),
it is not appropriate for You to remain without protecting me.

caraNam
caraNam 1
toli dushkRtamulanu-aNacE nI birudu-ilanu taDusukonenO
paliki bonkaDu-anu nI kIrtiyu nE bAga lEdu anenO
telisi teliyani nI dAsula brOva dEva daya rAnu-anenO munu
velasina bhaktulakE nI Saktiyu selavai pOyenO telpumu (yuktamu)

Has Your attribute (birudu) (literally appellation) of subduing (aNacE) one’s previous (toli) wrong-doings (dushkRtamulanu) (dushkRtamulanaNacE) become ineffective (taDusukonenO) (literally become soggy) in this World (ilanu) (birudilanu)? or,
did Your fame (kIrtiyu) that (anu) ‘Having said (paliki), He will not falter (bonkaDu) (bonkaDanu)’, say (anenO) that ‘I (nE) am not (lEdu) good enough (bAga)’? or,
O Lord (dEva)! did Your grace (daya) say (anenO) that ‘I will not come (rAnu) (rAnanenO) to protect (brOva) Your (nI) devotees (dAsula) (literally servants) who are not familiar (telisi teliyani)'? or,
have all Your (nI) powers (Saktiyu) been expended (selavai pOyenO) towards devotees (bhaktulakE) who appeared (velasina) earlier (munu)? please let me know (telpumu);
it is not appropriate for You to remain without protecting me.

caraNam 2
vadda-uNDu janaka-Atmaja palka vaddu-anenO lEka
niddura jituDu-ati kOpamutODanu nIku-Ela-anenO
mudduga bharatuDu-Ananda bAshpamula kanula nincenO
padduna pavana sutuDu vaddu-ani nI padamu paTTukonenO telpumu (yuktamu)

Did sItA – daughter (Atmaja) of King janaka (janakAtmaja), who is (uNDu) always by Your side (vadda) (vaddayuNDu) tell (anenO) ‘do not (vaddu) (vaddanenO) speak (palka) (to him)'? or else (lEka),
did lakshmaNa – one who has conquered (jituDu) sleep (niddura), tell (anenO) very (ati) (jituDati) angrily (kOpamutODanu), ‘what concern (Ela) is it to You (nIku) (nIkElayanenO)’? or,
did bharata (bharatuDu) charmingly (mudduga) fill (nincenO) his eyes (kanula) with tears (bAshpamula) of joy (Ananda) (bharatuDAnanda) (looking at which You forgot about me)? or
did AnjanEya – son (sutuDu) of vAyu (pavana), hold (paTTukonenO) Your (nI) holy feet (padamu) swearing (padduna) that (ani) ‘don’t do it (vaddu) (vaddani)’? please let me know (telpumu);
it is not appropriate for You to remain without protecting me.

caraNam 3
callani nI bhaktiyu lEdu-ani vidhi kallalu-ADukonenO nA
valla kAdu-ani paluku celi mikkili vArtalu-ADukonenO
ullamunanu SrI tyAgarAju ninnu-uncukona maracenO
cellalu-aina dharma samvardhani cEra pOkumu-anenO telpumu (yuktamu)

Did brahmA (vidhi) utter (ADukonenO) a lie (kallalu) (kallalADukonenO) that (ani) ‘His (nI) (literally your) devotion (bhakti) is not (lEdu) (lEdani) good enough (callani) (literally cool)’? or,
did sarasvati – the goddess (celi) (literally woman) of speech (paluku), utter (AdukonenO) many (mikkili) a words (vArtalu) (vArtalADukonenO) that (ani) ‘it is not possible (valla kAdu) (kAdani) for me (nA) (to vouch for him)’? or,
did this tyAgarAja (tyAgarAju) forget (maracenO) to seat (uncukona) You (ninnu) (ninnuncukona) in his heart (ullamunanu) (literally mind)? or,
did Your sister (cellalu aina) (cellalaina), Mother dharma samvardhani (name of pArvati at tiruvaiyAru), tell (anenO) ‘don’t go (pOkumu) (pokumanenO) to join (cEra) him’? please let me know (telpumu);
it is not appropriate for You to remain without protecting me.

Notes
¹ – rakshincakanuNDEdi – rakshincakayuNDEdi - rakshimpakayuNDEdi.

³ – telisi teliyani – munu telisi teliyani

⁴ – munu velasina bhaktulakE - velasina bhaktulakE : : ‘munu’ seems to have been interchanged.
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Variations - (Pathanthara)

References

Comments
² – nE bAga lEdu – SrI tyAgarAja mixes freely the ‘persons’ (first, second and third persons) and also direct and indirect speeches. Therefore, some times it becomes very difficult to derive appropriate meanings. In the present context, it is not clear whether ‘nE’ – ‘I’ – refers to the ‘fame’ or to ‘tyAgarAja’? Going by the previous leg of the caraNa, this should refer to ‘fame’. A similar problem is encountered in caraNa 3 also – ‘nI bhaktiyu’ – please refer to note below.

⁵ – callani nI bhaktiyu – The word ‘nI’ does not fit into the context. In my humble opinion, this should be ‘nA’ or ‘vAni’.
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yuktamu kAdu - rAga SrIrAgaM