Adigi sukhamulu - Tyagaraja Kritis (Eng)

Pallavi

aḍigi sukhamulevaranubhaviñcirirā ādi mūlamā rāma aḍigi sukhamulu evaru anubhaviñcirirā ādi mūlamā rāma

Has anyone ever enjoyed comforts by entreating you? Rama, O primary cause!

Anupallavi

saḍalani pāpa timira kōṭi sūrya sārvabhauma sārasākṣa sadguṇa ni(nnaḍigi) saḍalani pāpa timira kōṭi sūrya sārvabhauma sārasa-akṣa sadguṇa ninnu (aḍigi)

O Lord who is like a crore Suns (in destroying) the darkness of clinging sins! Sovereign lord of the Universe! O Lotus-eyed! O Virtuous One!

Charanam 1

āśrayiñci varamaḍigina sīta1 aḍaviki pōnāye āśara-haraṇa rakkasi yiṣṭamaḍuganapuḍē2 mukku pōye ō rāma nin-(naḍigi) āśrayiñci varamu-aḍigina sīta aḍaviki pōnu-āye āśara haraṇa rakkasi iṣṭamu aḍuganu apuḍē2 mukku pōye ō rāma ninnu-(aḍigi)

Your dependant Sita, who asked a boon, had to go to the forest; O Slayer of demons! When the demoness expressed her desire, then and there she lost her nose.

Charanam 2

vāsiga nārada-mauni3 varamaḍuga vanita rūpuḍāye āsiñci durvāsuḍannamaḍuga4 nappuḍē mandamāye ō rāma nin(naḍigi) vāsiga nārada-mauni3 varamu-aḍuga vanita rūpuḍu-āye āsiñci durvāsuḍu-annamu-aḍuganu4 appuḍē mandamu-āye ō rāma ninnu-(aḍigi)

When the famous sage Narada asked for a boon (to know the nature of Maya), he happened to attain the form of a woman; When sage Durvasa asked (the Pandavas) desiring food, then and there he lost his appetite.

Charanam 3

sutuni vēḍuka jūḍa dēvakiyaḍuga5 yaśōda jūḍanāye satulella rati-bhikṣamaḍuga6 vāri-vāri patula vīḍanāye7 ō rāma nin-(naḍigi) sutuni vēḍuka jūḍa dēvaki aḍuga yaśōda jūḍanu-āye satulu ella rati-bhikṣamu aḍuga vāri-vāri patula vīḍanu-āye ō rāma ninnu-(aḍigi)

While Devaki desired to behold the spectacle (of child-hood sports) of her son, it was Yasoda who happened to behold Him; When all Gopis asked for union with the Lord, they had to abandon their respective husbands.

Charanam 4

nīkē dayabuṭṭi brōtuvō brōvavō nī guṭṭu bayalāye sākēta-dhāma śrī tyāgarāja-nuta swāmi yēṭi māya ō rāma nin(naḍigi) nīkē daya puṭṭi prōtuvō prōvavō nī guṭṭu bayalu-āye sākēta-dhāma śrī tyāgarāja-nuta swāmi ēṭi māya ō rāma ninnu-(aḍigi)

I do not know whether, on your own accord, you would take pity and protect me; Your secrets have been exposed; O resident of AyodhyA, praised by Thyagaraja! What kind of delusion is this, Rama?

Variations

• ⁷patula - putulella.

Commentary

• ¹ sīta aḍaviki pōnāye - In the kriti Sariyevvare, Sri Thyagaraja extols Sita for the courage she showed in going to the forest:

vanamandu bhayaṅkaramaina
tāvuna niltunani manasu telisi
kanakāṅgiyandanduna rāja sukhambunu
kalga jēsitivē tyāgarāja nutē

“Having deliberately taken a decision to remain in the terrible forest abode, You brought such impossible royal pleasures to your spouse.”

• Therefore, what Sri Thyagaraja means by ‘she had to go to forest’, may be the banishment of Sita. Though there is doubt about the authenticity of Uttara Kanda – whether it is indeed part of Valmiki Ramayana, the following verses from Chapter 42 of Uttara Kanda are relevant –

tapōvanāni puṇyāni draṣṭumicchāmi rāghava |
gaṅgātīrōpaviṣṭānāmṛṣīṇāmugratejasāṃ ||
phalamūlāśināṃ dēva pādamūlēṣu vartituṃ |
ēṣa mē parama: kāmō yanmūlaphalabhōjināṃ || 33,34 ||

Sita said: “O rAghava! I wish to visit the holy penance-groves and to stay, O Lord! at the feet of sages, endowed with an overwhelming effulgence living on the banks of the Ganga, and living only on fruits and (edible) roots.”

• This entreaty was, perhaps, an excuse for sending Sita to the forest on banishment.

• ²rakkasi mukku pōye – The episode of Surpanakha – Srimad Valmiki Ramayana – Aranya Kanda, Chapters 17 and 18 refers.

• ³nārada – vanita rūpuḍu - sage Narada becomes a woman being caught in the web of Maya – For complete story, please refer to Devi Bhagavatam – 6th Book – Chapters 28 and 29 – [Narada] - (6th Book - 28,29)

• ⁴durvāsuḍu annamaḍaga – this refers to episode of sage Durvasa along with his great number disciples visited Pandavas at the behest of Duryodhana. Mahabharata – Vana Parva – Draupadi HaraNa Parva – Section 261 (CCLXI) refers. (Durvasa)

• ⁵dēvaki - “The Balakrishna temple at Udupi enshrines an image of Krishna believed to have been made by the divine architect Viswakarma. Legend has it that Krishna's mother Devaki and his wife Rukmini wished to enjoy his childhood pranks, at the end of the Dwapara yuga. The divine architect Viswakarma then created this image of Krishna bearing a churn in his right hand and a string in his left. Rukmini worshipped this image every day.” [Udupi-1] and [Udupi-2]

• ⁶yaṣoda - Yasoda who could not see the marriage of her son Krishan, in the next birth becomes 'Vakula Devi’ and arranges the marriage of Lord SrInivAsa at Thirumala. [Vakula Devi] and [Pictures of Srinivasa Kalyanam]

• ⁷patula vīḍanāye – In response to query of Parikshit, sage Suka tells him the following (among other things) (Srimad-Bhagavatam, Book 10, Chapter 33 refers) –

“Deluded by His Maya the men of Vraja did not regard Sri Krishna with jealousy; (for) each of them took his womenkind to be present by his side.” (38)

• In an earlier episode Brahma, in order to find out who Krishna indeed was, steals cows, calves and cowherds and hides them for one year. During that period, Krishna becomes all the cows, their calves and cowherds and returns home, Himself driving the cattle - Srimad-Bhagavatam, Book 10, Chapter 13 refers.