Darini telusukonti - Tyagaraja Kritis (Eng)

Pallavi

dārini1 telusukoṇṭi tripura sundari ninnē śaraṇaṇṭi dārini1 telusukoṇṭi tripura sundari ninnē śaraṇu-aṇṭi

O Tripurasundari! I have come to know the Path; I seek refuge in You alone.

Anupallavi

māruni janakuḍaina mā daśaratha kumāruni sōdari dayāpari mōkṣa (dārini) māruni janakuḍu-aina mā daśaratha kumāruni sōdari dayāpari mōkṣa (dārini)

O Sister of our [Rama, who is] Dasaratha's son and Cupid's father! O Most Compassionate! (I have come to know the path) to liberation.

Charanams

Charanam 1

amba trijagadīśvari mukha jita vidhu bimba ādi puramuna nelakonna kanakāmbari namminavārikabhīṣṭa varambulosagu dīna-lōka rakṣaki amba trijagat īśvari mukha jita vidhu bimba ādipuramuna nelakonna kanaka-ambari nammina-vāriki abhīṣṭa varambulu osagu dīna-lōka rakṣaki

Mother! O Queen of all the three Worlds, whose face surpasses the orb of moon [in beauty]! One stablished at Thiruvotriyur! One wearing golden garments! O bestower of boons desired by the faithful! O Saviour of the wretched!

ambuja bhava puruhūta sanandana tumburu nāradulanduru nīdu padambunu kōri sadā nityānan- dāmbudhilōnōllāḍucuṇḍē (dārini) ambuja-bhava puruhūta sanandana tumburu nāradulu anduru nīdu padambunu kōri sadā nitya-ānanda āmbudhilōna ōllāḍucu-uṇḍē (dārini)

(The path) in which Brahma, Indra, Sanandana, Tumburu and Narada, seeking your holy feet, always remain sporting in the eternal ocean of bliss, (I have come to know).

Charanam 2

mahadaiśwaryamosagi2 toli karma gahanamunu koṭṭi brōcu talli guha gaja-mukha janani aruṇa paṅkēruha nayanē yōgi hṛt-sadanē mahat aiśwaryamu2 osagi toli karma gahanamunu koṭṭi brōcu talli guha gaja-mukha janani aruṇa paṅkē-ruha nayanē yōgi hṛt-sadanē

O Mother who protects by granting abundant wealth and by destroying the forest of karma accrued earlier! O Mother of Subrahmanya and Vinayaka! O Red Lotus eyed! One resident in the hearts of ascetics!

tuhinācala tanaya nī cakkani mahimātiśayammula cētanu ī mahilō muni gaṇamulu prakṛti virahitulai nityānandulaina (dārini) tuhina-acala tanaya nī cakkani mahimā atiśayammula cētanu ī mahilō muni-gaṇamulu prakṛti virahitulai nitya ānandulu-aina (dārini)

O Daughter of Himavan! I have come to know the path by treading which – in this World, the sages, with the help of Your great wonderful might, remaining unattached to the phenomenal World, became eternally blissful.

Charanam 3

rājita maṇi-gaṇa bhūṣaṇi mada gajarāja gamani lōka śaṅkari danuja rāja guruni3 vāsara sēva tanakē janma phalamō kanugoṇṭini rājita maṇi-gaṇa bhūṣaṇi mada gaja-rāja gamani lōka śaṅkari danuja-rāja-guruni3 vāsara sēva tanaku ē janma phalamō kanugoṇṭini

One radiant with ornaments of gems! One with gait of an elephant in rut! O Bestower of auspiciousness to the World! I could behold your Friday worship, not sure because of which birth's fruits.

ājanmamu peddalu tama madilō nī japamē mukti mārgamanukona rāja śēkharuṇḍagu śrī tyāgarāja4 manō-hari gauri parātpari (dārini) ājanmamu peddalu tama madilō nī japamē mukti mārgamu-anukona rāja-śēkharuṇḍu-agu śrī tyāgarāja4 manō-hari gauri parātpari (dārini)

(The path) that the way to liberation lies in your japa, which was understood by the great all their lives; O Conqueror of the heart of Siva, who wears the digit of the moon! O Gauri, greater than the great!

Variations

• ¹dārini – darini : dārini i is the appropriate word.

References

• ²aiśwaryamu – Eight kinds of powers – aṣṭa aiśwarya – vision, audition, cogitation, discrimination, omniscience, and active powers – swiftness of thought, power of assuming forms at will, and faculty of expiation. Some also consider eight siddhis such as aṇimā, laghimā etc are also aiśwaryaṃ.

Commentary

• ³danuja rāja guruni vāsara - Friday – bṛgu vāra or śukra vāra : śukra is the guru of asuras (danuja).
• ⁴tyāgarāja – Here it refers to the name of Lord Siva at Tiruvotriyur.