Dharmatma - Tyagaraja Kritis (Eng)

Pallavi

dharmātma nannipuḍu daya jūḍavēyana marmamuna palukunadi mañcidō dharmātma nannu-ipuḍu daya jūḍavē-ana marmamuna palukunadi mañcidō

O Virtuous Lord! While I beseech You ‘show mercy on me now’, is it good for You to talk secretively?

Charanams Combined

1. patita pāvanuḍani bāga pērai nīku 1mati lēkayuṇḍunadi mañcidō (dharma) 2. gati lēni nanu nīvu kāvavēyaṇṭi sammati lēkayuṇḍunadi mañcidō (dharma) 3. 2ninu jūḍa padi vēla kanulu kāvalenaṇṭi manupakayuṇḍunadi mañcidō (dharma) 4. 3ēmi nēranu pādamē migula gatiyaṇṭi nā mīda nepameñcuṭa mañcidō (dharma ) 5. nīdu māyala cēta niṣṭhūramēla mammādukōkanuyuṇḍa mañcidō (dharma) 6. nāṭi vacanamulella nayamu sēyavēyaṇṭi 4māṭāḍakuṇḍunadi mañcidō (dharma) 7. rāja nuta śrī tyāgarāja rakṣaka śrita samāja nanu 5maracunadi mañcidō rāma (dharma) 1. patita pāvanuḍu-ani bāga pērai nīku mati lēka-uṇḍunadi mañcidō (dharma) 2. gati lēni nanu nīvu kāvavē-aṇṭi sammati lēka-uṇḍunadi mañcidō (dharma) 3. ninu jūḍa padi-vēla kanulu kāvalenu-aṇṭi manupaka-uṇḍunadi mañcidō (dharma) 4. ēmi-nēranu pādamē migula gati-aṇṭi nā-mīda nepamu-eñcuṭa mañcidō (dharma ) 5. nīdu māyala cēta niṣṭhūramu-ēla mammu-ādukōkanu-uṇḍa mañcidō (dharma) 6. nāṭi vacanamulu-ella nayamu-sēyavē-aṇṭi māṭāḍaka-uṇḍunadi mañcidō (dharma) 7. rāja nuta śrī tyāgarāja rakṣaka śrita samāja nanu maracunadi mañcidō rāma (dharma)

1. While having a great fame as redeemer of the fallen, is it good for You to remain without understanding? 2. I entreated You ‘protect me who has no refuge’; is it good for You to be not in agreement with that? 3. I said ‘one needs ten thousand eyes in order to behold You’; is it good for You to remain careless? 4. I said ‘I know nothing; Your holy feet alone are my refuge’; is it good for You to count (or consider) my faults? 5. Why this harshness because of Your grand illusion (OR) why this cruelty by Your deceptions? is it good for You to remain without supporting me? 6. I besought ‘please fulfil all Your promises made earlier’; is it good for You to remain without even talking to me? 7. O Lord Rama praised by Kings! O Protector of this Thyagaraja! O Lord found in the assembly of dependents! O Lord Rama! is it good for You to forget me?

Variations

• General – ‘rāma’ appears at the end of pallavi and all caraNas in some books.
• ³ēmi nēranu – ēmi nēramu
• ⁴māṭāḍakuṇḍunadi – māṭalāḍakuṇḍunadi
• ⁵maracunadi – maracinadi

References

• ²ninu jūḍa padi vēla kanulu kāvale – Please refer to Kriti ‘veṅkaṭeśa ninu sēvimpa’ rāga madhyamāvati wherein Sri Thyagaraja states ‘veṅkaṭēśa ninu sēvimpanu padi vēla kannulu kāvalenayya’.

Commentary

• ¹mati lēka uṇḍunadi – remaining without understanding – this may be taken as a ‘nindā’.