Dhyaname Varamaina - Tyagaraja Kritis (Eng)

Pallavi

dhyānamē varamaina gaṅgā snānamē 1manasā dhyānamē varamaina gaṅgā snānamē manasā

O My Mind! Meditation alone is the sacred dip in the river Ganga.

Anupallavi

vāna nīṭa munuga munuga lōni vañcana drōhamanu kara 2pōnā (dhyāna) vāna-nīṭa munuga-munuga lōni vañcana drōhamu-anu kara pōnā (dhyāna)

Can the mental stains called deception or craftiness and treachery be washed away by drenching much in the rain water?

Charanam

para dhana 3nārī maṇulanu dūri para nindala para himsala mīri dharanu velayu śrī rāmuni kōri tyāgarāju telusukonna rāma (dhyāna) para dhana nārī-maṇulanu dūri para nindala para himsala mīri dharanu velayu śrī rāmuni kōri tyāgarāju telusukonna rāma (dhyāna)

(a) Spurning others’ wealth and woman, (b) overcoming slandering others and causing injury or harm to others, (c) seeking the Lord Sri Rama effulgent on this Earth, performing meditation on Lord Sri Rama, realised by this Thyagaraja, alone is the sacred dip in the river Ganga.

Variations

• ¹manasā – ō manasā
• ²pōnā – pōvunā

Commentary

• ³nārīmaṇulanu – the word ‘para’ should qualify this word also (other women); it is also possible that Sri Thyagaraja means total abstinence (even from one’s wife) as being obstacle for meditation on the Lord.