Entha Rani - Tyagaraja Kritis (Eng)

Pallavi

enta rāni tanakenta pōni nī 1centa viḍuva jāla śrī rāma2 enta-rāni-tanaku-enta-pōni nī centa viḍuva-jāla śrī rāma

O Lord Sri Rama! Come what may – may whatever come to me or may whatever go – I shall never leave Your proximity.

Anupallavi

3antakāri nī centa jēri hanumantuḍai koluva lēdā (enta) antaka-ari nī centa jēri hanumantuḍai koluva-lēdā (enta)

Didn’t Lord Siva – Enemy of Lord of Death – coming near You serve as Anjaneya?

Charanams Combined

1. 4śēṣuḍu śivuniki bhūṣuḍu lakṣmaṇa vēṣiyai koluva lēdā (enta) 2. śiṣṭuḍu mauni variṣṭuḍu goppa vasiṣṭhuḍu 5hituḍugā lēdā (enta) 3. nara vara nīkai 6sura gaṇamulu vānarulai 7koluvaga lēdā (enta) 4. āgamōktamagu nī guṇamulu śrī tyāgarāju pāḍaga lēdā (enta) 1. śēṣuḍu śivuniki bhūṣuḍu lakṣmaṇa vēṣiyai koluva lēdā (enta) 2. śiṣṭuḍu mauni variṣṭuḍu goppa vasiṣṭhuḍu hituḍugā lēdā (enta) 3. nara vara nīkai sura gaṇamulu vānarulai koluvaga-lēdā (enta) 4.āgama-uktamagu nī guṇamulu śrī tyāgarāju pāḍaga-lēdā (enta)

1. Didn’t the serpent SEsha – the ornament of Lord Siva – serve You donning the garb of Lakshmana? 2. Didn’t the great Vasishtha – the eminent and the senior-most of sages – remain as your benafactor (or family priest)? 3. O Best of men! Didn’t the hordes of celestials serve You by becoming monkeys for Your sake? 4. Isn’t tyAgaraja singing Your virtues proclaimed in the Sastras?

Variations

• ¹centa – cinta : centa is the appropriate word.
• ²śrī rāma - not given in some books.
• ⁷koluvaga – koluva

References

• ³antakāri hanumantuḍai – In the Kriti Ada modi galada, Sri Thyagaraja states that Anjaneya is an aspect of Siva (śaṃkarāṃśuḍu). However in this Kriti, he states that Siva himself taken the form of Anjaneya. The story how Anjaneya came to be described as an aspect of Lord Siva is given in [Hanuman]
• ⁶sura gaṇamulu vānarulai – Please refer to Srimad Valmiki Ramayana – Bala Kanda – Chapter 17 for complete details.

Commentary

• ⁴śēṣuḍu śivuniki bhūṣuḍu – śēṣa also known as ‘ananta’ is stated to be the couch of Vishnu, the snake around the neck of Siva, the ring in the finger of Uma and the arm-bracelet of Vinayaka.
• ⁵hituḍu - sage Vasishtha was the family priest of King Dasaratha and then for Sri Rama. The family priest is called ‘purō-hita’. Therefore, Sri Thyagaraja uses the word ‘hita’ to mean ‘benefactor’ and also ‘family priest’.

Renditions

Some renditions of enta rAni are available here:

• chembai vaidyanātha bhāgavatar : [1]
• semmaṅguḍi shrīnivāsa aiyar & M S subbulakṣhmī : [2]
• D K paṭṭammāḷ : [3]
• āḷathūr brothers: [4] [5]