Giripai Nelakonna - Tyagaraja Kritis (Eng)

Pallavi

1giri pai nelakonna rāmuni guri tappaka kaṇṭi giri pai nelakonna rāmuni guri-tappaka kaṇṭi

I unerringly beheld Lord Sri Rama established on the hill.

Anupallavi

parivārulu viri suraṭulacē nilabaḍi visarucu kosarucu sēvimpaga (giri) parivārulu viri suraṭulacē nilabaḍi visarucu kosarucu sēvimpaga (giri)

I unerringly beheld Lord Sri Rama established on the hill as His retinue were worshipping Him standing with fans made of flowers, fanning and praying.

Charanam

pulakāṅkituḍai ānand- āśruvula nimpucu māṭalāḍa valenani kalavariñca kani 2padi pūṭala pai kācedananu tyāgarāja vinutuni (giri) pulakāṅkituḍai ānanda-aāśruvula nimpucu māṭalu-āḍa valenu-ani kalavariñca kani padi pūṭala pai kācedanu-anu tyāgarāja vinutuni (giri)

I unerringly beheld Lord Sri Rama – praised by this Thyagaraja – established on the hill who, finding me in a state of horripilation and eyes brimming with tears of joy and babbling that ‘I wanted to talk (to You)’, said that ‘I shall take care of You after ten days (or day and nights)’.

References

• ¹giripai nelakonna – “In ‘Skanda Puraana’ it is said that one who meditates on ‘Suvela Parvatha Rama’ (Rama on Mount Suvela) in his last days will be blessed with a place in the Vaikunta. Since the Swami was aware of this, he meditated upon this Suvela Parvatha Rama and sang this kirtan of ‘Giripai nelakonna Ramuni’” – Source - [Discourse]
• ¹giripai nelakonna – Sri Rama climbs Suvela mountain and surveys the city of Lanka from that vantage point – Valmiki Ramayana, Yuddha Kanda, Chapter 38 refers.

Commentary

• This Kriti seems to precede what is stated in the Kriti ‘paritāpamu kani’; in that Kriti, Sri Thyagaraja asks the Lord whether He has forgotten about His promise to protect him after 10 days.
• ²padi pūṭa – pūṭa means a part of the day. Therefore ‘padi pūṭa’ may mean five days also if each daytime or night time is taken as one pūṭa. However, in the absence of any definite measurement involved, it has been translated as ‘ten days’.