Guru leka - Tyagaraja Kritis (Eng)

Pallavi

guru lēkayeṭuvaṇṭi guṇiki teliyaga pōdu guru lēka-eṭuvaṇṭi guṇiki teliyaga-pōdu

No matter how virtuous one is, without a preceptor, it is not possible for him to know.

Anupallavi

karukaina hṛd-rōga gahanamunu koṭṭanu sad-(guru) karukaina hṛd-rōga gahanamunu koṭṭanu sad-(guru)

No matter how virtuous one is, without a competent preceptor, it is not possible for him to know to destroy the thorny thicket of affliction of the heart.

Charanam

tanuvu suta dhana dāra dāyādi bāndhavulu janiyiñci cedaru jālini karuṇatō manasunaṇṭaka sēyu mandanucu tattva bōdhana jēsi kāpāḍu1 tyāgarājāptuḍagu2 (guru) tanuvu suta dhana dāra dāyādi bāndhavulu janiyiñci cedaru jālini karuṇatō manasuna aṇṭaka-sēyu mandu-anucu tattva bōdhana-cēsi kāpāḍu1 tyāgarāja āptuḍagu2 (guru)

No matter how virtuous one is, it is not possible for him to know, without a preceptor like (sage Narada) - the benefactor of this Thyagaraja, who protects compassionately by imparting knowledge of the reality which is like a medicine, to keep away from the mind the grief of dissipation of body, children, wealth, wife, cousins and relatives after having attained these.

Variations

• ¹kāpāḍu – kāpāḍa
• ¹tyāgarājāptuḍagu – tyāgarājāptuḍanu