Idi Samayamura - Tyagaraja Kritis (Eng)

Pallavi

idi samayamurā ina kula tilaka idi samayamurā ina kula tilaka

Now is the time (to fulfil Your promise); O Pride of Solar dynasty!

Anupallavi

1vidaḷita kali durmada gaja gamana 2modaṭa palkinadi nijamuga jēya (idi) vidaḷita kali durmada gaja gamana modaṭa palkinadi nijamuga-jēya (idi)

O Lord who rent asunder the arrogance of Kali Purusha! O Lord whose gait is like an elephant! now is the time to fulfil what you said earlier.

Charanam

kali puruṣuḍu nāṭakamunu kaṭṭa talacināḍu śrī tyāgarāja nuta 3khala matamulanē yāgamulaku mēkaluga narula 4jēsi nī daya jūḍa (idi) kali puruṣuḍu nāṭakamunu-kaṭṭa talacināḍu śrī tyāgarāja nuta khala matamulu-anē yāgamulaku mēkaluga narula jēsi nī daya-jūḍa (idi)

Kali Purusha is contemplating to enact a drama by making men as (sacrificial) goats in the sacrificial oblations called base sects; O Lord praised by this Thyagaraja! now is the time to show Your compassion on us.

Variations

• ⁴jēsi nī – jēsunē : jēsi nī - is appropriate.

References

• ¹vidaḷita kali durmada - kali puruṣuḍu – In this regard Srimad Bhagavatam – Book One – Chapter 17, verses 38-41are relevant –
  • “Thus entreated by Kali, the King (Parikshit) then allocated to him the following (four) places – dice, wine, women, and shambles – the hotbeds of four vices (falsehood, intoxication, passion and cruelty).
  • On Kali asking for more abodes, the mighty King assigned him gold (as the fifth abode). Thus he allotted to him falsehood, intoxication, passion and slaughter with animosity as the fifth.
  • In obedience to the King’s command, Kali the progenitor of unrighteousness, occupied these five abodes assigned by Parikshit.
  • Hence a man seeking blessedness, especially a pious monarch, a leader of the people and a religious preceptor should never resort to these.”
• ²modaṭa palkinadi – When read in conjunction with ‘Kali Purusha’, Sri Thyagaraja probably refers to the statement of Lord Krishna in Srimad Bhagavat Gita, Chapter 4 –

• • yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānirbhavati bhārata |
    abhyutthānamadharmasya tadātmaānaṃ sṛjāmyahaṃ ||
    paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṃ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtāṃ |
    dharmasaṃsthāpanārthāya saṃbhavāmi yugē yugē || (7, 8 )||

  • “Whenever, O Descendent of Bharata, there is decline of dharma, and rise of adharma, then I body Myself forth.
  • For the protection of the good, for the destruction of the wicked, and for the establishment of dharma, I come into being in every age.” (Translation by Swami Swarupananda)

Commentary

• ³khala matamulanē yāgamulaku – When read in conjunction with Anupallavi where ‘Kali Purusha’ is mentioned, Sri Thyagaraja means the pursuit of such activities which lead to the abodes of Kali Purusha (dice, wine, women, and shambles and gold - falsehood, intoxication, passion, cruelty and animosity) as stated above.
  • But, in many kRtis, Sri Thyagaraja uses the word ‘mata’ to mean all such practices other than bhakti – particulary the path of Vedic karma – for the sake enjoyments.