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GIRIRAJA SUTA ’’ (Bangala)

Oh! Son of Devi, the Daughter of the Mountain-King !

Oh Merciful Lord, whose feet are worshipped by Indra and

others 1 Protect me* O Lord with the elephant face!

O GanSsa I Supreme Lord! Bestower of welfare! Oh

Thou who art like a moon to the sea of sacred lore and who

hath the serpent-king as his bangle! Oh devotee (son) of

Siva, remover of obstacles, praised by Tyftgaraja !

" SRI GANAPATINI ” (SowrAshtra)

Oh men of devotion! Adore Ganapati who, having

received the worship of Brahma, is coming, dancing gloriou¬

sly ! Who, after partaking of the offering of jack-fruit, cocoa-

nuts, jambu fruit etc., is coming, treading the earth with his

heavy resounding steps! Who, with the holy feet of Hari in¬

stalled in his heart, comes out dancing in a variety of

rhythms! Ganapaty whom TySgaraja praises in all humility.

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DURMARGACHARA ” (Ranjeni)

Oh lord! Dharmfitma! While I strongly believe that

you are my material prosperity and wealth and my very

Godi I can never bring myself to Hatter wicked people and

those who dedicate their literary works to depraved per¬

sons, O bestower of riches I

‘NARAYANA HART’ (Yamuna Kalyani)

Oh Lord of Sita ! I do not rely on (wealth like) money

and horses which are transient. I shall certainly not beg of

rich men, flattering them with matchless (musical) composi¬

tions in their praise. I shall not frequent places which are

infested with greedy men who are possessed by the devils

of desire and attachment.

I am caught in your grip, of my own accord. I do not

know why you are persisting in your niggardliness. People

in this world do not stand the sight of others prospering.

It is not known whether this is due to their fate or to your

Mftya. They rush to despicable activities, but never

apply their mind to tasks which will uplift them. Why

associate with people who do not realize that everything

happens in this world according to one's own past karma ?

Vouchsafe that your holy name may always be on my lips.

Who else is there for me ? Oh RAghava ! Let me always seek

the company of those who delight in the glorious story of

Sri Ramachandra- Let my eyes be fixed upon your

refined beauty and my heart will be transported with joy.

"NADUPAI BALIKERU” (Madhyamavati)

Sri Ramat praised by Vedas! people blame me as

having divided the family#

Convinced in my mind# as I am# that worldly pleasures

are as evanascent as dew-drops, did I ever demand parti¬

tion of property from my Dayadins, so that I might parade

the wealth so obtained as one having no equal 7 Or, (after

having lost all such property) did I complain that I was

destitute ?

Did I ever desire to celebrate daily festival of Rama ?

I had always felt contented that I had an abode for the Lord

in my own heart. Unable to bear the sight of others in

prosperity, did I intrigue to divide their families ?

I had always placed honour before life. Oh! Srinatha!

Ocean of Supreme Bliss! Have I resorted to the unworthy

ways of disreputable people and flattered others to earn

my subsistence? In this world you undoubledly protect

those who worship and adore you. and I am one such

and am your own.

(This song was composed in answer to accusations that

he was instrumental in partitioning the family).

“BHAJARE RAGHUVEERAM” (Kalyilni)

Worship the hero of the Raghus. the king of kings who

has blessed Tyagaraja with boons; give up greed and

unworthy desires; do not indulge in slander of others;

and control your five senses, deeming worldly happiness

as nothing but poison. Understand that all things will

not serve your purpose, but go their own way,

knocking about hither and thither. Do not engage

yourself in other distracting work- Do not put on false

garbs to deceive Ihe world, like the proverbial tiger in

cow's skin. Abandon all mischievous pursuits. Let the

crossing of the ocean of Samsara be your sole aim. Take

delight in doing good deeds. Surrender all your actions to

the Lord. Join the company of true devotees and learn

the path of devotion. Flave always in your mind Sri Rama,

who is free from Maya» and worship him. Subjugate lust

and other inner enemies and achieve your purpose.

“ENTAMUDDO" (Bindumalinl)

Who can describe the superb beauty and sweet charm

of the Lordi adored by Tyagaraja!

Men, however great, easily allow themselves to be

continuously engaged in the thought of women, (being blind

to the indescribable and unsurpassed beauty of the Lord).

People put on the garb of genuine devotees, though

they are slaves to their own aunts (mothers*in-law) due to

lust. This is like the milk-container enjoying the taste ol

milk.

"MENU JOOCHI MOSA" (SarasAngi)

Oh mind ! Do not get deluded by the illusory personal

appearance of women. If you only see their inside, it is

nothing but a cloak over filthy excreta, blood and other

ugly things. They carry on their amorous work with their

©yes whichi like sharp weapons, pierce (through men’s

hearts) and with their breasts which like mounds provide

the resting place for heads.

Therefore, do Sri RAma Bhajana well (and ©scape

their snares).

•MANASU VISHAYA NATA” (NAtakuranji)

If your mind is given away to sense-enjoyments and to

(the company of) dancers and voluptuaries, will my RAma’s

grace be made available to you ?

It is like a man lending the door of his own hut to a

neighbour (to enable him to close his own hut and go to

witness a drama) and keeping watch all through the night,

driving away dogs (from entering his own hut).

It is also like a woman who seeks prostitution to gain

some bran, leaving the potful of rice, which she had pre¬

pared, to be carried away by monkeys.

It is like imparting a holy Mantram to a deaf man.

••VARALANDUKOMMANl” (Ghurjari)

Is it fair for you to side-track and deceive me by offer*

ing boons to me* when 'my mind longs for true devotion ?

To your glory of conferring greatness on real devotees*

“NEE DAYA GALGUTE” (Ritigowla)

Oh Lordi renowned for protecting people, removing

their vices like attachment, greed and arrogance ! Why do

not people realise that to he blessed with your grace is the

height of fortune for one ?

They know full well that it is deplorable to get

unduly attached through ignorance to wife and children,

unable thereby to cross the ocean of SamsSra, to have

limbs drooping out of fear, to languish out of fatigue

having vainly v/aited on wealthy princes, and to get

enmeshed in your Maya in a variety of ways-

They also know amply what sort of happiness they

derive and how helpless they find themselves in the end

by running after abject misers daily, becoming a prey to

disease, getting reduced in body by sore disappointment

of not having their desires for pleasure and prosperity

fulfilled.

"PRODDUPOYYENU" (T6di)

Time is fleeting. Oh Mind i Set about in earnest to

worship RAraa. Of the life time, a portion is spent in sleep

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"PARA LOKA BHAYAMU” (Mandari)

Thinking that they alone are fortunate enough to

possess corps of elephants, lovely women, palanquins and

the like and without the fear of the other worldi people get

bound more and more by samsAra. They consider that with

wife, children, fine clothing, habitations to dwell ini the

world itself is paradise.

'VARIJANAYANA" (Kedara Gowla)

Oh Lotus-eyed one! I am yours. Pray, protect me

always. There is no purpose in one remaining immersed

always in the ocean ot Maya. I shall not accept material

wealth, progeny, etc., which will only make me forget you,

as Sugriva did; I shall not accept chariots and horses, to

defeat kings as Arjuna did. To me, your Japa is all the

nine treasures. I will not get enmeshed in these evil ma¬

terial desires.

INDUKA iTHANUVUNU (MukhAri)

Is it for this that this body has been nurtured ?

Without using it for your service and for getting nearer

you, people wander here and there as slaves to desires*

Without constantly attempting to earn the grace of your

look< people cast wistful eyes upon women.

Without always engaging themselves in NAmakirtana)

people waste their time in gossipping on empty topics.

Without using their hands for worshipping you, they

stretch them out freely to receive sinful gifts.

Without using their legs to go round your holy places,

people run about lor receiving money doles (Bhoori).

They will not regard themselves, while living, as your

own. As a result, Yama jubilantly appropriates them as his

own.

Without praying to Sri Rama to come near them, they

waste their time.

ENNAGA MANASUKURANI (Nllambarl)

What is the use of eyes and their brightnessi if they are

not privileged to feast upon the beauty of the Lord

Seshasayit which is beyond the comprehension of the

mind ?

What is the use of having a body which is not used for

embracing with love the blue-hued Sri Hari? Otherwise

it is no better than a cage.

What is the use of having hands that are not u/sed for

worshipping the Lord with various sweet-scented flowers ?

What is the use of such human existence ?

What is the use of having a tongue which is not

employed in singing devoutly the praise of Sri Ramamurti,

the protector of Tyagaraja? Or, for the matter of it, what

for is then the rosary mechanically rolling in hand ?

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“NINNE NERA NAMMINANU” (Arabhi)

I had sought the protection of all and sundry, and

realising the futility of it. I have reposed my entire faith in

you; pray, protect me.

To maintain my family, I have wandered far and wide

and found the task fruitless. I have realised with vexation

that the benefit to be derived from the ocean of Samsara is

only of this nature, and have therefore sought you.

Realising that it is impossible for me to beg of small

men and flatter them, and giving up the company of the

wicked, I have firmly believd that you are the God that

could undo the effects of my past karma and, with compas¬

sion, protect me always.

I have sought your refuge, knowing fully that it is not

possible for anybody else to give protection to sinners and

cruel people at the time they are violently handled by Yama-

Dutas for having, in this world, deprived others of their

possessions without fear of the other world*

Oh, all*pervading Raghunandana of beautiful facel

Immediately I think of you at heart, I am filled with trans*

cendental joy.

-•• VIRAJA TURAGA ” (Balahamsa)

Oh king of kings! Bless me with a life free from ail¬

ments. What do wretched men with bodies afflicted by old

age» disease etc. achieve ? They become evil-minded, dis¬

integrating perisetually as the result of sense-indulgence

and continuous distress, with minds tormented by endless

greed and lust.

"SANTAMU LEKA" (Sama)

Without quietude there is no happiness for anybody*

be he one who has controlled his senses or a Vedantin.

Be he possessed of family and children and of material

wealth, or rich in spiritual sadhana like japa and tapas ;

Be he well versed in all Vedas and Sastras, knowing

well their inner significance.

Be he one who has performed yagas and other karmas*

Be he one who has acquired renown as a Bhagavatar.

•• RUKALU PADIVELU " (Dcsya Todi)

Though you may have tens of thousands of rupees^

what you actually need is only a handful of rice.

Though you may have immense quantity of clothes, you

need only one for wearing*

Though you may possess extensive territory, for laying

your body at rest, you require only three cubits of space.

Though you may have hundreds of varieties of cakes,

you can take only as much as your mouth can hold.

Though the lake may be full of water, you can draw

therefrom only so much as your vessel can hold-

Oh Mind! (In the mad pursuit after these) forget not

Hari, the essence of the Universe.

KARUN AJALADHE ” (Nathanamakriya)

Oh Ocean of Mercy* Sri Rama of charming face ! the

repository of excellent virtues ! You fill the whole Universe;

How could I blame it (for things which happen in ways at

variance with your nature and glory) ?

The realisation of true Bhaktas is in one way, while the

method adopted by the people, who do not know the truth

about you. is in another direction.

Do people lovingly chant your holy name and spend

their time in meditating upon you ?

Will people offer unto you the merit (Punya) they have

acquired ? Do they understand your Maya and live accord¬

ingly ?

Do they heartily worship you and frequently meditate

on you?

Do they pant for a direct Darsan of you ? Don't people

insatiably crave for the happiness derived from the posses¬

sion of the nine treasures (of Kubera) ?

Do they say and believe that you are immanent in all

things and exult in realizing that they are identical with

you yourself ?

Do they engage themselves in introspection and seek

the Lordi the redeemer from SamsAra ?

“ENDARO MAHANUBHAVULU” (Sri Ragam)

Great souls are indeed many> Salutations to them all!

Many are those who see in the lotus ol their hearts the

Lord of moon-face and exquisite beauty and proportion

and enjoy bliss.

1. Many are those who are foremost among the bles*

sed ones who have had the realisation of the Lord of

supreme beauty who delights in Saman music.

2. Many are those who have the blessedness of an

unerring Darsana of the glorious Swarupam of the Lord*

after seeking and finding Him in the deep forest of their

mind.

3. Many are those who unreservedly rush to offer the

lotus of their mind (Chittam) at the feet of the Lord.

4. Many are those who sing sincerely in choice langu¬

age the praise of the Supreme Lord, the redeemer of the

fallen* adhering to the true path and with knowledge of

Swara. Laya and RAga.

“HARIDASULU VEDALU” (Yamuna KalyAni)

Oh Merciful Lord! HaridAsas are going in an imposing

procession and their sight fills me with supreme joy* They

sing devotedly the holy names in order - Harii Gk)vinda,

Narahari, Rama, Krishna etc. To the accompaniment of

mridangam, they go along the streets, singing, brimming

with ecstacy. In the joy that they have secured Hari, they

forget themselves and praise your holy name as the only

means for salvation* With girded loins they dance to the

eccompaniment of tala, and with divine wisdom, with

meditation on Rama, and with fine music, surrender their

bodies to the Lord. They, in company with Tyagaraja, shine

brilliantly, scattering flowers over the Lord of Lords-

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•‘GURULEKA” (Gowrl Manohari)

Whatever might be one’s merits and qualities, without

a Sad Guru, to cut and clear the deep forest of his mental

torment, it will not be possible for him to acquire any know¬

ledge. Health, children, wealth, wife, relations, etc-, appear

to disappear, thereby causing him distress. A guru alone

will be able to protect one by administering, with love, the

medicine of spiritual initiation and enlightenment to keep

the mind free from attachment.

'• NI CHITTAMU NISCHALAMU " (Dhanyasl)

Your mind is steady and taintless and so I have fixed

my faith entirely in you. My mind is deceitful and unsteady.

Pray do not give me up on that account, O Rama! The Guru

cleanses the mind like a Sallaki Seed (which clarifies water

by removing mud therefrom); he is the bee (which transforms

the pupil into himself); he is the sun (who dispels the mist

of ignorance): he is the embodiment of auspiciousness and is

himself the highest to be attained* I have taken yourself

as the Guru in this world who protects the devotee.

" BUDDHI RADU " (Sankarabharanam)

True wisdom will not dawn on one, if he is not inspired

by the words of the great saints.

Mere mastery of all the great branches of learning will

not secure wisdom.

Though one may have done any amount of charity

with grains and money, wisdom will not be vouched to

him If he does not drink the nectar of the speech of

single-minded devotees.

Though one may have read ceaselessly Ramayana,

Bhagavata and other puranas, he will not have wisdom,

unless he associates with those who have true knowledge

of the significance of the lives of the Avatars in human form.

Though one may have practised yogas and though one

may have secured all enjoyments, wisdom will not be his,

if he has not gained the friendship of devotees of Rama.

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