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"SATTALENI DINAMU" (Naganandini)

Have we fallen on godless days ? O embodiment of

Truth! O God who abides in the hearts of the good! No

doubt this is the first part of the Kaliyuga. Should people,

on that account, pay neither respect nor regard to their

parents and Gurus and indulge in various kinds of

misdeeds ?

" EVARIENA LERA " (Siddhasena)

Are there no good and great men in this world, who

could protect the helpless and let Sri Rama know of the

poignant trouble which people experience in the sea of

samsara ?

Is there no one of firm mind who could now point out

to TyAgarAja what the acts of the low people of Kali are and

what the acts of greedy and haughty men are (to enable

him to avoid them) ?

" VIDULAKU " (Mayamalava Gowla)

Obeisance to all the learned ; obeisance to all those

who are well-versed in music; obeisance with joy to those

who are well-versed in the divine music of Sama Veda

promulgated by Siva; obeisance to those versed in the

seven svaras whose soul is Nada; obeisance to Lakshmi,

Parvati, Sarasvati, Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, Narada, Indra,

Bharata, Kasyapa, Chandikesvara, Anjaneya, Subrahmanya,

Vighnesvara, Markandeya, Agastya, Tumburu, Somesvara,

Sarngadeva, Nandi and other (promulgators of music) who

are worthy of Tyagaraja’s respect; obeisance to those who

know the secret of the bliss of Brahmananda.

" INTA BHAGYAMANI NIRNAYIMPA " (Punnagavarftli)

Is it possible even for Brahma, Indra and others to

measure the blessedness of those who worship the Great

Ones who meditate on you ?

Dullards, people of unsteady mind, heinous sinners and

those who can never hope for salvation, if only they join the

company of those who worship you, the matchless one, they

also become unequalled beings.

Those who grovel in the Maya SamsAra and those who

are fully immersed in lust and similar vices, if only they

seek the Darsana of those Bhaktas who have real faith in

you and have minds filled with nectar, will Brahma, Indra

and others be able to measure their blessedness?

Those who follow the routine of the karma-marga, with¬

out knowing your real truth, those who are devoid of Dharma,

if only they think of the rare fortune of the pure-minded

who meditate upon your form which gave birth to these

worlds, will Brahma, Indra and others be able to measure

their blessedness?

"LILAGANU JUCHU

Oh Paramatma! Bless me so that I might associate

closely with high-minded people who look upon as your

sport (hla), all the worlds* with all these dullards and

vulgar folk, the men, semi-divine beings, demons, Indra,

Siva, Vishnu, trees, the vegetable and animal kingdom, and

the mountains and other numerous worlds.

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" SARVANTARY AMI" (Bhairavi)

Is the glory of your immanence in all beings real ? It

is a wonder how the pure-minded could tolerate the sight

of such worthless people as those who are ignorant of the

right path, who are indigent, and destitute, who, out of

haughtiness, are indulging in debased religious practices,

who are given to debauchery and who do perverse deeds

and remain worldly. The mystery is really perplexing,

I do not know.

"RAMA RAMAKRISHNA" (Gowlipantu)

O people! You will all do well to chant the name of

my Sitard>ma and Krishna day and night.

Your heart itself will bear witness to the happiness

that this path, as different from other paths, will bring you.

Oh people, you whp deeply desire objectionable acti*

vities and are lost in them !

Who wallow excessively in low talks and who have be¬

come slaves to desires, even after reading all sAstras !

Who, unable, out of envy, to stand the prosperity of

neighbours, still pass on kind words to them!

Who. though they talk sweetlyi have poison in their

hearts!

Who, though having learnt how to use speech, yet

when the actual occasion for it comes, bring ruin on their

intelligence (i. e. do not know how to speak)!

This fact is testified to by several who had no high birth,

but were shrewd (enough to adopt this path), those like the

serpent, the pig, the elephant, the ghost and many hein¬

ous sinners.

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This path of redemption. TyAgarAja has learnt to be the

means to achieve temporal and spiritual emancipation*

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'' SRI NARADA MUNi" (Bhairavi)

Oh! Guru Raya! I am blessed with your Darsana, pro*

bably it is the effect of my tapas in previous births^ I have

sought you with all my heart. I have today feasted my eyes

with your sight. As the result of your seva, I am rid of the

bondage of Samsara. You alone have attained bliss through

true knowledge; you alone are the destroyer of ignorance,

O Guru Raya with veena shining in your hand, you the

sad*guru, who saved Tyagaraj.

"SRI NARADA NADA" (KAnada)

Oh NArada! The honey-bee in the lotus of NAda, of

auspicious form, the saviour of the honour of the distressed.

Lord of the world, one who resembles the moon, one who

knows well the technique of playing on veena, which has

its origin in the Vedas, free from the three kinds of tor¬

ments that cause distress, adored by Devas, the friend of

Sri Krishna, one whose heart is full of bliss always, the

foremost among the sages, the giver of wealth and prospe¬

rity, adored by TyAgarAja, save me!

"NARADAGURUSWAMI" (Darbar)

Oh Narada Guru! Won’t you bless me now at least ?

Why this dearth of compassion ? Oh blessed pure one,

with a body brighter in lustre than the cloud of the Sarat

season, who has mastered the Vedas, yoga and music! If

not through you, at whose instance have the Puranas,

Agamas and other charitas come into being ? How could

the suggestion have arisen in Satyabhama to make a gift of

her husband, if not through you ? Who could have helped

munis and yatis but you ? I have reposed complete faith

in you; relieve me of my mental distress, you who blessed

Prahlada.

" VARA NARADA " (Vijaya Sri)

Oh Narada, the spotless one^ of form similar to that of

the autumnal moon, who constantly enjoys the bliss of

meditating upon Narayana, bless me effectively. Sri Hari

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himself has proclaimed you as the greatest Guru of the

whole Universe and that He and you are identical and has

thus caused your glory to spread throughout.

"SARI VEDALINA" (Asaveri)

Look at Kaverii which is gloriously going towards her

husband's house, fulfilling the desires of all people without

any differentiation.

She moves rapidly in one place, roars fearfully at an*

otheri she remains still with full grace at a third.

With cuckoos singing pleasantly, she, after seeing and

worshipping Sri Ranganata, comes to Panchanadeswara,

who is the life of the fourteen lokas.

She is being worshipped with flowers by Brahmans on

either side and is praised by them as Rajarajesvari.

"MURIPEMU GAUGE GADA” (Mukhari)

Oh Rama! Are you not happy (1) that you have secured

a charming and excellent place known as Panchanada

Kshetra, in the Chola country, beautiful in all this world,

worthy of being coveted by Siva, on the bank of the Ka-

verl, over which blows the incomparable zephyr and which

is studded with palatial and beautiful buildings where Brah¬

mans worship, perform homas and chant Vedas;

(2) that you have in it a mantapam to live in, made of

gold, bedecked with precious gems, surrounded on all

sides by divine trees with sweet-smelling flowers, adored

by sages, Suka and Sanaka’, with the melody of cuckoos,

where you are served by Sarasvati;

(3) that you have on either side Sita and Lakshmana

to serve you.

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"EHI TRIJAGADISA" (SAranga)

Oh Lord of the three worlds ! Come and protect me !

Give me the hold of your hand ! O you adored by Agastya!

the bee in the lotus of the hearts of the devotees ! the gale

which blows away the evil people ! the destroyer of my

sins !

"MUCHCHATA BRAHMADULAKU" (Madhyamavati)

Lord Siva of Panchanada is coming out most beautifully

in procession, with his thought fixed on Parvati, the pure

and the beautiful; let us all go, O ladies, and enjoy the

Darsanam* It is not easily available even for Brahma and

other gods.

The Lord with his white and captivating form, bedecked

with jewels and rich flower garlands, is seated in an orna*

men ted palanquin, with royal parapherfialia, carried by men

of celestial bearing and with praises being sung by real

devotees.

At every stage he is being offered suitable naivedyam

and countless services by devotees.

He looks out for his devotees who practice always with

great pleasure Japa and Tapas, and lovingly promises

fulfilment of their desires.

Seeing this glory, BhAgavatas sing Hari-nama-ldrtana

excellently and with sweet notes and the elaboration of

varied RAgas. The Lord is coming out wide awake to

protect in time all good men and grant their boons; pro¬

claiming himself as being identical with TyAgarAja.

'TLALO PRANATARTI" (AtAna)

When you have not shown any mercy to me who have

long been meditating on you, pining with devotion and

surrendering body and soul at your holy feet, who gave you

Panchanada kshetrn

the appellations of Pranatarti-hara (the destroyer of the

distress of the devotees) and Sankara (the giver of happi¬

ness) ?

Have I not sought refuge in you, making sashtanga

pranamams to you, (with all the parts of my body touching

the ground) ? And have I not made plaintive appeals to

you, Oh Panchanadisa ?.

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"DARSANAMU SEYA" (NArayana Gowla)

Oh Siva ! Is it possible for me to have your Darsanam ?

You must take all things into account and forgive me.

No doubt I have seen the Gopuras, massive pillars,

stone idols installed on the earth and dances of women,

rows of lights, beautiful vAhanas and made pradakshinas

duly. My mind has been turned on things external.

I have made sixteen pradakshinas; I have indulged in

slandering others and in exultantly gazing at others' wives ;

but I have been unable to bring myself to do the holy

Siva Japam.

Is it a child’s play to install your glorious and beautiful

golden figure in the lotus of my heart and forget myself in

constant vision of it ?

"SIVA SIVA SIVA YANARADA" (Panluvaraii)

Why should you not chant the name of Lord Siva and

get rid of the fears and troubles of Samsftra ?

"PARASAKTI MANUPARADA" (Saveri)

Oh Parasakti! Dharmasamvardhani! Won't you sustain,

and protect me? Why are you indifferent to me! Indra,

Brahma, Rakshasas etc. pray to you for boons. Gods like

Indra have attained immortality by worshipping you. When

they praise you out of ecstacy, you shower your grace on

them. Should you not see that wicked people, who forsake

the innocent ones, do not come here ?

"NiVU BROVAVALE" (Saveri)

Oh Devi! Dharmasamvardhani! You must give me

your blessed Darsana and protect me always. I have been

searching the whole world, but I have not been able to find

a merciful being like you. My mind has caught hold of you.

Could I ever forget you hereafter ?

Without minding the faults I have committed till now,

bless me by granting my heart's desires.

Do not play false to me. Do not make me run after

gold which is worthless like a piece of stone. I have regar¬

ded everything as you. How long are these ordeals of

MfiyS Samsara to last ? Why should you be still indifferent

in granting me constant devotion to your feet ? It is not

fair that you should not remove from me the Mays that

you have cast.

People do not know your glory; by your very nature

you protect the world. I have reposed my entire faith

in you.

" KARUNA JUDAVAMMA " (Todi)

Oh Queen of unparalleled Panchanadapura! Beloved

of Siva ! Protect me always with mercy- You are the prop

of the universe and I have reposed my entire faith in you.

Don’t regard me as an unknown stranger. Don’t give your

ear any more to tales against me- I am worthy of your

grace.

I have believed that you are the destroyer of past

misdeeds done in ignorance and out of arrogance. I have

begged of you the gift of devotion to your blessed lotus feet.

How is it that it does not strike you to grant it ? Pray, do not

keep back your grace. Don’t you hear my constant

plaintive appeals to you in my helpless condition ? Who

else is there to protect me ?

Oh ParAsakti! My mind should not be unsteadily

oscillating like the drop of water on a lotus leaf. What is

the good of it? You are the half of Siva’s body. Yourself,

RAroa and Siva are not different- You ought not to give up

TyAgarAja.

“VIDHI SAKRADULAKU" (Yamuna Kalyani)

Oh ! Dharmambika! Protector and refuge of the wise!

Supreme Mother 1 Is it possible for Brahma. Indra and other

gods to have the darsana of your grand Sukravara seva.

when moon-faced damsels serving you carry the parapher¬

nalia and utter slogans of victory at every step, and

display excellent art in dancing, when golden flowers rain,

when devas rush and prostrate on the ground in your front,

when you cast your side glance in joy on all this, and with

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your necklace dangling and with your gentle smile illumi¬

nating the whole place, with parrot in hand, hold conversa¬

tion with Lakshmi, when Sanaka, Narada and others praise

you in chorus and the brilliance of your garments spreads

lustre all round.

Oh! you Mother residing at Panchanadapura, having

eyes brimming with compassion !

"SIVE PAHIMAM AMBIKE" (Kalyani)

Oh Sive ! O goddess Dharmasamavardhani abiding on

the northern bank of the Kaverl! Pray, protect me, you who

grant the fruit of their desires to those who resort to you.

When it is difficult even for the great Saraswati to praise

your innate glory, what am I ? You give* with affection and

love, words of encouragement and estimable gifts- You are

the whole Universe, movable and immovable. You ought

not to treat me with indifference.

with milk. Pray, stand before me and show me your

blessed face. Do not think that I say all this in fun. I have

reposed my faith in you from a long time. I have been

worshipping your holy feet several times. I have regarded

you as the fortune of the poor, pious souls. Even Brahma

cannot adequately praise you; bless me !

" NANNU KANNA TALLI" (Kesari)

Oh my mother! Dharmasamvardhani! If you do not

protect me when I am making plaintive appeals to you,

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pining with devotion, who else will save me ? Bless me with

boons always!

" AMBA NINNU " (Arabhi)

Oh Mother! Dharmasamvardhani! Why do you doubt

me when I say that I entirely repose my faith in you, taking

N&gapattana—Nllaya tSJethi

refuge at your feet with my whole heart in a helpless condi¬

tion and unable to bear distress ?

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"KARMAME BALAVANTAMAYA" (SAveri)

Oh Nllftyatakshi of Nagapattana! the witness of the

Universe! Owing to the overpowering force of my past

karma, I have been running after the rich men of the world,

but they could not remove distress; I have come to thee

promptly.

You have protected the earth from being overrun by the

sea, which seeing your heroic form had to remain submis¬

sive and desist from its purpose*

Realising that your grace alone is my wealth, and not

material money for which I had no desire, 1 came to you

full of hope and became your true devotee.

"EVARU TELIYA BOYYERU" (Todi)

Who can understand even a fraction of your prowess

and glory ? Oh Nilayatakshi, whom I have seen at Naga*

pattana!

Clad in precious golden garments, adorned with celes¬

tial flowers, with a parrot in hand, you made Siva dance.

At that time Hari, Brahma and other Gods praised you,

all the devata women stood witnessing gracefully and celes¬

tial damsels danced also in merriment. Seeing all this, you

showered your grace profusely.

You are the consort of Nagabhushana (Siva) and you

are the wealth of the devotees. Who else is there to

protect them ?

" NfVANTI DAIVAMU " (Todi)

Oh Subrahmanya, Son of Parvati, residing at Brahma-

puri! It is not possible to find a God like you, nor to under¬

stand your inner significance.

While you were playing with your mates at Kailasagiri,

you got angry with Brahma for his having declared that He

alone represented the significance of Pranava, called out one

of your nine followers and bestowed upon him the creative

power, to the admiration of devas, Vishnu and Siva.

When Vishnu and Siva, Dikpalakas, the Sun, the Moon

and all the heroes of the world, finding it impossible to deal

with the treacherous demon Surapadma came in a body to

you and sought your help^ you destroyed his arrogance to

your great glory.

You have installed in my heart your exquisitely beauti¬

ful form which defies even a myriad Manmathas, Oh Mer¬

ciful one!

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