Transliteration–Telugu
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Transliteration as per Modified Harvard-Kyoto (HK) Convention
(including Telugu letters – Short e, Short o) -
a A i I u U
R RR lR lRR
e E ai o O au M (H or :)
(e – short | E – Long | o – short | O – Long)
k kh g gh n/G
c ch j jh n/J (jn – as in jnAna)
T Th D Dh N
t th d dh n
p ph b bh m
y r l L v
S sh s h
sArasa nEtra-SankarAbharaNaM
In the kRti ‘sArasa nEtrApAra’ – rAga SankarAbharaNaM (Adi tALa), SrI
tyAgarAja praises the Lord.
P sArasa nEtr(A)pAra guNa
1sAmaja Siksha 2g(O)ddharaNa
C pApa gaN(A)bhra samIraNa 3pAmara
pAlita pAvana nAma caNa
tApasa mAnasa sArasa su-
bhramar(A)nagha rAghava mA ramaNa
(tisra gati)
yOgi vandya pAhi hE 4sAgar(A)rti haraNa
rAga lObha dUra SrI tyAgarAja pOshaNa (sA)
Gist
O Lotus Eyed! O Lord of abundant virtues! O Lord who protected
gajEndra! O Lord who redeemed his mother!
O Wind that blows away the clouds of sins! O Protector of the ignorant! O
Lord who is famous as having a holy name! O Honey-bee hovering over the lotus
of hearts of ascetics! O Sinless One! O Lord rAghava! O Consort of lakshmI! O
Lord worshipped by ascetics! O Lord who relieved the distress of the Lord of
Oceans! O Lord who is far removed from attachment and avarice! O Great Lord
who nourishes this tyAgarAja!
Please protect me.
Word-by-word Meaning
P O Lotus (sArasa) Eyed (nEtra)! O Lord of abundant (apAra) (nEtrApAra)
virtues (guNa)! O Lord who protected (Siksha) gajEndra – the elephant
(sAmaja)! O Lord who redeemed (uddharaNa) his mother (gO) (gOddharaNa)!
C O Wind (samIraNa) that blows away the clouds (abhra) of sins (pApa
gaNa) (gaNAbra)! O Protector (pAlita) of the ignorant (pAmara)! O Lord who is
famous (caNa) as having a holy (pAvana) name (nAma)!
O Honey-bee (su-bhramara) hovering over the lotus (sArasa) of hearts
(mAnasa) (literally minds) of ascetics (tApasa)! O Sinless One (anagha) (su-
bhramarAnagha)! O Lord rAghava! O Consort (ramaNa) of lakshmI (mA)!
O Lord worshipped (vandya) by ascetics (yOgi)! Please protect (pAhi) me
O (hE) Lord who relieved (haraNa) the distress (Arti) of the Lord of Oceans
(sAgara) (sAgarArti)!
O Lord who is far removed (dUra) from attachment (rAga) and avarice
(lObha)! O Great (SrI) Lord who nourishes (pOshaNa) this tyAgarAja!
O Lotus Eyed! O Lord of abundant virtues! O Lord who protected the
gajEndra – the elephant! O Lord who redeemed his mother!
Notes –
Variations –
References –
Comments -
This kRti is found only in the book ‘Compositions of Tyagaraja’ by Sri TK
Govinda Rao. Therefore, cross-checking is not possible.
This kRti is listed in the category of ‘doubtful’ in the ibid book, which
means it is doubtful whether this kRti was indeed composed by SrI tyAgarAja.
1 – sAmaja Siksha – In the ibid book, this is taken as ‘destroyer of mighty
elephant of kaMsa’. Probably, what is meant here is the elephant
‘kuvalayApIDaM. ‘Siksha’ means punishment. kRshNa kills the elephant, not as a
punishment, but because it was obstructing His way as directed by the driver (of
the elephant). Therefore, it cannot be called ‘punishment’. As ‘Siksha’ has a
secondary meaning ‘helping’, ‘bestowing’, it has, accordingly been translated
here.
2 – gOddharaNa – In the ibid book, this is taken as ‘one who lifted the
gOvardhana hill’. This word may be split as ‘gO+uddharaNa’; (it is doubtful
whether it can indeed be split like that.) There is no word here to indicate such a
meaning. As ‘gO’ means ‘mother’ in a secondary sense, it has, accordingly been
translated here.
3 – pAmara – Generally this means ‘wicked’. However, this word also
means ‘ignorant’. Keeping the context in view, it has accordingly been translated.
4 – sAgarArti haraNa – relieved the distress of Lord of Oceans - the exact
significance of this epithet is not clear.
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