మరవకవే ఓ మనసా

Song: maravakavE O manasaa
maravakavE O manasa
raagam:  sAma
28 harikaambhOji janya
Aa: S R2 M1 P D2 S
Av: S D2 P M1 G3 R2 S

taaLam: roopakam
Composer: PaTNam SubramaNya Aiyyar
Language: Telugu

pallavi

maravakavE O manasA mA rAmuni nimiSamaina

anupallavi

taraNi vamsha tilakuDE DHaraNija nAyakuDE

caraNam

paramahamsa muni mAnasa pankaja prabhAkaruDE naravaruDE natajanArtti harabirudAnkithudE
surahita sangrahuDE sUrijanEdita vibhuDE varada venkaTEshvaruDE vAncita phala dAyakuDE

Summary:

పల్లవి

మరవకవే ఓ మనసా మారాముని నిముషమైన

అనుపల్లవి

తరణి వంశ తిలకుడే ధరణిజా నాయకుడే

చరణం

పరమహంస ముని మానస పంకజ ప్రభాకరుడే
నరవరుడే నతజనార్తిహర బిరుదాంకితుడే
సురహిత సంగ్రహుడే సూరిజనేదిత విభుడే
వరద వేంకటేశ్వరుడే వాంఛిత ఫల దాయకుడే

Meanings

pallavi

maravakavE O manasA: oh my heart, don't forget
mA rAmuni: our rAmA
nimiSamaina: even for a minute

Oh my heart! Don't forget chanting rama nAmA even for a moment! This is the heart of nArada bhakthi sUtras. Tad vismaraNE (kshaNamAtramapi) vyakulatEti.

anupallavi

taraNi vamsha: surya dynasty
tilakuDE: scion
DHaraNija: daughter of the earth
nAyakuDE: husband

Summary:

here rAmA's poshaka tatvam (maintenance aspect) is glorified. Surya's rays are responsible for the survival of this universe. rAmA is the scion of a such dynasty. He is the husband of sethamma (daughter of the earth). Doesn't wealth come from mother earth?

caraNam

paramahamsa: realized souls
muni: sages
mAnasa pankaja: lotus hearts prabhAkaruDE: one who illuminates naravaruDE: greatest of men
natajana: those who bows  to him
Artti hara: remover of sorrows
birudAnkithudE: has the title
surahita sangrahuDE: one who bestows welfare for all devas.
sUrijanEdita vibhuDE: ruler of the strongest
varada: one who grand boons venkaTEshvaruDE: Lord venkatesa vAncita phala dAyakuDE: one who grand the desires of devotees.

Summary:

He is the one who enlightens the hearts of the realized souls and shows them the path to moksha. He removes the worries of the one who took saranAgathi in him. That is his credential. One who bestows welfare for all the devas. Naravarude= rAma avathar shows us how a man should conduct himself by following the path of virtue and righteousness. Hence naravarude. He is the king of kings. He is none other than the varada venkatesa who fulfills the desires of his devotees. ( phalasruthi)

Nadha Sudha Rasambilanu

Nadha Sudha Rasambilanu
Composer: Saint Tyagaraja
Raga: Arabhi

pallavi

nAdasudhA rasambilanu narAkrti yAyE manasA

anupallavi

vEda purAnAgama shAstrAdula-kAdhAramaina

caraNam

svara mUlArunnokaTi ghaNTalu vara rAgamu kOdaNDamu

Medura naya dEshyamu triguNamu nirata gati sharamurA 

sarasa sangati sandarbhamu gala giramUlurA 

dhara bhajanE bhAgyamurA tyAgarAju sEvincu

నాద సుధారసంబిలను నరాకృతి ఆయె మనసా (ప్రణవ)

అనుపల్లవి

వేద పురాణాగమ శాస్త్రాదులకాధారమైన (ప్రణవ)

చరణం

స్వరములారున్నొకటి ఘంటలు వర రాగము కోదండము

మేదుర నయ దేశ్యము త్రిగుణము నిరతగతి శరమురా

సరస సంగతి సందర్భముగల గిరములురా

ధర భజనే భాగ్యమురా త్యాగరాజు సేవించు (ప్రణవ)

Word to word meaning:

Pallavi:

nAdasudhA rasambu: the nectar of nAdA

 ilanu (rasambu+ilanu): on this earth

narAkrti yAyE: Came in the form of a human

manasA: Oh my heart!

Summary:

Oh my Heart! the the nectar of nADa has manifested itself in the human form as Rama.

Rama is the culmination of the "Agni" beeja (ra)  and the "Amritha" beeja (ma). 

anupallavi

vEda purAnAgama shAstrAdula-kAdhAramaina

One who is the root of the vedhas, purANas and aAgamAs, that primordial sound

has manifested itself as a human.

caraNam:

svara mUlu: Notes
ArunnokaTi: six+one
ghaNTalu: bells
vara rAgamu: the celestial tune
kOdaNDamu: Rama's bow.

Medura: Ghan
naya: Soft
dEshyamu: Folk
triguNamu: the three properties.
nirata: one meaning of niratha is - pleasing
gati: laya (nirathagathi also means fast moving )
sharamu: Arrow.

sarasa:sa-rasa - impregnated with the bhava.
sangati: knowledge and wisdom.
sandarbhamu gala: with timeliness
giramUlurA: the words

dhara: on the earth

bhajanE: only bhajan

bhAgyamurA: our fortune.

tyAgarAju sEvincu: the one that Thyagaraja savours.

Summary:

In the charanam, tyagaraja beautifully sxplains Rama tattvam.

He starts by describing the "Kodandam". The jingles attached to the kodanda, he says are the seven notes.

The vara ragamu (which is an ensemble of the seven notes) itself forms the bow. Sangeetha has three qualities. They are Ghana, Naya (soft melody) and Deshya (folk). Ragas like Nata, Kalyani etc represent the Ghana(Gambhir)  aspect. Ragas like Behag, sahana represent the "naya" or the soft melody. The "Deshi" padams are the ones that melt the hearts of the lay and the connoisseur alike (Example - Brahmamokkate).  Apart from this Sangeetha also has "Gathi" (rhythm or meter). All these characteristics are personified by the arrow. Now comes Rama's vak (speech). His words are full of Bhava, wisdom and timeliness. When Rama says something, it strictly adheres to dharma. (vidDhi maam rshibhiH thulyam kevalam Dharmam AsThitham - Be it known that I take the support of Dharma like the rishis do). Also he speaks only at the right moment. He knows when to and when not to speak. (sadayudAsuka sambhavudu mokkaga kadalu tammuni palka chesithivi - says tyagaraja in the keerthana AdamOdi galadey ramayya). 

Towards the end Tyagaraja speaks of the "Phala Sruthi" of Rama bhajana. In the Kali yuga, we humans cannot perform yagnas and yAgas. How fortunate are we! Just chanting "Rama" nAmA is enough.  Oh my heart! that "Rama" whom tyagaraja serves(and who savours the nectar called rama nama)is the personification of the divine music!!! This remind me if the Puranshara dasa krithi - RamanAma pAYasakke krishna nAma sakkarey)

nAda suDHA rasambilanu

rAgA: AraBHi

Sung by: Srirangam Gopalarathnam
(AIR Programme)

puTTubhOgulamu mEmu

puTTubhOgulamu mEmu bhuvi haridAsulamu naTTanaDimi doralu nAkIyyavalenA                                      // pallavi //

pallakIlu, aMdalAlu, paDivAgetEtIlu
velliviri mahAlakShmIvilAsamulu
talli yAke maganinEdaivamani kolichEmu
vollagE mAkEsirulu voru liyyavalenA                       // puTTu //

grAmamulu ratnamulu gajamukhyavastuvulu
AmanibhUkAMtaku aMgabhEdAlu
bhAmini yAkemagani prANadhAri leMkalamu
vOmi mAkAtaDE yichchI voruliyyavalenA              nj // puTTu //

pasagalapadavulu brahmanirmitamulu
vesa brahmataMDri SrIvEMkaTESuDu
vosagi yAtaDE mammu nEli inniyu nichche
vosagina mAsommulu voruliyyavalenA                  // puTTu //

word by word meanings

Pallavi

puTTubhOgulamu: rich by birth
mEmu: we
bhuvi: on the earth
haridAsulamu,: servants of Sri hari
naTTanaDimi: in between
doralu: masters
nAkIyyavalenA: should they give

Summary:

By being "haridasa"s, we are rich by birth. Why should we look for the arms from the earthly chiefs.

Charanam 1

pallakIlu: a pallanquin
aMdalAlu: open pallaki.
paDivAgetIlu: neighing horses
velliviri: opulence
mahAlakShmIvilAsamulu: the prowess of mother maha Lakshmi
talli: mother
yAke(synonym Ame)
maganinEdaivamani kolichEmu
vollagE mAkEsirulu voru liyyavalenA

Summary:

All the material wealth that these kings use to entice us to compose on them are goddess lakshmi's! We pray to the Lord of the piratti. Why do we care for the opulence of these kings!

Charanam 2

grAmamulu: lands

ratnamulu: pearls and emeralds
gajamukhyavastuvulu: things like elephants etc
AmanibhUkAMtaku: mother earth's
aMgabhEdAlu: ornaments
bhAmini: lady
yAke: her
magani: husband
prANadhAri: the one who sustains lives leMkalamu:
vOmi: this is a local usage suggesting rakshana
mAkAtaDE yichchI: he gives
voruliyyavalenA: why do we expect others?

Summary:
Why do we need the earthly luxuries given to us by the royalty? Are these not mother earth's bounty? We are the servants of the sustainer of the universe. He takes care of our poshana. What we need for our daily living, he takes care.Why do we, then, need the patronage of the royalty?

Charanam 3

pasagalapadavulu: Sears of power
brahmanirmitamulu: created by Brahma
vesa: quickly
brahmataMDri SrIvEMkaTESuDu: Lord venkatesa, the father of Brahma

vosagi: give
yAtaDE mammu nEli: being outer ruler
inniyu nichche: gave all these

vosagina mAsommulu: these divine gifts given to us by
voruliyyavalenA: do others need to give is?

Summary
All that great positions of royalty are created by Brahma. When the father of Brahma, Sri venkatesa himself is eager to bless us with the ultimate position, moksha, why do we care about the positions offered by the royalty!

Audio link

This reminds us of the tyagarAja kriti- "niDhi chAlA suKhama" and Pothana's slokam:
కాటుక కంటి నీరు చనుకట్టు పయింబడ నేల యేడ్చెదో కైటభదైత్యమర్దనుని గాదిలి కోడల! యో మదంబ! యో హాటకగర్భురాణి! నిను నాకటికిం గొనిపోయి యల్ల కర్ణాట కిరాట కీచకులు కమ్మ త్రిశుద్ధిగ నమ్ము భారతీ!

Ghanudavu Nee Mahima

Krithi:Ghanudavu Nee Mahima
Raga: SankarABHaraNam?



GHanudavu nI mahima~gannavArevvaru
minukula kontha kontha mecchutinthe~gAni

jalaDhi nIru socchi sAre sAre nIdavacchu
muluguchu kondaina movavacchu
ila ella yetta vacchu yE rUpaina gAvacchu
balimi nI chittamEY pattarAdugAni


Akasaminthinthani anti koluvaga vacchu
chEkoni GHora tapamu sEyavacchu
rAkAsula champavacchu rAmala~galaya vacchu
Akada nI guttu teliyagarAdu gAni

pattarAni vrathamulu pattinchi sEyincha vacchu
gatti rAyaina kadu karacha vacchu
itti srI vEnkatesa itu nannu koodithivi
ditta nInAlOna BHEdincha rAdugAni


Pallavi Meaning:

GHanudavu: you are great!
nI mahima: your prowess
~gannavArevvaru: who has seen it
minukula:sparkling tidbits
 kontha kontha: little
 mecchutinthe~gAni: we can only praise.

Oh Lord! who has seen your prowess in its entirety? We can only praise a few sparkling tidbits here and there.

Charanam 1: 

jalaDhi nIru socchi: may be I can dive into the ocean.
sAre sAre: again and again
nIdavacchu: swim
muluguchu; with a sigh
kondaina movavacchu: i may lift a hill.
ila ella:the who whole earth
 yetta vacchu: Hold
 yE rUpaina gAvacchu: may take any form
balimi: with strength
 nI chittamEY pattarAdugAni: i cannot catch your heart.

Summary: 

Oh Lord! I may be able to swim across the great ocean again and again. with a great sigh I may be able to hold a hill on my back. May be I can hold this earth. However I cannot, by my strength, catch your heart(intent). (But with pure and  absolute devotion I can hold you in my heart).

Charanam 2: 

Akasaminthinthani anti koluvaga vacchu: may be I can measure the sky.
chEkoni GHora tapamu sEyavacchu: or perform a great penance(tapas)
rAkAsula champavacchu: may be I can kill the demons (external or internal)
 rAmala~galaya vacchu: rAma - Nithyam yoginah yasya namam ramanthey saha rAmaha, you can become one of those who constantly rejoice in you (rAma), in other words yogis and celestials.
Akada: there
nI guttu: your secret (or maya)
teliyagarAdu gAni: we cannot know.

Summary: 

Oh lord, I may be able to measure the sky. I may be able to undertake a great penance for millions of years. May be, with your grace, i may get thestrength to kill demons (internal or external) or become one among the celestials. I cannot realize your maya, the lord who resides there (akada) in my heart.


Charanam 3:

pattarAni vrathamulu pattinchi sEyincha vacchu: may be I can make people perform the impossible.
gatti rAyaina kadu karacha vacchu: may be I can crush a stone with my teeth.
itti srI vEnkatesa: Oh Lord Venkatesa
itu nannu koodithivi: you have are in my heart
ditta: Oh smart one(sarasokthi)
 nInAlOna BHEdincha rAdugAni: no one can differentiate between us.

Summary:

May be I can help people in achieving the impossible penances. May be I can crush a hard stone with my teeth. Oh Lord Venkatesa, now that I have become one with you, no one can differentiate us.

Audio Link:
https://archive.org/details/ANNAMACHARYA_791