by Damodara Rao Dasu

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AragimpavE - tODi - roopakam

In this traditional festival song (Utsava sampradaya keertana) Tyagaraja describes the scene of offering food to the deity, Rama.

P AragimpavE pAlu|| Please drink the milk
AP Sree raghu veera janakajA kara pa
vitramou venna pAl ||
Oh Sri Raghuveera the hero,please accept the sacred buttery milk offered by Sita the daughter of Janaka.
C 1 sAramaina divyAnnamu
shaDrasayuta bhakshaNamulu
dAra sOdarAdulatO
tyAgarAja vinuta pA||lA||
Oh lord of Tyagaraja,please enjoy the delicious food consisting tasty dishes.Please enjoy the food along with your wife, brothers and others.

allakallOla mAyenamma - sourashTram - Adi

In this song from 'Nauka Charitam', Tyagaraja describes the crisis in which Gopikas got entangled while going on a boat ride with Krishna on Yamuna river. They prayed to Goddess Yamuna to save their beloved Lord Krishna.

P allakallOla mAyenamma yamunA dEvi
mA yArtulanu deerpumamma ||
Oh Goddess Yamuna, we are entangled in terrible chaos. Please save us from this crisis.
AP mollala chE boojinchi mrokkEmu brOvumamma || We'll worship with Jasmine flowers and prostrate. Please protect us.
C 1 marubAriki tALalEka ee rAjakumAruni
dechchiti mindAka
tArumArAye bratuku tattaLinchE dendAka ||
Unable to bear the trouble by cupid, we brought this prince so far. But our lives are in danger. How long is this crisis?
C 2 gAlivAnalu ninDArAye mA
panulella gEli sEyuTa keDa mAye
mAlimitO mammElu maga ni yaDabAya nAye ||
The storm is getting severe. We'll become laughing stock. we came away leaving our dear husbands.
C 3 sommulella neekosagE mammA
yamunA dEvi ee sumukhuni gaTTu jErpumamma
yemmekAni balimini Ela techchiti mamma ||
We'll give away all our ornaments to you. Please save the handsome Krishna. Alas, Why did we force him to go with us?
C 4 naLina bhavunDu vrAsina vrAtalu
eTlaina gAni nAdhuDu bratiki yunTe chAlu
praLayamulayyeni Epani chEsina bhAmalu ||
What ever Brahma has written on our foreheads, it is enough if our lord's life is safe. Alas, women's deeds cause devastation.
C 5 dEhamulella nosagEmamma Oh dEvi
krushNadEvuni gaTTu jErpumamma
mOhanAnguni mEmu mOsabuchchitimamma ||
Oh Yamuna, we'll surrender our bodies.Please protect Krishna. We deceived the handsome Krishna.
C 6 mEmokka tencha bOtimamma
mApAli dEvudEmEmo enchu konnADamma ||
We wanted to do something, but God chose to act differently.
C 7 rAmarO Sri tyAgarAjAptuni bAyamamma || Oh Goddess Yamuna, save the intimate Lord of Tyagaraja.

anyAyamu sEyaku rA-KAfi-Adi

In this kruti Tyagaraja prays to Rama to save the life of his middle aged brotherRamanatham,although he harmed Tyagaraja a lot.He gives many instances from Mahabharata where Rama saved many from his enemy group.

P anyAyamu sEyaku rA rAma
anyuniga jooDaku rA nA yeDa ||
Oh Rama,don"t be unjust to me. Please don't treat me as an outsider. ||
AP ennO tappulu gala vArini rA
janya neevu brOchinAvu ganukanu ||
Oh great king,You protected so many people who committed countless mistakes.
C 1 jaDabharatuDu jinka SiSuvu
netti baDalika deerchaga lEdA
kaDalini munigina oka
koormamu kApADaga lEdA
puDamini pAnDava drOhini
dharma putruDu brOvaga lEdA
naDimi prAyamuna tyAgarAjanuta
nA poorvaja bAdha deerpa lEdani ||
Did not Jadabharata save a baby fawn drowning in a lake and comfort it? Did you not protect the Mandara mountain from sinking in ocean, taking the form of tortoise? Did not Dharmaraja protect Ashwathama the arch enemy of pandavas? Oh Rama the Lord of Tyagaraja,please do not be reluctant to relieve my middle aged elder brother from suffering.