by Damodara Rao Dasu

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koluvai yunnADE-dEvagAndhAri-Adi

This is Utsava Sampradaya Keertana (ceremonial song). Tyagaraja describes Srirama, Sita and his brothers. Here Rama is described as Mahavishnu also.

P koluvai yunnADE kOdanDapANi || Srirama with a bow in his hand is majestic in his court.
AP salalita matulai sAreku Seelulai
valachuchu kOri vachchi sEvimpaga ||
Gentle and pious devotees are serving him with love and devotion.
C 1 janakaja bharatAdulatO manchi naivEdyamula
chanuvuna vEDuka nAraginchi merapu kOTla gEru
kanaka patalamu sommulanu dharinchi vEdOktamulaina
sanaka vachanamulachE tOshinchi Sritula pOshinchi ||
He fondly accepts tasty food offerings by his dear Sita and Bharata. He shines with the radiance of a million lightenings. He wears golden costumes. He listens to melodious rendering of Vedic incantations by sage Sanaka.He protects those who seek his shelter.
C 2 varavagu vAsanalu parimaLimpa sannidhilO veluguchu
suravara satulu bAga naTimpa adigAka parA
Sara nArada munulella nutimpa ententO nenaruna
surapati vAgeeSulu sEvimpa mEnu pulakarimpa ||
He is shining in the ambience of sweet fragrance. There, the celestial dancers are dancing gracefully. Not only that, Parasara, Narada and other sages are chanting his praise. Indra, Brahma and other Devas are serving him with gratitude and happiness.
C 3 uDurAja mukhuDu SEshaSayya paini chelagaga gani
puDami kumAri sugandhamu pooya nammina vAralakE
kaDaganTini kOrina varameeya tyAgarAja nenaruga
aDugaDuguku maDupula nandeeya SrirAmayya ||
Rama with beautiful moon like face is reclining on the divine serpent couch. Sita,daughter of Bhudevi is applying sandalwood paste on him. He grants boons to devotees by his mere glances. Tyagaraja offers rolls of 'Tambulam' heartily.

hari yanu vAri-tODi-Adi

In this Kruti Tyagaraja says that those who chant the holy name HARI have no equals.He adds that they abhor associting with devotionless people and that Sage Suka is their valuable treasure.

P hari yanu vAri sari evvarE|| Who is there equal to those who chant the holy name of Hari ?
AP paluvidhamula talapulu rOsi
niluvaramagu bhaktiyu jEsi
malayani mata bhEdamu gOsi ||
Those who chant the name of Hari, unmindful of divergent views, with stead-fast devotion and free from controversies are incomparable.
C 1 karaguchu madilO kAminchi hari
charaNamulanu hrudayamuna nunchi
vara Suka mukha dhanamani yenchi ||
Those who chant the name of Hari with burning desire within, keeping his sacred feet at heart, trusting that Sage Suka's life as the most precious example, are unparalleled.
C 2 ee sukhamerugani jana chelimi
vAsuki visamE mari kolimi nija
dAsula sambhAshaNa balimin ||
Association with devotionless people is like deadly poison of serpent Vasuki. It is indeed like hot furnace. Strength obtained by conversations with devotees is incomparable.
C 3 nee japamuna hrudayamu vEga
rAjillanu chEsina tyAgarAja nutunipErula bAga ||
Those who take delight in chanting the sacred name of Tyagaraja's deity, have no equals.