Pallavi:
telisi - knowing
cintanatO - with thoughts
nAmamu - name (japa)
cEyavE - do
manasA - mind
Keeping thoughts of Rama steady in the mind, say his name steadily (even for one minute), oh mind.
Anupallavi:
talapulanni - your thoughts (anni - all)
nilipi - stopping
nimisha - minute
maina - even, only
tAraka roopuni - rama's image
nija - real
tattvamulanu - (tattva-way) his sayings and doings....
Even for one minute, steadily thinking abut Rama's image and thoughts of his doings, utter the name of Rama ...
CharaNam 1:
capalakSula - moving eyes all the time (aksha - eye)
ramayani - Rama is
pEru - name
kAmAdula - those with bad thoughts, desires of the flesh
pEru - anem
vAru - those people
vEru - it is different
Moving one's eyes all the time, people of with bad thoughts and desires is different.
ramayani - Rama is
brahamunaku - Brahman's
peru - name
a manava - those souls
janartula - sincere people (jana - people, arthi - sincere tapas or thinking)
teeru - make disappear, destroy
Rama is the Brahman's name.the Infinite syllable. It will destroy the troubles of those souls who do sincere tapas disappear.
CharaNam 2:
arkamanucu - milk-weed plant, called arka
jilledu - milk-weed,
taru - tree
peru - name
markata - monkey
buddu - mind
etula - how
teeru - go away
When uttering arka, if the mind thinks of milk-weed, how will the monkey-like thoughts of the mind go away?
arkuDanucu - surya, also called arka
bhaskaruniki - sun
peAru - name
tarkamanu - unnecessary arguments
andakaramu - darkness, ignorance
teeru - go away
When saying arka, if the mind thinks of the sun, the ignorance of unnecessary thoughts will disappear.
CharaNam 3:
Ajamanucu - the male goat, called aja
mEsamu - male goat
peru - name
nija - real
korika - wants
elagu - however
eederu - achieve
When saying aja, if the mind thinks of the he-goat, how will real wants be achieved?
ajuDani - Lord Brahma, also called ajan
vAgIshavaruniki - consort (ishvaran) of saraswati (vak) also
peAru - name
vijayamu - success
galgunu - will come
tyAgarAja nutuni - praised by this tyagaraja
When saying aja, if the mind thinks of Lord Brahma, it will attain success - chant the name of Rama, praised by this tyagaraja....
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Nice song indeed which conveys the real message of life.
ReplyDeleteTyagaraja the best of composers of all times and his lyrics make our heart melt and the soul rejoice.
ReplyDeletehi i want to add this to this beautiful kirtanai that i was taught.
ReplyDelete|ri;; ri ga ma ri ga ma pa ma ga; ma ri sa
ri;; ni pa ri sa; ni sa ri ga ma|
|ri ri pa ma pa da da pa ma pa ga ma ri; sa
ri ga ma pa; ma ga ma pa da da ma pa;;|
|ri ri ga ma pa ma da pa sa ni pa ri sa ni pa ma
ri ga ma da pa ri sa ni sa ri ga ma ri ri|
|ri ri sa ma ga ma pa ma ga ma ri sa ni ri sa ni pa ri sa ni pa ma sa ni pa ma ri ga ma ri ri sa| (telisi rama chintana...)