manavi yALakiJca
Sahityam
Pallavi
manavyALakinca rAdaTE¹
marmamella telpedanE manasA
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marmamella telpedanE manasA
O My Mind! Won’t You listen to my appeal? I am revealing all the secrets.
Anupallavi
ghanuDaina rAma² candruni
karuNAntaraGgamu telisina nA (manavi)
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karuNAntaraGgamu telisina nA (manavi)
O My Mind! Won’t You listen to my appeal who knows the secret of the grace of the great Sri Ramachandra?
Charanam
karma³ kANDa matAkRSTulai bhava
gahana cArulai gAsi jendaga
kani mAnavAvatAruDai
kanipiJcinADE naData tyAgarAju (manavi)
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gahana cArulai gAsi jendaga
kani mAnavAvatAruDai
kanipiJcinADE naData tyAgarAju (manavi)
Looking at people suffering by becoming wanderers in the forest of Worldly existence, being drawn towards the set of beliefs as contained in the portion of sacrificial (ritulistic) actions of vEdas,the Lord having embodied as a human being exemplified the right conduct; therefore, O My Mind! Won’t You listen to the appeal of this Thyagaraja?
Variations
- 2 rAmacandruni – zrI rAmacandruni
References
- 3 karma kANDa – In this regard, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, Chapter 2, verses 42 to 44 refer.
Commentary
- 1 rAdaTE – aTE is an intensive form of addressing a woman, particularly wife. Sri Thyagaraja addresses his mind in feminine form in many kritis. The same feminine form is used again in the anupallavi ‘telpedanE ’.
Renditions
T.V. Sankaranarayanan - File: 02_Manavyala_Nalinakanti.mp3 http://sangeethamshare.org/kgb/127_TVShankarnarayanan_Raghuram_ME_GU_GS_08.04.09/
Sanjay Subrahmanyan - File: 01-ManavyAlakin-NaLinakAnthi_1.mp3 http://sangeethamshare.org/manjunath/Carnatic/Audio/020-Sanjay-Subramaniyan_Hamsadhwani-Concert/
M.S. Subbulakshmi - File: 03_manavyAlakincharA_nalinakAnthi-3.48-MB.mp3 http://sangeethamshare.org/tvg/UPLOADS-0601---0800/755.M.S.SUBBALAKSHMI_LIVE_MUSIC_ACADEMY_1960
Vittal Ramamurthy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM3kt6slzVQ
KV Narayanaswamy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHH7Eui6UA4