O raGga-zAyi
Sahityam
Pallavi
O raGga zAyi¹ pilicitE² Oyanucu³ rA rAdA
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O Lord reclining in Ranga Vimana! When I call You, can’t You come responding ‘O’?
Anupallavi
sAraGga⁴ dharuDu jUci⁵ kailAs-
AdhipuDu kA lEdA (O raGga)
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AdhipuDu kA lEdA (O raGga)
Didn’t Lord Siva -holder of antelope (or deer) - become the Lord of Kailasa by beholding You?
Charanam
bhU-lOka vaikuNThamidiyani
nIlOna nIvEyuppoGgi
zrI⁶ lOluDaiyuNTE mA
cinta tIrEdennaDO
mElOrva lEni janulalO nE
migula nogili divya rUpamunu
mutyAla sarulayuramunu kAna⁷
vacciti tyAgarAja hRd-bhUSaNa (O raGga)
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nIlOna nIvEyuppoGgi
zrI⁶ lOluDaiyuNTE mA
cinta tIrEdennaDO
mElOrva lEni janulalO nE
migula nogili divya rUpamunu
mutyAla sarulayuramunu kAna⁷
vacciti tyAgarAja hRd-bhUSaNa (O raGga)
Considering this place to be Vaikuntha on the Earth, exulting all by Yourself, if You remain enamoured with Lakshmi, pray tell me, when our worries would be relieved? Having suffered a lot in the midst of people who could not withstand others’ excellence, I have come to behold Your divine form and Your chest with pearl necklaces shining therein. O Lord who is the adornment of the heart of this Thyagaraja!
Renditions
Variations
- 1 zAyi - zAyI
- 2 pilicitE – pilacitE
References
- 4 sAraGga dharuDu – In the episode at Daruka Vana, as Bhikshatana, Lord Siva acquires deer (antelope). [[http://www.shaivam.org/index.html Daruka Vana]]
- 5 jUci kailAsAdhipuDu – the exact location of this episode is to be traced.
- General – The legends about Lord Ranganatha and the circumstances under which this Kriti (O raGga zAyi ) came to be sung by Sri Thyagaraja is given in [[http://ramanuja.org/sv/temples/srirangam/ Thyagaraja]].
- For Ranganatha Ashtakam of Adi Sankaracharya, - [[http://www.shastras.com/adisankara/ranganathashtakam/ Ranganatha Ashtakam]]
Commentary
- 3 Oyanucu – O + anucu - The method of responding when called by some one.
- 4 sAraGga – name of bow of Lord Vishnu also – hence Saranga Pani; however, it is not relevant here.
- 6 zrI lOla – the word ‘lOla ’ actually means ‘a person who is in love head over heals’. This is a ridicule of the Lord that He has forgotten His duties (of protecting His devotees).
- 7 kAna vacciti – I came to behold – This is to be contrasted with the statement of Anupallavi wherein Sri Thyagaraja states that Lord Siva became the Lord of Kailasa by beholding Him.