Manasu Swaddhina (Class / Lesson) : Shankarabharanam ; Misra Chapu; Tyagaraja

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manasu svAdhInam(ai)na

Ragam: Shankarabharanam { 29th Melakartha Ragam}

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dheerashankarabharanam

ARO:   S R2 G3 M1 P D2 N3 S    ||

AVA:   Ṡ N3 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S  ||

Talam: Misra Chapu

Composer:  Tyagaraja

Version: Peri Sriramamurthy
Lyrics & Meanings Courtesy: Tyagaraja Vaibhavam http://thyagaraja-vaibhavam.blogspot.com/2008/03/thyagaraja-kriti-manasu-svadhina-raga.html

Youtube Class / Lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=982oTF1ne-c

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Pallavi:

manasu svAdhInam(ai)na(y)A ghanuniki mari mantra tantramul(E)la

Anupallavi

tanuvu tAnu kAd(a)ni(y)encu vAniki tapasu cEyan(E)la daSaratha bAla (ma)

caraNam 1

anni nIv(a)nucu(y)encina vAniki  ASrama bhEdamul(E)la

kannu kaTTu mAyal(a)ni(y)encu vAniki kAntala bhramal(E)la daSaratha bAla (ma)

caraNam 2

Ajanmamu dur-vishaya rahituniki  gat(A)gatam(i)ka(y)Ela

rAja rAj(E)Sa niranjana nirupama  rAja vadana tyAgarAja vinuta (ma)

Meaning: (Courtesy: Thyagaraja Vaibhavam: http://thyagaraja-vaibhavam.blogspot.com/2008/03/thyagaraja-kriti-manasu-svadhina-raga.html )

P: To that (A) great person (ghanuniki) whose mind (manasu) is (aina) under self control (svAdhInamu) (svAdhInamainayA), what is further (mari) (literally again) need (Ela) for sacred prayers (mantra) or mystical formulae (tantramulu) (tantramulEla)?

A: To him (vAniki) who considers (encu) that (ani) body (tanuvu) is not (kAdu) (kAdaniyencu) Self (tAnu), what is the need (Ela) to undertake (cEyanu) (cEyanEla) penances (tapasu), O Son (bAla) of King daSaratha?

To that great person whose mind is under self control, what is further need for sacred prayers or mystical formulae?

C1: To him (vAniki) who has considered (encina) that (anucu) everything (anni) is but You only (nIvu) (nIvanucuyencina), what is the need (Ela) for differentiation (bhEdamulu) (bhEdamulEla) of stages of life (ASrama)?

To him (vAniki) who considers (encu) it to be (ani) a fascinating (kannu kaTTu) illusion (mAyalu) (mAyalaniyencu), why (Ela) perplexity (bhramalu) (bhramalEla) (because) of women (kAntala), O Son (bAla) of King daSaratha?

To that great person whose mind is under self control, what is further need for sacred prayers or mystical formulae?

C2: To him who remains devoid of (rahituniki) evil-some sense objects (dur-vishaya) throughout life (Ajanmamu), where is (Ela) further (ika) cycle of birth and death (gata Agatamu) (gatAgatamikayEla)?

O Lord (ISa) of Emperors (rAja rAja) (rAjESa)! O Spotless One (niranjana)! O Peerless One (nirupama)! O Moon (rAja) Faced (vadana)! O Lord praised (vinuta) by this tyAgarAja!

To that great person whose mind is under self control, what is further need for sacred prayers or mystical formulae?