Mitri Bhagyame (Class) - Kharaharapriya - Adi - Tyagaraja

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mitri bhAgyamE

Ragam: Kharaharapriya (22nd mela kartha)

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Arohana:               S R2 G2 M1 P D2 N2 S       ||
Avarohana:           S N2 D2 P M1 G2 R2 S       ||

Talam: Adi

Composer: Tyagaraja

Version: Ram Kaushik (Youtube Original)

Lyrics / Meaning Courtesy http://thyagaraja-vaibhavam.blogspot.com/2007/07/thyagaraja-kriti-mitri-bhaagyamae-raga.html

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Pallavi:

mitri bhAgyamE bhAgyamu manasA sau(mitri)

Anupallavi:

citra ratna-maya SEsha talpam(a)ndu

sItA patini unici(y)Ucu sau(mitri)

Charanam:

bAguga vinta rAgamulan(A)lApamu

sEyaga mEnu pulakarincaga

tyAgarAja nutuDagu SrI rAmuni

tatv(A)rthamunu pogaDi jucu sau(mitri)

Meaning: Courtesy Tyagaraja Vaibhavam: http://thyagaraja-vaibhavam.blogspot.com/2007/07/thyagaraja-kriti-mitri-bhaagyamae-raga.html

Sahityam: mitri bhAgyamE bhAgyamu manasA sau(mitri)

Meaning: O My Mind (manasA)! The fortune (bhAgyamE) of lakshmaNa - son of mitrA – sumitrA (mitrA) (saumitri) is indeed the real fortune (bhAgyamu).

mitri: friend

bhAgyamE: is indeed the fortune

bhAgyamu: fortune

manasA: by the mind

sau(mitri): Sumitra's son (refers to Lakshmana, brother of Rama)

Sahityam: citra ratna-maya SEsha talpam(a)ndu

Meaning: A O My Mind! The fortune of lakshmaNa, who saw the lord sitting on

the pretty (citra) gem-studded (ratna-maya) couch (talpamu) (talpamandu) of SEsha and gently rocking (Ucu) (uniciyUcu) it,

citra: wonderful

ratna-maya: gem-filled

SEsha: of the serpent king (Ananta, on whom Vishnu rests)

talpam(a)ndu: on the bed

Sahityam: sItA patini unici(y)Ucu sau(mitri)

Meaning: … Lakshmana, who has the privilege of seating (unici) the Lord SrI rAma – Consort (patini) of sItA – on (andu)

sItA: Sita (wife of Rama)

patini: as the wife

unici(y)Ucu: having made

sau(mitri): Sumitra's son (Lakshmana)

Sahityam: C: bAguga vinta rAgamulan(A)lApamu

Meaning: C The fortune of lakshmaNa,

who, while exposition (AlApamu) of exquisite (vinta) rAgAs (rAgamulanu) (rAgamulanAlApamu) is nicely (bAguga)

bAguga: beautifully

vinta: heard

rAgamulan: ragas (melodies)

AlApamu: exposition

Sahityam: sEyaga mEnu pulakarincaga

Meaning: such that he (lakshmaNa) experiences horripilation (mEnu pulakarincaga) (literally bodily horripilation),

sEyaga: while doing

mEnu: body

pulakarincaga: thrilled

Sahityam: tyAgarAja nutuDagu SrI rAmuni

Sahityam: tatv(A)rthamunu pogaDi jucu sau(mitri)

Meaning: performed (sEyaga) (by tyAgarAja), … appreciates (pogaDi jucu) (literally praise) the true purport (tatva arthamunu) (tatvArthamunu) of SrI rAma (rAmuni) – praised (nutuDagu) by this tyAgarAja – is indeed the real fortune of Lakshmana.

tyAgarAja: Tyagaraja (the composer, also a name for Lord Shiva, here referring to the saint-composer)

nutuDagu: praised

SrI rAmuni: Lord Rama

tatv(A)rthamunu: the true meaning

pogaDi: praising

jucu: saw

sau(mitri): Sumitra's son (Lakshmana)

[NOTE: The renditions of Nedanuri Krishnamurthi, Hyderabad Brothers and Ram Kaushik start with the anupallavi]