Upacharamu jEsEvaru (Class / Lesson): Bhairavi ; Rupakam; Tyagaraja

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Ragam: Bhairavi {20th melakartha {Nata Bhairavi} janyam}

AROHANA:         S G2 R2 G2 M1 P D2 N2 S                ||

AVAROHANA:   S N2 D1 P M1 G2 R2 S                      ||

Talam: Rupakam

Composer: Tyagaraja

Version: Peri Sriramamurthy

Pallavi:

upacAramu cEsE varunnArani maravakurA

Anupallavi:

krpa gAvalEnanai nE nI kIrtini balkacu nuNDaga

Charanam:

vAkiTanE padilamuga vAtAtmaju-dunnADani shrIkarulagu nI tammulu cEri unnArani

EkAntamunanu jAnaki ErpaDi unnadani shrIkAnta parulElani shrI tyAgarAja vinuta

MEANING:

P: Just because (ani) there are people (unnAru) to render (jEsEvAru) (jEsEvArunnArani) service (upacAramu) to You, please do not forget me (maravakurA).

A: While I (nE) am (uNDaga) extolling (palkucunu) (literally say) (palkucunuNDaga) (here) Your (nI) fame (kIrtini) in order to (ani) obtain (kAvalenu) (kAvalenani) Your grace (kRpa),

just because there are people to render service to You, please do not forget me.

C: Just because (ani) AnjanEya – son of vAyu (vAtAtmajuDu) - is present (unnADu) (vAtAtmajuDunnADani) vigilantly (padilamuga) at the door itself (vAkiTanE),

just because (ani) Your (nI) younger brothers (tammulu) – who do Your bidding (SrI-karulagu) - are (unnAru) along (cEri) (cEriyunnArani) with You, and

just because (ani) jAnaki is anointed (ErpaDi unnadi) (literally arranged) (jAnakiyErpaDiyunnadani) in Your privacy (EkAntamunanu),

O Consort (kAnta) of lakshmI (SrI)! O Lord praised (vinuta) by this tyAgarAja! thinking that (ani) as to why (Ela) should You need others (parulu) (parulElani) (for rendering service),

please do not forget me.