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O Rangashaayi

RAGAM-Khamboji            {28th Melakartha (Harikambodhi) janyam)

ARO:      S R2 G3 M1 P D2 S                             ||

AVA:      S N2 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S N3 P D2 S   ||

Talam: Adi (2 kalai)

Composer: Tyagaraja Swami

Lyrics Courtesy: Lakshman Radge

Pallavi:

O rangashAyi pilacitE O yanucu rA rAdA

Anupallavi:

sAranga varuDu jUci kailAsAdhipuDu gAlEdA

Charanam:

bhUlOka vaikuNTham idiyani nIlOna nIvE yuppongi

shrI lOluDai yuNTe mA cintadire dennaDo mElOrva

lEni janulalO nE migula nOgili divya rUpamunu mutyAla

saruLa yuramunu gana vacciti tyAgarAja hrd-bhUSaNa

Meaning:

P: O Rangashaayi  ! When I address you and call you (“pilichite”) earnestly, can’t you respond by uttering “O” (“O yanuchu”) and appear (“Ra Raadaa”)?

A: Has not Lord Shiva - the holder (dharuDu) of antelope (or deer) (sAranga) - become (“gaaleda?”) Kailaasapathi by beholding (jUci) You? (“Saaranga Dharudu Juchi”)  ? (alt: it is said that sage ruchika who turned into a wasp became one with Shiva by chanting his name)

C: You seem (“yunte”) to regard Sri Rangam (“bhoolooka Vaikunta”) as your supreme abode “Vaikunta” itself and lose yourself (“neelone nive”)  in the enjoyment (“yupongi”) of your company with consort Sri Devi (“SriLoludai”). When will come a day (“ennado”?)  when there is an end (“deera”)  to my mental (“chinta”) sufferings ?  I am (“Ne”) suffering (“nogili”)  intensely (“migula”) in the midst of men (“janulalo”)  who are so insular that they cannot stand the prosperity of others (“melorvaleni”).

I seek solace and relief from my hapless situation. I have come to see (“gaana”) you (“vacchiti”). Grant me your divya vision (“divya rupamu”) bedecked (“yuramunu”) with garlands (“sarula”) of pearls (“muthyala”) dancing on your bosom, O Lord, adorning (“bhushana”) the heart (“hrut”) of Tyagaraja.