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Thelisi Raama

As promised in my previous post…here comes another beautiful composition in poornachandrika.

Thelisi Raama is composed by Thyagaraja.
Thalam: aadhi

and this time I have the meaning also…thanks to Karnatik.com
Karnatik.com gives 3 charanams…however I have learnt only one.
if you go to http://www.karnatik.com/c1053.shtml you could see a link to the audio file which you can listen to online….it is very nice….dont

pallavi

telisi rAma cintanatO nAmamu sEyavE O manasA

anupallavi

talapu lanni nilipi nimiSamaina tAraka rUpuni nija tatvamulanu

caraNam 1

rAmAyaNa capalakSula pEru kAmAdula pOru vAru vIru
rAmAyaNa brahmamunaku pEru AmAnava jananArtulu dIru

caraNam 2

akramanucu jilleDu taru pEru markaTa buddhu leTla dIru
arkuDanucu bhAskaruniki pEru kutarkamanu andhakAramu dIru

caraNam 3

ajamanucu mESamunaku pEru nija kOrika lElA gIDEru
ajuDani vAgIshavaruniki pEru vijayamu galgunu tyAgarAja nutuni

ciTTaswaram

r,,r gmrg mpm-g ,mrs | r,,, ,,n.p rs,n srgm ||
r,rp mpdd pmp-g mrn.s | rgmp ,mgm pddp p,,, ||
rrgm pmdp Snp-R Snpm | rgmd p-RSn SRGM R,,, ||
RR-SM GMPM GMRS nRSn | p-Snp np-RS npm-g mrn.s ||
(telisi)

Meaning

pallavi:
telisi – knowing
cintanatO – with thoughts
nAmamu – name (japa)
cEyavE – do
manasA – mind
Keeping thoughts of Rama steady in the mind, say his name steadily (even for one minute), oh mind.

anupallavi:
talapulanni – your thoughts (anni – all)
nilipi – stopping
nimisha – minute
maina – even, only
tAraka roopuni – rama
nija – real
tattvamulanu – (tattva-way) his sayings and doings
 

Even for one minute, steadily thinking thoughts of his doings, say the name of Rama

caraNam 1:
capalakSula – moving eyes all the time (aksha – eye)
ramayani – Rama is
pEru – name
kAmAdula – those with bad thoughts, desires
pEru – anem
vAru – those people
vEru – it is different
Rama is the name of girls with eyes moving all the time. The name of those with bad thoughts and desires is different.

ramayani – Rama is
brahamunaku – Brahmam’s
peru – name
a manava – those souls
janartula – sincere people (jana – people, arthi – sincere tapas or thinking)
teeru – make disappear, destroy
Rama is Brahmam’s name. It will make the troubles of those who do sincere tapas disappear.

caraNam 2:
arkamanucu – milk-weed plant, called arka
jilledu – milk-weed, a tree for Pillayar
taru – tree
peru – name
markata – monkey
buddu – mind
etula – how
teeru – go away
When saying arka, if the mind thinks of milk-weed, how will monkey-like thoughts go away?

arkuDanucu – surya, also called arka
bhaskaruniki – sun
peru – name
tarkamanu – unnecessary arguments
andakaramu – darkness, ignorance
teeru – go away
When saying arka, if the mind thinks of the sun, the ignorance of unnecessary thoughts will disappear.

caraNam 3:
ajamanucu – the male goat, called aja
mEsamu – male goat
peru – name
nija – real
korika – wants
elagu – how
eederu – achieve
When saying aja, if the mind thinks of the he-goat, how will real wants be achieved?

ajuDani – Lord Brahma, also called ajan
vAgIshavaruniki – consort (ishvaran) of saraswati (vak) also
pEru – name
vijayamu – success
galgunu – will come
tyAgarAja nutuni – praised by this tyagaraja
 

When saying aja, if the mind thinks of Lord Brahma, it will attain success. (Chant the name of Rama, praised by this tyagaraja)

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