bhakti bicchamiyyavE bhaavukamagu saattvika - Lyrics

bhakthi biccha miyyavE baavukamagu sattvika

raagam: shankaraabharaNam

29 dheera shankaraabharaNam mela Aa: S R2 G3 M1 P D2 N3 S Av: S N3 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S

taaLam: roopakam Composer: Tyaagaraja Language: Telugu

pallavi

bhakti biccamiyyavE bhAvukamagu sAttvika

anupallavi

mukti kakhila shaktiki trimUrtula katimElmi rAma

caraNam

prAnamu lEni vAniki bangAru pAga cuTTi Ani vajra bhUSaNa muramandu beTTu rIti jAnalaku purANAgama shAstra vEda japa prasanga trANa galgi yEmi bhakta tyAgarAjanuta rAma

Meaning: Raama! I stand at your threshold begging devotion to you and only to you, nothing else! That devotion is reputed to confer all auspicious attributes leading to that peace that passes all understanding. This devotion is all powerful. It confers a status superior to that of celestials and the trinity. To train deceitful and dashing women, bereft of devotion to expound Vedas scriptures and the epics will be like decorating corpses with laced cloth and gem studded ornaments, a ridiculous exercise in futility.

From Compositions of Tyagaraja by TK Govinda Rao.