Thera theeyaka radhaa

Thera   theeyaka radhaa

By

Saint Thyagaraja

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

Ragam  Gauli panthu

Thalam AAdhi

Pallavi

 Thera theeyaga radhaa loni thera  Theeyaga rathaa,

Thiruppathi venkataramana, mathsara manu

Pallavi

Oh Venkatramana  of Thiruppathi , can you not remove the screen  ,

Can you not remove  the screen  of jealousy(competition?)

Anupallavi

Parama Purusha   dharmadhi mokshamula,

Bharatholu   sunnadhi naaloni

Anupallavi

Oh divine lord,  this screen  drives  away

Dharma  and Moksha, which is inside me.

Charanam

1.Mathsyamu   aagali  koni   golamu che,

Magna maina  reethi nunnathi,

Achamaina   dheepa sannidhini    maru,

Gattu   padi   cherccinatlu unnathi.

1.It is like a fish eating   away the   bait ,

Due to  very great   hunger or  

Like a pyure flame of a great lamp,

Is being hidden from our sight

2.Iravondhaga   bujiyinchu   samayamun-

Eeka   thagulu rethi   nunnathi,

Hari dhyanamu seya vela chithamu,

Anthyajuvadaku  poyinatlunnathi.

2.It is like the fly   falling   on food,

When we   are eating with great desire,

And like the mind going to worst places,

When one is meditating on Hari.

3,Vaguramani  theliyaka  mruga ganamulu ,

Vachi thagulu rethi nunnatihi,

Vegame nee  mathamu   na anusarinchina ,

Thyagaraja nutha  , matha mathsaramannu

3.It is like the flock of deer   jumping,

Of their own accord without knowing it is a net,

Oh God whom Thyagaraja praises,  following your opinion,

Cannot you remove the screen of pride and jealousy?