Manasaa mana samarthya memi oo

Manasaa mana samarthya memi oo

By

Saint Thyagaraja

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

Raga Vardhanee
Thala Roopaka

Pallavi

Manasaa mana samarthya memi oo

Anupallavi

Vinu Saketha Raju viswa mane rathamunekki,
Thana Samarthyamuche thane nadi pinchine

Charanam

Alanadu Vasishtadhulu pattamu kettedu palu,
Kulavini vegame bhooshanamula nesakini kaikanu,
Palumaru jagambulu kallala nina ravi jooni maya
Valavesi Thyagaraja varadhudu thaa janaka lethaa

English translation

Pallavi

Oh mind, what is our ability?

Anupallavi

Listen, The Saketha Rama drove his chariot ,
All over the world by his own ability.

Charanam

What happened To Kaikeyi , who gave her chain to Mandhara,
When she told about Vasishta fixing the coronation of Rama?
What happened to Sugreeva , who told lies when Vali was killed*?
Oh Rama did you not throw the your enchanted net,
And made things happen in a way , opposite to what they thought?
And This Thyagaraja knows that your blessings are always there for him.

* Sugrreva pretended he was sorry at Vali’s death