Sangeetha gnanamu Bhakthi vinaa

Sangeetha gnanamu Bhakthi vinaa

By

Saint Thyagaraja

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

Raga Dhanyasi
Thala Aadhi

Pallavi

Sangeetha gnanamu Bhakthi vinaa,
San margamu kaladhe , Oh Manasa

Anupallavi

Birungi natesa sameeraja kadajama
Thanga narathathu lupasinche

Charanam

Nyayaa nyayamu thelusunu, jagaulu,
Maya maya mani thelusunu , Durguna,
Kaya jathi shad ripula jayinche
Karyamu thelusunu, Thyagarajuniki.

English translation

Pallavi

Oh mind , the knowledge of music,
Without devotion is not the right path.

Anupallavi

Was not this music made a mode of worship,
By Bringi, Lord Nataraja, Hanuman, Agasthya and Mathanga.

Charanam

This Thyagaraja knows what is just and unjust,
He knows that this world id full of illusion,
He knows the method of winning over bad aspects lie,
Anger, passion, miserliness, desire and competition.