RAMA BHAKTHI SAMRAJYAM - NEYVELI SANTHANAGOPALAN

rAma bhakti-SuddhabangALa

In the kRti ‘rAma bhakti sAmrAjyaM’ – rAga Suddha bangALa – SrI tyAgarAja describes the ecstasy he experiences. This song is addressed to his mind.

P rAma bhakti sAmrAjyam(E)
mAnavulak(a)bbEnO manasA

A A mAnavula sandarSanam-
(a)tyanta 1brahmAnandamE (rAma)

C 2IlAg(a)ni vivarimpa lEnu
cAla sv(A)nubhava vEdyamE
lIlA sRshTa jaga(t)rayam(a)nE
kOlAhala tyAgarAja nutuDagu (rAma)

Gist
O my mind!
By whomsoever was attained the empire of devotion to SrI rAma - praised by this tyAgarAja - who projected sportingly the tumult called the three Worlds!

Even beholding those persons, is an intense Supreme bliss.

I am unable to describe it (the empire of devotion) to be of such and such nature; it is knowable only through self experience.

Word-by-word Meaning

P O my mind (manasA)! By whomsoever (E mAnavulaku) was attained (abbEnO) (mAnavulakabbenO) the empire (sAmrAjyamu) (sAmrAjyamE) of devotion (bhakti) to SrI rAma!

A Even beholding (sandarSanamu) those (A) persons (mAnavula), is an intense (atyanta) (sandarSanamatyanta) Supreme bliss (brahmAnandamu) (brahmAnandamE);
O my mind! by whomsoever was attained the empire of devotion to SrI rAma!

C I am unable to (lEnu) describe (vivarimpa) it (the empire of devotion) to be (ani) of such and such nature (I lAgu) (I lAgani);
it is knowable (vEdyamE) only (cAla) (literally much) through self (sva) experience (anubhava) (svAnubhava);
O my mind! by whomsoever was attained empire of devotion to SrI rAma – Lord praised (nutuDagu) by this tyAgarAja -
who projected (sRshTa) sportingly (lIlA) the tumult (kOlAhala) called (anE) the three (trayamu) Worlds (jagat) (jagatrayamanE)!

Notes –
Variations -
1 – brahmAnandamE - brahmAnandamE manasA.

References –

Comments -
2 – IlAgani vivarimpa lEnu – I am unable to describe 'it' to be of such and such nature. In the books, 'it' has been attributed to the 'bliss' (brahmAnandamu) mentioned in anupallavi. If beholding those people who have attained the empire (sAmrAjyamu) is supreme bliss (brahmAnandamu), then, the empire (sAmrAjyamu) itself should be of greater bliss. Therefore, the caraNa 'IlAgani' refers to the said empire (sAmrAjyamu). The thrust of the kRti is not about beholding those who have attained the empire, but attaining the empire itself. That is what SrI tyAgarAja amplifies in caraNa as 'knowable only through self experience (cAla svAnubhava vEdyamE).

http://thyagaraja-vaibhavam.blogspot.com/2007/10/thyagaraja-kriti-rama-bhakti-raga.html