Baagayanayya Nee Maayalento !!!

Heard this amazing composition by Tyagraja yesterday.. wonderfully aced by Unnikrishnan !.. the ragam chandrajyothi doesnt it sound like gaanamurthe ?

Tyagaraja says .. wah! Krishna!what wonderfully executed illusions ! can even Brahma measure up to it (can even brahma figure it out) ? .. all this gaaradi (natak) that you do !.. on that day, didnt you provoke arjuna to fight and slay his own family! and didnt you relieve him of that horrendous sin ?.. wah !..

the tone of the prayer is similar to sadhinchene, o manasa.. samayaniki tagu maataladina.. where Tyagaraja pulls the lord's leg for lying ! cheating and deception !.. LOL.. the pancharatna kritis are just masterpieces, will write about them another day. but Tyagaraja can never pick on Rama though, he only does it on Krishna !! cute !



baagayanayya nee
raagam: chandrajyOti


41 paavani janya
Aa: S R1 G1 M2 P D2 S
Av: S D2 P M2 G1 R1 S

taaLam: dEshaadi
Composer: Tyaagaraaja
Language: Telugu

pallavi

bAgAyanayya nI mAya lentO; brahmakaina koniyADa taramA (bAgAya)

anupallavi

I gAradamunu yonarincucunu nE gAdanucu balkuTayu (bAgAya)

caraNam

alanAdu kauravula naNaca mana yalari dOsamanu naruni jUci, pApa
phalamu nIku danaku lEdani cakkaga pAlanamu sEya lEdA? tyAgarAjanuta? (bAgAya)



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Meaning:
AyyA! Your little miraculous tricks are so amazing, no one, not even Brahma, can understand and describe and praise them adequately. After creating all the maaya (illusion), you then claim you had nothing to do with them!

Once upon a time, when you asked Arjuna, a human, to destroy the Kauravas, he agonized saying it would be a sin. You, NaaraayaNaa assured him that the effects of that destruction would not be a sin that would adversely affect him, and you gave him salvation.



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All Glories to my Gurudev, the light of this universe