Dehi Tava

Composition by Tyaagaraaja

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Title: Dehi Tava

Composer: Tyaagaraaja

Language: Sanskrit

Ragas: Sahana

Talas: Adi

Sources:

karnatik.com
Shivkumar Kalyanaraman (shivkumar.org): Notation (HTML)
Shivkumar Kalyanaraman (shivkumar.org): Notation (PDF)
Shivkumar Kalyanaraman (shivkumar.org): Class recording (MP3)
YouTube: Video
thyagaraja-vaibhavam.blogspot.in

Lyrics

pallavi

dehi tava pada bhakti vaidehi patita pavani me sada

anupallavi

aihikamusmika phalade kamalasa-nananyaja varajanan

caraNam

kalasa varasi janite kanaka bhusana lasite kalasaja gitamudite kakustharaja sahite

caraNam

akhilanda rupini alikula nibhaveni makha samraksanarani mama bhagyakarini

caraNam

saranagata palane sata mukha mada damane tarunarunabja nayane tyagaraja hrtsadane

Notation

From Shivkumar Kalyanaraman (shivkumar.org)

Pallavi
dEhi tava pada bhaktim
vaidEhi patita pAvani mE sadA

Anupallavi:
aihik(A)mushmika phaladE
kamal(A)san(A)nanyaja1 vara jananI (dEhi)

Charanam:
C1 kalaSa 2vArASi janitE kanaka bhUshaNa lasitE
3kalaSaja gIta muditE 4kAkutstha rAja sahitE (dEhi)

C2 akhil(A)NDa rUpiNi aLi kula nibha vENi
makha samrakshaNa rANi mama bhAgya kAriNi (dEhi)

C3 SaraN(A)gata pAlanE 5Sata mukha mada damanE
taruN(A)ruN(A)bja nayanE tyAgarAja hRt-sadanE (dEhi)

Meaning:
P: O Mother vaidEhi (born in vidEha) - Redeemer (pAvani) of the fallen (patita)! Deign to bestow (dEhi)
on me (mE) unceasing (sadA) devotion (bhaktim) to Your (tava) holy feet (pada).

A O Mother who bestows the fruits (phaladE) of this world (aihika) and the next world (Amushmika)
(aihikAmushmika)! O Blessed (vara) Mother (jananI) of brahmA – seated (Asana) in Lotus (kamala) and
cupid (ananyaja) (kamalAsanAnanyaja)! O Mother vaidEhi - Redeemer of the fallen! Deign to bestow on
me unceasing devotion to Your holy feet.

C1 O Mother born (janitE) in the Ocean (vArASi) of pitcher of nectar (kalaSa)! O Mother resplendent
(lasitE) with golden (kanaka) ornaments (bhUshaNa)!
O Mother who enjoys (muditE) the songs (gIta) of sage agastya – born of pitcher (kalaSaja)! O Mother
united with (sahitE) King (rAja) SrI rAma of the lineage of kAkutstha!
O Mother vaidEhi - Redeemer of the fallen! Deign to bestow on me unceasing devotion to Your holy feet.

C2 O Mother of the form (rUpiNi) of the entire (akhila) Universe (aNDa) (akhilANDa)! O Mother whose
tresses (vENi) are dark like (nibha) a swarm (kula) of bees (aLi)!
O Queen (rANi) of SrI rAma – protector (samrakshaNa) of sacrificial oblations (makha)! O Cause (kAriNi)
of my (mama) fortune (bhAgya)!
O Mother vaidEhi - Redeemer of the fallen! Deign to bestow on me unceasing devotion to Your holy feet.

C3 O Protector (pAlanE) of those who have sought (Agata) refuge (SaraNa) (SaraNAgata)! O Destroyer
(damanE) of the arrogance (mada) of rAvaNa – hundred (Sata) headed (mukha)!
O Lotus (abja) eyed (nayanE) resembling early (taruNa) dawn (aruNa) (taruNAruNAbja)! O Mother
abiding (sadanE) in the heart (hRt) (hRt-sadanE) of this tyAgarAja!
O Mother vaidEhi - Redeemer of the fallen! Deign to bestow on me unceasing devotion to Your holy feet.

Pallavi
dEhi tava pada bhaktim vaidEhi patita pAvani mE sadA

O Mother vaidEhi (born in vidEha) - Redeemer (pAvani) of the fallen (patita)! Deign to bestow (dEhi)
on me (mE) unceasing (sadA) devotion (bhaktim) to Your (tava) holy feet (pada).

  1      2            3          4       5              6      7              8
; rg  gr – R        ; rg      , m P | Pdp M          mg gm | , R ,            ;;         ||
  dE- - - hi        -tava     - pada  bha- -         ktim - - - - -           --

; rg  gr – R        ; rg      , m P | Pdp M          mg gm | R-Rgr            S-rs ||
  dE- - - hi        -tava     - pada  bha- -         ktim - - - - -           - vai-

ns- rg     gr – R     ; rg      , m P | Pdp M           mg gm | R-Rgr              S-rs ||
  dE-      - - hi     -tava     - pada  bha- -          ktim - - - - -              - vai-

ns- rg     gr – R     ; rg      , m P | MpDpM           mg gm | R- gr              S-rs ||
  dE-      - - hi     -tava     - pada  bha- -          ktim - - - - -             - vai-

ns- rg     gr – R     ; rn      , d P | Pdp M           mg gm | R- gr              S-rs ||
  dE-      - - hi     -tava     - pada  bha- -          ktim - - - - -             - vai-

ns- rg     gr – R     ; rn      , d P | rgmp           d N dp | M ; Mpm gm-rs ||
  dE-      - - hi     -tava     - pada  bha- -         - - ktim - - - - - - - vai-

S mg rs     ; - sr SD D        nS d      | ns R      ; ;   |    ; ;             ; ns          ||
dE - -hi    - pa- ti – ta      pA- -      va- ni     - -       - -              - vai

S mg rs     ; - sr rsD D        nS d     | ns R      rgmp |    ndpm             gmrs          ||
dE - -hi    - pa- ti – ta       pA- -      va- ni    mE -      sa - -           dA - -

ns- S    mg rs - sr rsD D          nS d | ns R       rgmp |    ndpm             gmrs          ||
vai-dE - hi - pa- ti – ta          pA- - va- ni      mE -      sa - -           dA - -

ns- rg  gr – R        ; rn     , d P | rgmp            D rsN | dpM Mpm gm-rs ||
vai dE- - - hi        -tava    - pada  bha- -          - - - - ktim - - - - - vai-

S mg rs     ; - sr rsD D        nS d     | ns R      rgmp |    ndpm             gmrs          ||
dE - -hi    - pa- ti – ta       pA- -      va- ni    mE -      sa - -           dA - -

ns- rg  gr – R          ;;       ;;     | ; rn        ,d P | ; M              P ; ||
vai dE- - - hi          --       --       - tava    - pada     bha            ktim

Anupallavi:
aihik(A)mushmika phaladE kamal(A)san(A)nanyaja1 vara jananI (dEhi)

O Mother who bestows the fruits (phaladE) of this world (aihika) and the next world (Amushmika)
(aihikAmushmika)!

  1       2          3      4       5                  6    7            8
; nd N , dp         M,-d ,n S | ; N                  ,R, | S;           ; ;         ||
  Ai- hi – kA       - - mu -shmika - pha            - la - dE-           --

; nd N , dp         M,-d ,n S | ; N                  ,R, | S;           sr ns       ||
  Ai- hi – kA       - - mu -shmika - pha            - la - dE-           --

D-nd N , dp        M,-d ,n S | ; N                 , R , | S ,r        sr ns ||
 Ai- hi – kA       - - mu -shmika - pha          - la - dE-            --

D-nd rsN , dp        M,-d ,n S | ; N                  , R , | srsr      sr ns        ||
 Ai- hi – kA        - - mu -shmika - pha               - la - dE-         --

D-nd rsN , dp        M , - d , n S | ; ns             rgM | mgm-r           gr S     ||
 Ai- hi – kA        - - mu -shmika   - pha            la - - dE- - -        ---

O Blessed (vara) Mother (jananI) of brahmA – seated (Asana) in Lotus (kamala) and cupid (ananyaja)
(kamalAsanAnanyaja)!

;R         S Srs  N dn      nSd    | dnD P        Pdp M | mp gm rg gr                ||
Ka         ma lA- - sa-     nA-nan   nya- ja      va- ra ja- na- nI - -

S- R       S Srs  N dn      nSd    | dnD P        Pdp M | Mpm gm rg gr               ||
  Ka       ma lA- - sa-     nA-nan   nya- ja      va- ra ja- - na- nI –

S- R       S Srs  N dn      nSd    | dnD P        Pdp M | Mpm gm Rgr S               ||
  Ka       ma lA- - sa-     nA-nan   nya- ja      va- ra ja- - na- nI -

;-R        S Srs  N dn      nSd    | dnD P        rgmp | nd pm gm rs                 ||
 Ka        ma lA- - sa-     nA-nan   nya- ja      va-ra- ja- na- nI -

O Mother vaidEhi - Redeemer of the fallen! Deign to bestow on me unceasing devotion to Your holy
feet.

ns- rg  gr – R      ; rn    , d P | rgmp              D rsN | dpM Mpm gm-rs ||
vai dE- - - hi      -tava   - pada  bha- -            - - - - ktim - - - - - vai-

S mg rs     ; - sr rsD D    nS d     | ns R      rgmp |      ndpm           gmrs     ||
dE - -hi    - pa- ti – ta   pA- -      va- ni    mE -        sa - -         dA - -

ns- rg  gr – R        ;;     ;;     | ; rn        ,d P | ; M             P ; ||
vai dE- - - hi        --     --       - tava    - pada     bha           ktim

Charanam:
C1 kalaSa 2vArASi janitE kanaka bhUshaNa lasitE
3kalaSaja gIta muditE 4kAkutstha rAja sahitE (dEhi)

C2 akhil(A)NDa rUpiNi aLi kula nibha vENi
makha samrakshaNa rANi mama bhAgya kAriNi (dEhi)

C3 SaraN(A)gata pAlanE 5Sata mukha mada damanE
taruN(A)ruN(A)bja nayanE tyAgarAja hRt-sadanE (dEhi)

O Protector (pAlanE) of those who have sought (Agata) refuge (SaraNa) (SaraNAgata)!

1          2        3       4          5         6            7        8
; pp       ,P,     PP       ;;       |;;        ; ;      |   ; ;       ;;       ||
 Sara      NA      gata

; pp       ,P,     P rg     mp-rg | mp-dn , dpM , | mgmr               gr S ||
 Sara      NA      gata     -- --   - - pA- - - -   la- - -            nE - -

; pp       ,P,        pr- rg   mp-rg     | mp-drsn , dpM , | Mpm gm rg gr ||
 Sara      NA         ga-ta    -- --       - - pA- - - -     la- - - nE - -

S- pp      ,P,        pr- rg   mp-Dnd | pm- Mpm mgM | rg gr                    S ; ||
  Sara      NA        ga-ta    - - - - - - - pA- -- la- nE - -                 --

O Destroyer (damanE) of the arrogance (mada) of rAvaNa – hundred (Sata) headed (mukha)!

;N         , smg      rs- sn dN – dp | M - nd         N ; | sn sr        ,S ,           ||
Sha        - ta -     mu kha ma- da- - da-            ma - nE- -         ---

O Lotus (abja) eyed (nayanE) resembling early (taruNa) dawn (aruNa) (taruNAruNAbja)!

; nd , P ,          pd -mp , p M | ; D               ,N, | S;            ; ;            ||
  Taru NA           ru- NA- -bja - - na              - ya - nE           --

; nd , P ,          pd -mp , p M | ; nd               ,N, | S;           ; ;            ||
  Taru NA           ru- NA- -bja - - na              - ya - nE           --

; nd , P ,          pd -mp , p M | ; nd               , N , | S ,r       srns           ||
  Taru NA           ru- NA- -bja - - na              - ya -   nE         --

D- nd      dN dp M; - D        D ,n     | S- N          , R , | S ,r       srns         ||
  Ta-      ru NA - ru          NA-        bja- na      - ya - nE           --

D- nd      rsN; dp M; - D       D ,n     | S- N          , R , | srsr          srns ||
  Ta-      ru NA - ru           NA-        bja- na      - ya - nE              --

D- nd      rsN; dp M; - D       D ,n     | S- ns         rgM | mgm-r             gr-S        ||
  Ta-      ru NA - ru           NA-        bja- na       ya - - nE - -           - --

O Mother abiding (sadanE) in the heart (hRt) (hRt-sadanE) of this tyAgarAja!

;R         S Srs      N dn     nSd       | dnD P       Pdp M | mp gm Rgr S                   ||
 tyA       ga rA-     - --     ja - -      hRt- -      sa- da  nE - - - - - -

;R         S Srs      N dn     nSd       | dnD P       Pdp M | mgmr gr S                     ||
 tyA       ga rA-     - --     ja - -      hRt- -      sa- da  nE - - - - - -

;R         S Srs      N dn     nSd       | dnD pr      rg mp | ndpm gmrs                     ||
 tyA       ga rA-     - --     ja - -      hRt- -      sa- da  nE - - - - - -

O Mother vaidEhi - Redeemer of the fallen! Deign to bestow on me unceasing devotion to Your holy
feet.

ns- rg  gr – R         ; rn    , d P | rgmp              D rsN | dpM Mpm gm-rs ||
vai dE- - - hi         -tava   - pada  bha- -            - - - - ktim - - - - - vai-

S mg rs      ; - sr rsD D      nS d      | ns R        rgmp |   ndpm             gmrs        ||
dE - -hi     - pa- ti – ta     pA- -       va- ni      mE -     sa - -           dA - -

ns- rg  gr – R           ;;      ;;     | ; rn         ,d P | ; M               P ; ||
vai dE- - - hi           --      --       - tava     - pada     bha             ktim