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Marakata Mani

Composition by Tyaagaraaja

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Title: Marakata Mani

Composer: Tyaagaraaja

Language: Telugu

Ragas: Varali

Talas: Adi

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Lyrics

pallavi

marakata mani varna rama nannu maravaka nayanna

anupallavi

parama purusa binna brovumu devara sarananu konna

caraNam

vara bhakta suparna vahana karunarasa purna dharani tanayakunna prema rasamu tyagaraju kiyanna

Notation

From Shivkumar Kalyanaraman (shivkumar.org)

Pallavi:
marakata maṇi varṇa rāma nannu maravaka nāyanna

Anupallavi
parama puruṣa binna brōvumu dēvara śaraṇanukonna (“marakata”)

Charanam
vara bhakta su-parṇa vāhana karuṇā rasa pūrṇa
dharaṇi tanayak(“u”)nna prēma rasamu tyāgarājukīyanna (“marakata”)

Meaning: (Courtesy: V Govindan: Tyagaraja Vaibhavam)

O Emerald (“marakata maNi”) hued (“varNa”) Lord rAma! Please do not forget (“maravaka”) me
(“nannu”), O My (“nA”) Father (“anna”) (“nAyanna”)!
O Supreme (“parama”) Lord (“purusha”)! Please quickly (“binna”) protect (“brOvumu”) me, O My
God (“dEvara”)!
O Emerald hued Lord rAma! O My Father! Please do not forget me - who has sought (“anukonna”)
refuge (“SaraNu”) (“SaraNanukonna”) in You.
O Lord who has garuDa – beautiful winged (“su-parNa”) – a great (“vara”) devotee (“bhakta”) – as
Your vehicle (“vAhana”)! O Lord replete (“pUrNa”) with feeling (“rasa”) of compassion (“karuNA”)!
O My Father (“anna”)! Deign to give (“I”) this tyAgarAja (“tyAgarAjuku”) (“tyAgarAjukIyanna”) the
same kind of feeling (“rasamu”) of love (“prEma”) which sItA - daughter (“tanayku”) of Earth
(“dharaNi”) - has (“unna”) (“tanayakunna”) towards You;
O Emerald hued Lord rAma! Please do not forget me, O My Father!

Pallavi:
marakata maṇi varṇa rāma nannu maravaka nāyanna

O Emerald (“marakata maNi”) hued (“varNa”) Lord rAma!

 1       2       3           4           5                6        7          8
;; ;P  P D P ; pmG G ; ; R ; R | S ; ; ;              ; ; snsn | G ; G ;     ; gM P, ||
    Ma ra ka ta ma-- ṇi - - - - var ṇa - - -        - - rā- -  - - ma-     - nan nu

; ; ;-P   P D P ; pmG G ; ; R ; R | S ; ; ;            ; ; snsn | G ; G ;    G M P ; ||
     Ma   ra ka ta ma-- ṇi - - - - var ṇa - - -      - - rā- -  - - ma-    nan- nu

; ; ;-P     P dn dpP ; dpmg G ; ; R R ; | S ; ; ; ; ; snsn | G ; G ;            G M P dn     ||
      Ma ra ka ta      ma-- ṇi - - - var   ṇa - - -    - - rā- -    - - ma- nan- nu
dpP ; ; - P   P D P, d - pmG G ; ; R ; R | S ; ; ; ; ; snsn | G ; G ;            G M pd nd   ||
         Ma ra ka ta     ma-- ṇi - - - var    ṇa - - -    - - rā- -    - - ma- nan- nu

ndpm ; - P   P D P, d - pmG G ; ; R ; R       | S; ; ;       ; ; snsn | G ; G ;   G M P dn   ||
        Ma   ra ka ta   ma-- ṇi - - - var      ṇa - - -   - - rā- -   - - ma-   nan- nu

Please do not forget (“maravaka”) me (“nannu”), O My (“nA”) Father (“anna”) (“nAyanna”)!

dpP ; ; - P     DP P;      MP mpdp      D; ; D |NS; ;           ;; ; ; | GRSN          DNSN         ||
         ma     rava ka    nā - - - -   - - - yan - na - -      - - --   -- - -        - - - -

D P – S , n ; dn dpP ; dpmg G ;         ;R; R |S; ; ;          ; ; snsn | G ; G ;     G M P dn      ||
      Ma ra -ka- ta    ma-- ṇi -       - - var ṇa - - -      - - rā- -  - - ma-     nan- nu

dpP ; ; - P     DP P;      MP mpdp D ; M- D | N S ; ;           ;; ; ; | DN SN DNSN                 ||
         ma     rava ka    nā - - - - - - - yan - na - -        - - --   -- - - - - - -

D P – S , n ; dn dpP ; gmpd ns-nd pm G ,r- R | S ; ; ; ; ; snsn | G ; G ;                 G M P dn ||
      Ma ra -ka- ta    ma-- - - ṇi - - - - var ṇa - - - - - rā- - - - ma-               nan- nu

dpP ; ; - P     DP P;      MP mpdp D ; M- D | N S ; ;           ;; DN | SR SN          DNSN         ||
         ma     rava ka    nā - - - - - - - yan - na - -        - - --  -- - -         - - - -

D P – S , n ; dn dpP ; dpmg G ;         ; R ; R | R ; ; S ; ; ; ; | grrs S ; ; ; ; ;                ||
      Ma ra -ka- ta    ma-- ṇi -        - - var ṇa - - - -- - -   - - - - - - - -

Anupallavi
parama puruṣa binna brōvumu dēvara śaraṇanukonna (“marakata”)

O Supreme (“parama”) Lord (“purusha”)! Please quickly (“binna”) protect (“brOvumu”) me…

 1          2          3           4          5             6        7            8
; ; ; P D P - P dp D N S N         D ; ;N | S ; ; ;       ; ; ; ; | ;; ; ;      ; , d nsr-s ||
      Pa rama pu- - ru - ṣa -     - - - bin na

ndpm-G , m ; D , d N S ; snD ; ; ; N | S ; ; ;           ; ; ; ; | ;; ; ;      ; ; d n Srs ||
     Pa ra ma pu - ru- ṣa - - - - - bin na

ndpm-G , m ; D , d N S ; snD ; ; ; N | S ; ; ;           ; ; ; ; | ;; ; ;      ; ; d n Srs ||
     Pa ra ma pu - ru- ṣa - - - - - bin na

ndpm-G , m ; D , R , S ; sn Srs nD , ; N | S ; ; ;           ; ; N ; | G R - snD    DN S ; ||
     Pa ra ma pu - ru- ṣa - - - - - bin na - - -            - - brō - - - - -     vu- mu

; ;   -G , m ; D , R , S ; sn Srs nD , ; N | S ; ; ;         ; ; N ; | G R - snD    DN srsn ||
       Pa ra ma pu - ru- ṣa - - - - - bin na - - -          - - brō - - - - -      vu- mu

D pm -G , m ; D ; R S ; sn Srs nD , ; N | S ; ; ;            ; ; N ; | G R - snD    DN S ; ||
     Pa ra   ma - pu ru- ṣa - - - - - bin na - - -          - - brō - - - - -      vu- mu

O My God (“dEvara”)! Please do not forget me - who has sought (“anukonna”) refuge (“SaraNu”)
(“SaraNanukonna”) in You. O Emerald hued Lord rAma! O My Father!

; ; ; G       ; G G ; GM pdP D N S ;        | ; ; DN         GRSN|DNSN             D N S N ||
      dē      - va ra- śa- ra-- ṇa - nu      - - ko -       - - nna- - - - -      - - - -

D P – S , n ; dn dpP ; gmpd ns-nd pm G ,r- R | S ; ; ; ; ; snsn | G ; G ;                 G M P dn ||
      Ma ra -ka- ta    ma-- - - ṇi - - - - var ṇa - - - - - rā- - - - ma-               nan- nu

dpP ; ; - P     DP P;      MP mpdp D ; M- D | N S ; ;           ;; DN | SR SN          DNSN         ||
         ma     rava ka    nā - - - - - - - yan - na - -        - - --  -- - -         - - - -

D P – S , n ; dn dpP ; dpmg G ;         ; R ; R | R ; ; S ; ; ; ; | grrs S ; ; ; ; ;                 ||
      Ma ra -ka- ta    ma-- ṇi -        - - var ṇa - - - -- - -   - - - - - - - -

Charanam
parama bhakta su-parṇa vāhana karuṇā rasa pūrṇa
dharaṇi tanayak(“u”)nna prēma rasamu tyāgarājukīyanna (“marakata”)

O Lord who has garuDa – beautiful winged (“su-parNa”) – a great (“vara”) devotee (“bhakta”) – as
Your vehicle (“vAhana”)!
   1        2         3         4            5         6          7         8
; ; ; P D P – P ; ; ; MP mpdp D ; | ; pmpm ;      P dn dpP | Pdp mg-G ; ; R S ; ||
      Pa rama bha - - kta- - - - - su- - par      ṇa - - - - vā - - - - - - ha na

O Lord replete (“pUrNa”) with feeling (“rasa”) of compassion (“karuNA”)!

; ; sSr G R – rrS S ; S , g r R , S ; | ; ; G ;          ;M P; | P; ; ;              ; ; ; ; ||
    Karu- - - ṇā - - ra - sa - - -     - - pūr           - - - - rṇa -

;; ;P DP–P;          ; ; MP      mpdp PD | P-pmpm ;         P dn dpP | pm Pdp mg-; ; R S ;           ||
    Pa rama bha       - - kta-   - - - - su- - par          ṇa - - - - vā - - - - - - ha na

; ; sSr G R – rrS S ; S , g r R , S ; | ; ; G ;          ; M P ; | P dn dpP          ; ; ; ; ||
   Karu- - - ṇā - - ra - sa - - -      - - pūr           - - - - - - - rṇa         -

O My Father (“anna”)! Deign to give (“I”) this tyAgarAja (“tyAgarAjuku”) (“tyAgarAjukIyanna”) the
same kind of feeling (“rasamu”) of love (“prEma”) which sItA - daughter (“tanayku”) of Earth
(“dharaNi”) - has (“unna”) (“tanayakunna”) towards You;

;; ;P DP–D;          D N S nd D ; ; N | S ; ; ;          ; ;    ; ;   | ; ; ; ;      ; ; dn Srs ||
    dha raṇi ta -   na- ya - - - - - kun nna - -

ndpm-G , m ; D , d N S ; snD ; ; ; N | S ; ; ;           ; ; ; ; | ;; ; ;         ; ; d n Srs ||
    dha ra   ṇi ta - na- ya - - - - - kun nna - -

ndpm-G , m ; D , R , S ; sn Srs      nD , ; N | S ; ; ;   ; ;N; |GR–S;               snD DN ||
    dha ra ṇi ta - na- ya - -          - - - kun nna - - - - prē - - ma              ra- - sa-

S ,n G , m ; D ; R S ; sn Srs       nD , ; N | S ; ; ;       ; ;N; |GR–S;           snD DN ||
mu - dha ra  ṇi ta - na- ya - -     - - - kun nna - -       - - prē - - ma         ra- - sa-

S ; ; G ; rs G ; GM D; ; N S ;              | ; ; snsn         G R S N | D N S N D N S N ||
      Tyā ga- rā - ja - nu-- thu ni -          - - kī - -       - - - - yan - - - - - - -

D P M - G ; rs G ; GM D; M- dN S , | ; ; snsn                  G R S N | D N S N D N S N ||
na      Tyā ga- rā - ja - nu-- thu ni - - - - kī - -           - - - - yan - - - na - - -

pdpm - S , n ; dn dpP ; gmpd ns-nd pm G ,r- R | S ; ; ; ; ; snsn | G ; G ; G M P dn ||
     Ma ra -ka- ta     ma-- - - ṇi - - - - var ṇa - - - - - rā- - - - ma- nan- nu

dpP ; ; - P   DP P;         MP mpdp D ; M- D | N S ; ;           ;; DN | SR SN            DNSN       ||
         ma   rava ka       nā - - - - - - - yan - na - -        - - --  -- - -           - - - -

D P – S , n ; dn dpP ; dpmg G ;         ; R ; R | R ; ; S ; ; ; ; | grrs S ; ; ; ; ;                 ||
      Ma ra -ka- ta    ma-- ṇi -        - - var ṇa - - - -- - -   - - - - - - - -

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