Tyagaraja Kriti-Ninne Bhajana

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sarawrkn
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hi,could anybody help[ me with the sahitya and meaning of the kriti "ninne bhajana"...it is set to Natai Ragam.Some part of it not clear to me yet

murthyhmg
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A google search will provide the krti and also the meaning.

ninnE bhajana. rAgA: nATa. Adi tALA.
P: ninnE bhajana sEyu vADanu
A: pannagashAyi parulu vEDalEnu
C: snAnAdi japa tapa yOga dhyAna samAdhi sukhaprada
sItAnAtha sakala lOka pLalaka tyAgarAja sannuta

Meaning: O Lord reclining on the couch of shesha. O Lord who bestows all the comforts that accrues from such actions like bath in holy waters, mental repetition of Your names (with rosary), penance, asceticism, meditation and identification with object of meditation etc! O Consort of sItA! O Nourisher of the entire Worlds! O Lord well-praised by this tyAgarAja! I chant Your names only. I shall not beseech others.

Word-by-word Meaning :
P: I chant ( bhajana sEyu vADanu) (literally I am the one who chants) Your names only (ninnE).

A: O Lord reclining (zAyi) on the couch of zESa - the serpent (pannaga)! I shall not (lEnu) beseech (vEDa) others (parula);I chant Your names only.
C: O Lord who bestows (prada) all the comforts (sukha) that accrues from such actions like bath in holy waters (snAna), mental repetition of Your names (with rosary) (japa), penance (tapa), asceticism (yOga), meditation (dhyAna) and identification with object of meditation (samAdhi) etc (Adi) (snAnAdi)! O Consort (nAtha) of sItA! O Nourisher (pAlaka) of the entire (sakala) Worlds (lOka)! O Lord well-praised (sannuta) by this tyAgarAja! I chant Your names only.
(Provided by Shri Govindan)
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VK RAMAN
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sarawrkn
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thanks a lot...

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Post by kmrasika »

And don't miss listening to Smt TR bAlamaNi's students' rendition of this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdFW0xR3YvU

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