The fifth of the pancharatna kritis is endarO mahanubhAvulu rendered in the srI rAgam. In this kriti Sri Thyagaraja Swami extols the great personages who have been able to behold the lovely form of the Lord ever in their hearts and derive bliss out of that vision. Do listen to it in the voice of the nightingale MS.
In the series of the Pancharatna kritis here is the audio commentary on the introduction to this particular kriti.
endarO mahAnubhAvul-
(a)ndariki vandanamu
There are countless (endarO) great personages (mahAnubhAvulu); I offer my salutations (vandanamulu) to all of them (andariki) (mahAnubhAvulandariki).
candra vadanuni(y)anda candamunu
hRday(A)ravindamuna jUci
brahm(A)nandam(a)nubhavincu vAr(endarO)
There are countless great personages who (vAru)–
experience (anubhavincu) Supreme Bliss (brahmAnandamu) (brahmAnandamanubhavincu)
beholding (jUci) the charm (anda) and manner (candamu) of the Moon (candra) Faced (vadanuni) (vadanuniyanda) Lord
in the Lotus (aravaindamuna) of their heart (hRdaya) (hRdayAravindamuna);
I offer my salutations to all of them.
sAma gAna lOla manasija lAvaNya
dhanya mUrdhanyul(endarO)
O Enjoyer (lOla) of recitation (gAna) of sAma vEda! O Lord who is beautiful (lAvaNya) like the cupid (manasija)! there are countless fortunate (dhanya) pre-eminent persons (mUrdhanyalu);
I offer my salutations to all of them
mAnasa vana cara vara sancAramu 2salipi
mUrti bAguga poDaganE vAr(endarO)
There are countless great personages who (vAru) -
behold (poDaganE) well (bAguga) the figure (mUrti) of the Lord, found (cara) in the woods (vana) of the mind (mAnasa), by remaining (in meditation) (vara sancAramu salipi) (literally performing sacred co-dwelling) with Him; and -- continued in next charaNam
I offer my salutations to all of them
saraguna pAdamulaku svAntam(a)nu
sarOjamunu samarpaNamu sEyu vAr(endarO)
immediately (saraguna) (literally quickly) surrender (samarpaNamu sEyu) the Lotus (sarOjamunu) of (anu) (their) heart (svAntamu) (svAntamanu) at His holy feet (pAdamulaku) (literally to the feet);
I offer my salutations to all of them
patita pAvanuD(a)nE parAtparuni gurinci
param(A)rthamagu nija mArgamutOnu
pADucunu sallApamutO
svara lay(A)di rAgamulu teliyu vAr(endarO)
There are countless great personages who (vAru) –
while singing (pADucunu) joyously (sallApamutO) about (gurinci) the Supreme Lord (parAtparuni) called (anE) sanctifier (pAvanuDu) (pAvanuDanE) of the fallen (patita),
in consonance with true (nija) path (mArgamutOnu) leading to highest knowledge (paramArthamagu), know (teliyu) rAgas (rAgamulu) emanating from (Adi) the seven svaras and laya;
I offer my salutations to all of them.
hari guNa maNi-maya saramulu gaLamuna
SObhillu bhakta kOTul(i)lalO
telivitO celimitO karuNa kalgi
jagam(e)llanu sudhA dRshTicE brOcu vAr(endarO)
There are countless great personages in this World (ilalO) who are excellent (kOTulu) (kOTulilalO) devotees (bhakta) –
in whose voice (gaLamuna) (literally throat) shines (SObhillu) series (lists) (saramulu) (literally strings) of excellent (maNi-maya) (literally precious stones) qualities (guNa) of Lord hari, and
who (vAru) protect (brOcu) entire (ellanu) World (jagamu) (jagamellanu) with their nectarine (sudhA) glance (dRshTicE),
with full understanding (telivitO), love (celimitO) and having (kalgi) compassion (karuNa);
(there are countless great personages in this World who are excellent devotees; they protect entire World with their nectarine glance with full understanding, love and compassion; they spread bhakti by singing the excellent qualities of Lord hari.)
I offer my salutations to them.
hoyalu mIra naDalu kalgu sarasuni
sadA kanula jUcucunu pulaka SarIrulai
Ananda payOdhi nimagnulai
mudambunanu yaSamu kala vAr(endarO)
There are countless famous (yaSamu kala) great personages who (vAru) –
beholding (jUcucunu) (literally look) always (sadA) with their eyes (kanula) the lovely Lord (sarasuni) having (kalgu) exceedingly (mIra) charming (hoyalu) gait (naDalu),
attaining horripilation (pulaka SarIrulai) (literally tingling sensation in the body) remain delightfully (mudambunanu) immersed (nimagnulai) in the Ocean (payOdhi) of bliss (Ananda);
I offer my salutations to all of them.
parama bhAgavata mauni vara SaSi
vibhA-kara sanaka sanandana
dig(I)Sa sura kimpurusha kanaka kaSipu
suta nArada tumburu
pavana sUnu bAla candra dhara Suka
sarOja bhava bhU-sura varulu
parama pAvanulu ghanulu SASvatulu
kamala bhava sukhamu sad(A)nubhavulu gAka(yendarO)
There are countless great personages other than (gAka) (the following)-
great (vara) sages (mauni) who are Supreme (parama) devotees (bhAgavata) of the Lord,
the Moon (SaSi), the Sun (vibhAkara), sages sanaka, sanandana, the Lords (ISa) of the Quarters (dik) (digISa), the celestials (sura), attendants of kubEra (kimpurusha),
prahlAda – son (suta) of hiraNya (kanaka) kaSipu, sage nArada, the celstrial musician tumburu, AnjanEya – son (sUnu) of vAyu (pavana), Lord Siva – wearer (dhara) of young (bAla) moon (candra), sage Suka,
Lord brahmA – abiding (bhava) in Lotus (sarOja), great (varulu) brAhmaNas (bhU-sura), the supremely (parama) holy (pAvanulu) ones, the eminent persons (ghanulu), the eternal ones (SASvatulu) (all these) who –
always (sadA) have the experience (anubhavulu) (sadAnubhavulu) of Supreme bliss – brahmAnanda – (brahmA – one abiding (bhava) in Lotus (kamala) – bliss – Ananda (sukhamu));
I offer my salutations to all of them.
nI mEnu nAma vaibhavambulanu
nI parAkrama dhairyamula
SAnta mAnasamu nIvul(a)nu
vacana satyamunu raghuvara nI(y)eDa
sad-bhaktiyu janincakanu dur-matamulanu
kalla jEsin(a)TTi nI madin-
(e)ringi 10santasambunanu guNa bhajan-
(A)nanda kIrtanamu sEyu vAr(endarO)
O Lord raghuvara! There are countless great personages who (vAru) –
understanding (eringi) Your (nI) kind of (aTTi) mind (madini) (madineringi) which disproved (kalla jEsina) (jEsinaTTi) the wicked paths (dur-matamulanu),
in order that there could sprout (janincakanu) in them the true devotion (sad-bhaktiyu) towards You (nIyeDa),
happily (santasambunanu) sing (kIrtanamu sEyu) the blissful (Ananda) chant (bhajana) (bhajanAnanda) of Your virtues (guNa),
describing the greatness (vaibhavambulanu) of Your (nI) body (mEnu), Your name (nAma), Your (nI) prowess (parAkrama) and courage (dhairyamula), Your tranquility (SAnta) of mind (mAnasamu) and the truth (satyamunu) of words (vacana) uttered (anu) by You (nIvu) (nIvulanu);
I offer my salutations to all of them.
bhAgavta rAmAyaNa gIt(A)di
Sruti SAstra purANapu
marmamulanu Siv(A)di 11shaN-matamula
gUDhamulanu 12muppadi mukkOTi
sur(A)ntarangamula bhAvambulan-
(e)ringi 13bhAva rAga lay(A)di saukhyamucE
cir(A)yuvul kalgi niravadhi sukh(A)tmulai
tyAgarAj(A)ptul(ai)na vAr(endarO)
There are countless great personages who (vAru) -
understanding the secrets of SrImad-bhAgavataM, rAmAyaNa, SrImad-bhagavad-gItA, vEdas, sciences, epics, etc (Adi) (gItAdi),
the secrets (gUDhamulanu) of the six methods (shaNmatamula) of formal worship like, Saiva (Siva) and others (Adi ) (SivAdi),
the state (bhAvambulanu) (bhAvambulaneringi) of mind (antarangamula) of thirty-three crores (muppadi mukkOTi) of celestials (sura) (surAntarangamula),
attaining (kalgi) a very long (cira) life (Ayuvul) (cirAyuvul) and being uninterrupted (niravadhi) experiencers of bliss (sukhAtmulai) along with joy (saukhyamucE) of bhAva (literally state of mind), rAga and laya etc (Adi) (layAdi),
have become (aina) the benefactors (Aptulu) (Aptulaina) of this tyAgarAja;
I offer my salutations to all of them.
prEma muppiri konu vELa
nAmamu 14talacE vAru
rAma bhaktuDaina tyAga-
rAja nutuni nija dAsul(ai)na vAr(endarO)
There are countless great personages who (vAru) –
meditate (talacE) (literally think) on the name (nAmamu) of the Lord at that time (vELa) when their love (prEma) redoubles (muppiri konu) and who (vAru) –
have become (aina) the true (nija) servants (dAsulu) (dAsulaina) of the Lord praised (nutuni) by this tyAgarAja who is (aina) devotee (bhaktuDu) (bhaktuDaina) of Lord rAma;
I offer my salutations to all of them.
17th Jan 2017, pushya bahuLa pancami