endarO mahAnubhAvu-landariki vandanamu. rAgA: shrI. tALA: Adi

endarO mahAnubhAvu-landariki vandanamu. rAgA: shrI. tALA: Adi

P: endarO mahAnubhAvu-landariki vandanamu

A: canduru varNuni anda candamunu hrdayAra-

vindamuna jUci brahmAnandamanu bhavincu vAr-

C1: sAma gAna lOla manasija lAvaNya dhanya mUrdhanyul-

2: mAnasa vana cara vara sancAramu salipi mUrti bAguga pogaDanE vAr-

3: saraguna pAdamulaku svAntamanu sarOjamunu samarpaNamu sEyu vAr-

4: patita pAvanuDanE parAtparuni gurinci paramArthamagu nija mArgamutOnu

bADucunu sallApamutO svara layAdi rAgamula deliyu vAr-

5: hari guNa maNimaya saramulu galamuna shObhillu bhakta kOTulilalO telivitO celimitO karuNa galgu jagamellanu sudhA drSTicE brOcu vAr-

6: hoyalu mIra naDalu galgu sarasuni sadA kanula jucucunu pulaka sharIrula I Ananda payOdhi nimagnula I mudambunanu yashamu galavAr-

7: parama bhAgavata mauni vara shashi vibhAkara sanaka sanandana digIsha sura kimpuruSa kanaka kashipu suta nArada tumburu pavanasUnu bAlacandra dhara shuka sarOjabhava bhUsuravarulu parama pAvanulu ghanulu shAshvatulu kamala bhava sukhamu sadAnubhavulu gAka

8: nI mEnu nAma vaibhavambulanu nI parAkrama dhairyamula shAnta mAnasamu nIvulanu vacana satyamunu, raghuvara nIyeDa sadbhaktiyu janincakanu durmatamulanu kalla jEsinaTTi nImadi neringi santasambunanu guNa bhajanA- nanda kirtanamu jEyu vAr-

9: bhAgavata rAmAyaNa gItAdi shruti shAstra purAnamu marmamulanu shivAdi sanmatamula gUDhamulan muppadi mukkOTi surAntarangamula bhAvamula nerigi bhava rAga layAdi saukhyamucE cirAyuvula galigi niravadhi sukhAtmulai tyAgarAptulaina vAr-

10: prEma muppiri gonu vELa nAmamu dalacEvAru rAmabhaktuDaina tyAgarAjanutuni nija dAsulaina vAr-

Music as Devotion (Nadopasana) :

Thyagaraja, one among the famous Carnatic Music Trinity is yet another saint composer of Andhra Pradesh who hails from the Kakarla Village of Kurnool district. Thyagaraja admired Bhakta Ramdas for his staunch devotion and also adopted him as his role model. This is evident from the various kritis through which he tends to pay his tribute to Ramdas whom he even refers to as a sage and himself as the Dasa of Ramadas. Inspite of his being a devotee of Rama he is known to have made around 800 compositions on all the Hindu deities most of them written in his mother tongue Telugu but for a few in Sanskrit. In his compositions Thyagaraja adopted Ramdas’ style of Anubhavam of Sri Rama. The only thing that appealed to Thyagaraja were Music and devotion, which remain synonymous to him who held belief in Nadopasana.
The works of the saint, who can be said to given a direction to Indian Music next to Purandaradasa, can be spoken of only in superlatives and even they sometimes seem inadequate to convey the exquisite beauty of his art. His compositions generally are confined to simple Tala (rhythms) like Adi, Triputa and Rupaka, which add beauty to his style. His command in the literary pursuit of both Telugu and Sanskrit have also given them a rare felicity and homeliness. Through his compositions the Saint tends to drive home great truths at ease with extreme simplicity.
Thyagaraju’s Pancha ratna Keertanas in ragas of Nata, Gaula, Arabhi, Varali and Sri along with his other compositions in slower tempos with finer nuances of text and music do more than depict his mastery of design and structure. A beautiful elaboration introduced by him was the "Sangathi" as a built-in part of his kriti.

Thyagaraja Keertanas :Being a staunch devotee of Lord Rama, the only things that mattered to Thyagaraju were Music and devotion, which were synonymous for him who believed in Nadopasana. Among his thousands of compositions are the immortal Pancha ratna Kritis –
Endaro mahanubhavulu… (Lyric)
Duduku gala nanne dora koduku brochura… (Lyric)
Jagadananda karaka… (Lyric)
Kana kana ruchira… (Lyric)
Sadhinchene o manasa… (Lyric)
( Click to hear the audio of the Keertana )
Next of reverence is the thought provoking Keertana suggestive of the incomparability of the divine pleasure derived out of devotion and that from materialistic pleasures sung after declining the request of the King is one of great reverence -
Nidhi chala sukhama… Ramuni sannidhi sukhama…
Few among the other compositions include –
Dorakuna Ituvanti Seva...
Gandhamu puyaruga...
Koluvai yunnade…
Marugelara oo raghava…
Nagumomu kanaleni…
Nanu palimpa nadachi vachchitivo…
Samaja vara gamana…
Sangeeta gnyanamu bhaktivina…
Santamu leka soukhyamu ledu…
Seetamma mayamma, Sri Ramudu ma tandri…
Sita kalyana vaibhogame…
Apart from these he also composed the utsava sampradaya keertanas and divya nama sankeertanas, which are sung in devotional congregations. Majority of his compositions including the two operas of Prahlada Bhakti Vijayam and Nauka Charitram are in Telugu while others in Sanskrit. All these compositions seem to establish one fact that " the one and only purpose of music ,..is moksha sadhana."
Today the samadhi of this great patron-saint is a centre of pilgrimage to all the musicians and music lovers and "Thyagaraja Aradhana Utasavams" are celebrated all over by the Carnatic musicians in the month of December every year. Here at Hyderabad the festival is celebrated in grace chiefly at the Thyagaraya Gana Sabha.

Thyagaraju's Life :
Thyagaraju hails from a Telugu family belonging to Kakarla village in Kurnool district Andhra Pradesh who have migrated to Thiruvaiyaru of Tamilnadu during the Vijayanagara Empire due to the invasion from the North. He was born to the couple of Kakarla Ramabrahmam and Santhamma on Sarvajit Chaitra Soma Sukla Saptami in Pushyami star that fell on the 4th of May. There however is a controversy as to his year of birth as to whether it is 1767 or 1759.
Named after the presiding deity of Thiruvarur, Thyagaraju had inculcated the habit of worshipping Lord Rama under the instructions of his father. At the age of 13, Thyagaraju composed his first song "Namo Namo Raghavaya…" on Lord Rama. Thyagaraju unlike his brother was a genius both in literature and musical perspective. Apart from his mother tongue, he also studied Sanskrit and Astrology and was a disciple of Sonthi Venkataramanayya, one of the foremost singers of the day. He is said to have been preached of Rama Taraka Mantra by the divine sage Narada in his dream.
To him Music and devotion were synonymous and thus have composed a huge number of songs including those, which he has composed while on the pilgrimages all through his lifetime of 88 years. He who thus believed in Nadopasana and the concept of complete surrender to Him whom he called Rama, lived on "Uncha Vritti", a sacred way of collecting alms for one’s livelihood. He is also known to have rejected the king’s offer for singing in his praise as he declined Narastuti (praising human) after singing eulogies for the Almighty.
At the age of 18, he got married to a girl called Parvati who soon died without leaving any children. He then married her sister Kanakamba. They had a daughter named Sitamahalakshmi, through whom he had a grandson who died with no progeny and thus came to an end the direct lineage of the composer. And his disciples were thus the only propagators of his compositions.
Tyagabrahmam took sanyasa towards the end of his life on the advice of Sri Rama and attained samadhi on Pushya Bahula Panchami (6th January 1847) as he is believed to have been blessed with Moksha by Lord Rama. He says in one of the most moving songs, "Unerringly I saw Sri Rama installed on the hill...Thrilled with ecstasy, with tears of joy, I tried to speak. He promised to bless me in five days." And so it happened.