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🕉️ carnatic·📿 1× ଜପ·🕐 Evening or night, when the heart is quiet; on Rama Navami and Tyagaraja Aradhana·📜 Kriti of Saint Tyagaraja in raga Abheri, Adi tala (Telugu, early 19th century CE)
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Kriti of Saint Tyagaraja in raga Abheri, Adi tala (Telugu, early 19th century CE) · Saint Tyagaraja · 1767-1847 CE

Tyagaraja worshipped Rama through nearly a thousand songs, speaking to him as friend, master, mother and king. Tradition places this kriti in a season of despair, when the saint's daily worship seemed to bring no answering vision. Out of that silence rose 'Nagumomu' — a complaint, a sigh and a surrender in one: if the servants would not plead, if Garuda would not hurry, still the saint had no one else to call but the ruler of the worlds.

ଶାସ୍ତ୍ରରେ କୁହାଯାଇଥିବା ପରି

Hagiographies of Tyagaraja tell that Rama did answer his songs — appearing to him on the Kaveri's banks and, at the end, granting him the vision he begged for in this kriti. Musicians say no eye stays dry when 'Nagumomu' is sung with full feeling; many a listener has found an unexplained peace, as if the smiling face itself had glanced their way.

ଅର୍ଥ ସହିତ ସମ୍ପୂର୍ଣ ପାଠ

ଯେକୌଣସି ଧାଡ଼ି କିମ୍ବା ▶ ବଟନ୍ ଛୁଇଁ ଶୁଣନ୍ତୁ

ଶ୍ଳୋକ 1

ନଗୁମୋମୁ ଗନଲେନି ନାଜାଲି ତॆଲିସି ନନୁ ବ୍ରୋଵଗ ରାଦା ଶ୍ରୀ ରଘୁଵର ନୀ

nagumōmu ganalēni nājāli telisi nanu brōvaga rādā śrī raghuvara nī

ଅର୍ଥ:O Sri Raghuvara! Knowing my anguish at being unable to behold your smiling face, can you not come and protect me?

ଶ୍ଳୋକ 2

ନଗରାଜଧର ନୀଦୁ ପରୈଵାର ଲॆଲ୍ଲ ऒଗିବୋଧନ ଜେସେ ଵାରଲୁ ଗାରେ ଯିଟୁ ଲୁଣ୍ଡୁଦୁରॆ

nagarājadhara nīdu paraivāra lella ogibōdhana jēsē vāralu gārē yiṭu luṇḍudure

ଅର୍ଥ:O bearer of the king of mountains! Are not all those in your retinue wise counsellors? Would they let things remain like this — would none of them plead my cause before you?

ଶ୍ଳୋକ 3

ଖଗରାଜୁ ନୀ ଯାନତି ଵିନି ଵେଗ ଚନଲେଦୋ ଗଗନାନି କିଲକୁ ବହୁ ଦୂରମ୍ବନିନାଦୋ ଜଗମେଲॆ ପରମାତ୍ମ ऎଵରିତୋ ମॊରଲିଡୁଦୁ ଵଗ ଜୂପକୁ ତାଲନୁ ନନ୍ନେଲୁକୋର ତ୍ଯାଗରାଜନୁତ ନୀ

khagarāju nī yānati vini vēga canalēdō gaganāni kilaku bahu dūrambaninādō jagamēle paramātma evaritō moraliḍudu vaga jūpaku tālanu nannēlukōra tyāgarājanuta nī

ଅର୍ଥ:Did Garuda, the king of birds, not fly swiftly at your command — or did he complain that the earth is too far from heaven? O Supreme Lord who rules the worlds, to whom else shall I cry? Do not treat me with such indifference — I cannot bear it. Take me into your care, O Lord praised by Tyagaraja!

ଶବ୍ଦ-ଶବ୍ଦ ଅର୍ଥ

ଉଚ୍ଚାରଣ ଶୁଣିବାକୁ ଯେକୌଣସି ଶବ୍ଦରେ କ୍ଲିକ୍ କରନ୍ତୁ

ନଗୁମୋମୁ ଗନଲେନି🔊nagumōmu ganalēni(One who is) unable to behold (your) smiling face.
ନାଜାଲି ତॆଲିସି🔊nājāli telisiKnowing my pitiable anguish.
ନନୁ ବ୍ରୋଵଗ ରାଦା🔊nanu brōvaga rādāCan you not (come and) protect me?
ଶ୍ରୀ ରଘୁଵର🔊śrī raghuvaraO best of the Raghu dynasty — Rama.
ନଗରାଜଧର🔊nagarājadharaO bearer of the king of mountains.
ऒଗିବୋଧନ ଜେସେ ଵାରଲୁ ଗାରେ🔊ogibōdhana jēsē vāralu gārēAre they not all able advisers (who could counsel you rightly)?
ଖଗରାଜୁ ନୀ ଯାନତି ଵିନି🔊khagarāju nī yānati viniGaruda, the king of birds, on hearing your command.
ଗଗନାନି କିଲକୁ ବହୁ ଦୂରମ୍ବନିନାଦୋ🔊gaganāni kilaku bahu dūrambaninādōDid he say that the earth is very far from the sky?
ଜଗମେଲॆ ପରମାତ୍ମ🔊jagamēle paramātmaO Supreme Soul who rules the world.
ନନ୍ନେଲୁକୋର ତ୍ଯାଗରାଜନୁତ🔊nannēlukōra tyāgarājanutaTake me into your care, O Lord praised by Tyagaraja.

Nagumomu Ganaleni (Tyagaraja) ପାଠର ଲାଭ

Gives voice to viraha bhakti — the purifying ache of longing for God's darshan — melting the heart in devotion.

A song for times of feeling forgotten or unanswered: it teaches that even complaint, offered lovingly, is prayer.

The plaintive raga Abheri releases pent-up sorrow and settles the mind into tender calm.

One of the most celebrated kritis in all of Carnatic music, sung by every great master.

Deepens attachment to the smiling face of Rama — the 'nagumomu' — as the object of meditation.

Nagumomu Ganaleni (Tyagaraja) ପାଠ ବିଧି

ଜପ ସଂଖ୍ୟା1ଥର
ଉତ୍ତମ ସମୟEvening or night, when the heart is quiet; on Rama Navami and Tyagaraja Aradhana
ଦିଗFacing the deity of Rama

Sing slowly in raga Abheri, Adi tala, letting the plea 'nanu brovaga rada' ('can you not protect me?') carry your own longing. This is a song to be felt more than performed — offer it as a letter of complaint written in love, before the smiling face of Rama.

ବାରମ୍ବାର ପଚରାଯାଉଥିବା ପ୍ରଶ୍ନ

ଏହି ପୃଷ୍ଠାରେ ସମ୍ପୂର୍ଣ Nagumomu Ganaleni (Tyagaraja) ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଲିପିରେ ଦିଆଯାଇଛି — ସେହି ମୂଳ ଶ୍ଳୋକ, ଅକ୍ଷର-ଅକ୍ଷର ଲିପ୍ୟନ୍ତରିତ, ଯାହାଦ୍ୱାରା ଆପଣ ସହଜରେ ପଢ଼ି ଜପ କରିପାରିବେ। ଯେକୌଣସି ଧାଡ଼ି (କିମ୍ବା ▶ ବଟନ୍) ଛୁଇଁ ତାହାର ପାଠ ଶୁଣନ୍ତୁ।
ହଁ — କେବଳ ଲିପି ବଦଳେ; ଶବ୍ଦ ଓ ସେମାନଙ୍କ ଅର୍ଥ ମୂଳ ହିଁ ରହେ। ଏହି ପୃଷ୍ଠାର ଶ୍ଳୋକ-ଶ୍ଳୋକ ଅର୍ଥ, ଲାଭ ଓ ପାଠ ବିଧି ସମାନ ଭାବେ ପ୍ରଯୁଜ୍ୟ।
'Nagumomu' is the smiling face (of Rama); 'ganaleni' means 'unable to see'. The kriti opens: 'Knowing the anguish of one who cannot behold your smiling face, can you not protect me, O Raghuvara?'
In loving reproach, the saint wonders why the Lord has not come: did Garuda, his carrier, not fly fast enough on hearing the command — or did he grumble that earth is too far from heaven? The playful complaint hides deep yearning.
In raga Abheri (Adi tala) — its plaintive, pleading beauty has made this kriti one of the most performed pieces in Carnatic music.
Viraha — the pain of separation from God. Tyagaraja teaches that such longing, poured out honestly before the Lord, is itself one of the highest forms of devotion.

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