Adhi kathu bhajana manasa

 

By

 

Saint Thyagaraja

 

Translated  by

 

P.R.Ramachander

 

Raga  Yadu kula Khambothi

Thala  Aadhi

 

Pallavi

 

Adhi kathu Bhajana manasa

 

Anupallavi

 

Yethalonensu dokkati,

Payyedha kalkinathiso nokati

 

Charanam

 

Goppa thanamugai yasa,

Kuthsitha  vishaya pibhasa,

Meppulagai  bahuvesa midi

Yuppathil letharu  Thyagaraja vinutha.

 

English translation

 

Pallavi

 

Oh mind that is not Bhajana*

   *Mass prayer singing

 

Anupallavi

 

What is thought in the mind is one,

And what is got as charity is another

 

Charanam

 

Desire for a great position,

Interest in base and bad things,

Putting on acts so that others appreciate

Is this Bhajana, Oh Rama who is sung  by Thyagaraja