SRI THYAGARAJA PANCHARATNAM

Sri Thyagaraja PANCHARATNAM, a composition in five slokas was composed by KRSHNA MURTHY YAYAVARAM on the occasion of the 149th Aradhana of Saint Thyagaraja and placed at his lotus feet at the Samadhi in Tiruvaiyar on the bank of the Cauvery on  January 9, 1996. These five slokas bring out the exceptional qualities of the first of the Music Trinity, Thyagaraja, his total detachment to mundane affairs, a never ending yearning for Moksha, deep love and bhakthi for his ishta daivam Sri Rama and his literary excellence in the Various Kritis he composed and the innumerable ragas! Thyagaraja was an Andhra but settled in Tanjore District of Tamilnau! It is not an exaggeration if I say that his kritis  were the basis of many musicians' livelihoods!

                                                 
                                                                     SRI THYAGARAJA PANCHARATNAM
Cauveri teera su manohara vaasa bhavyam
Jignaasa bhava bhavabhaara viduura chetam
Ajnaanamegha jita Bhaskara thulya moorthim
Dhyaami Deva manisam Guru Thyaagaraajam

Sri Naaradiya swara Sagara labdha jnanim
Valmiki mounivara datta vara prasaadam
Karunya poorna jaldhim kavi magraganyam
Dhyaami Deva manisam Guru Thyaagaraajam

Aaraaama hema dhanalobha vihina chittham
Sri Rama tharaka mahathmya vimoha chittham
Sahithya Gita racha naadhbhuta sakthi vantham
Dhyaami Deva manisam Guru Thyaagaraajam

Sri Rama bhakthi rasapaana vimagna chittham
Sri Ramnama japa dhyaana vilola nethram
Sri Rama pujana rathaika Karam pavithram
Dhyaami Deva manisam Guru Thyaagaraajam

Sri Ramachandra charanaambuja mattha bhrungam
Vairaagya margachara maanasa baddha diksham
Devadi Deva Parameswara bhakthi yuktham
Dhyaami Deva manisam Guru Thyaagaraajam

                                                               ITI Sri THYAGARAJA PANCHARATNAM