21 keeravaaNi mela
Aa: S R2 G2 M1 P D1 N3 S
Av: S N3 D1 P M1 G2 R2 S

taaLam: aadi
Composer: Tyaagaraaja
Language: Telugu

pallavi

kaligiyuNTEgadA galgunu kAmita phaladAyaka
(kaligi)

anupallavi

kalini ingita mErugaka ninnADukoNTi calamu cEyaka nA talanu cakkani vrAta
(kaligi)

caraNam

bhAgavatAgrEsarulagu nArada prahlAda parAshara rAmadAsulu
bAguga shrI raghu rAmuni padamula bhakti jEsina rIti tyAgarAjunikipuDu
(kaligi)

Meanings: - there are 2 meanings for this song
O Rama! Reputed to fill the desires of devotees! Unless my actions in the past lives had earned enough merit, I will not be destined to have my desires fulfilled! In this kaliyuga, without proper understanding and discrimination, I went to the extent of reproaching you for my plight. Had I only devoutly worshipped your feet as the cream of devotees like Prahlada, Parashara and Ramadasa did, would you not have ordained a favourable destiny for me?

Oh! Fulfiller of desires! Your grace will come only if I had earned it by my past merit; in this kali age, without knowing your mind, I reproached you. Do not tarry; if you had ordained a fair fate for me, your grace will come; if I had practised devotion to Rama's feet as devoutly as the foremost devotees, Narada, Prahlada, Parashara and Ramadasa, I would have earned it (your grace).

Notation:
Notation available here at Shivkumar Kalyanaraman's Krithi Archive. Also, listen to the music class here.