53 gamanashrama janya
Aa: S R1 G3 M2 P D2 P S
Av: S N3 D2 P M2 G3 R1 S

OR

shhadvidamaargini

46 shhadvidamaargini mEla
Aa: S R1 G2 M2 P D2 N2 S
Av: S N2 D2 P M2 G2 R1 S

taaLam: roopakam
Composer: Tyaagaraaja
Language: Telugu

pallavi

jnAna mosaga rAdA garuDa gamana vAdA

anupallavi

nI nAmamucE nAmadi nirmalamainadi

caraNam

paramAtmuDu jIvAtmuDu padinAlugu lOkamulu nara kinnara kimpuruSulu nAradAdi munulu
paripUrNa niSkaLanka niravadhi sukha dAyaka vara tyAgarAjarcita varamu tAnanE

Meaning:

By Aparna from Neccheli (original article here, reproduced with permission)

Carnatic Compositions - The Essence and Embodiment
-Aparna Munukutla Gunupudi

GnAna mosaga rAdA - please give me the wisdom
garuDa gamana - the one travels on the garuda (eagle)
vADA - why argue

nI nAmamuchE - with your name
nAmadi - my heart/mind
Nirmalamainadi - has become pure

paramAtmuDu - supreme soul
jIvAtmuDu - the soul in the self
padunAlugu lOkamulu - fourteen worlds
nara - humans
kinnera kimpurushulu = celestial bodies
nAradAdi munulu - nArada and other sages
paripUrNa nishkaLanka - completely perfect/unblemished
niravadhi sukha dAyaka - provider of constant bliss
vara tyAgarAjarchita - worshiped by tyagaraja
varamu tAnanE - grant me the realization that I am the paramatma

In this song, Tyagaraja refers to lord Vishnu as his Guru and begs to teach him the knowledge and realization of Jeevatma and paramatma. He requests the lord Vishnu (one who rides the eagle) to imbibe the knowledge without argument. In anupallavi, he says that his mind is clear and pure from chanting lord Vishnu's name. Then in charanam, he says “oh perfect lord, you are the provider of constant bliss, please bless me with the boon of realizing that I myself am the jeevatma, paramatma, kinnera, kimpurusha and the inhabitants of the fourteen worlds. In other words, realizing the concept of paramatma makes one to understand the supreme soul's pervasiveness in this universe as paramatma is omnipresent.

Guru is a Sanskrit word that by definition means remover of darkness ("gu" is darkness "ru" is remover). On the occasion of guru poornima this month, we take this opportunity to praise and thank all of our gurus and inspire all the students to seek and gain more academic as well as spiritual knowledge. And we present these two songs that signify the importance of guru and the aspirations of a student by a noted teacher Sri. Arvind and his disciple Ranjani.

Meaning fromCompositions of Tyagaraja by TK Govinda Rao

Lord! Should you not grant me wisdom and redeem me? O the rider on Garuda! Are you cross with me? Constantly chanting your name has made my mind pure and stainless. So can't you initiate me into the ultimate advaitic doctrine so that I may realize and experience the unity of the Supreme Paramaatmaa and the individual Jeevatma and identify myself with the entire creation of the fourteen worlds, human beings and celestials like Kinnaraas, Kimpurushaas, and sages like Naarada? O Supreme and Perfect One. O the Impeccable one! Bestower of eternal Bliss! The one prayed to by Tyagaraja!

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

Other information:
Lyrics contributed by Lakshman Ragde. Meaning contributed by Aparna Gunupudi via Neccheli and from Compositions of Tyagaraja by TK Govinda Rao.

This song was sung by Tyagaraja for Venkataramana, as described here.