29 shankaraabharaNam janya
Aa: S R2 M1 P D2 S
Av: S N3 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S

taaLam: dEshaadi
Composer: Tyaagaraaja
Language: Telugu

pallavi

vina rAdA nA manavi vina rAdA nA manavi

anupallavi

kanakAga kAvETi ranga shrIkAnta kAntalella kAminci pilacitE

caraNam 1

tEjinekki bAga teruvuna rAga rAjasatulu jUci rammani pilacitE

caraNam 2

bhAgadEya vaibhOga ranga shrI tyAgarAjanuta taruNulu pilacitE

Meaning:

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

Carnatic Compositions - The Essence and Embodiment
-Aparna Munukutla Gunupudi

pallavi

vina rAdA - please listen
nA manavi - to my request

anupallavi

kanakAga - golden hued body
kAvETi ranga - Ranga, who protects
Sri kAnta - lord of Lakshmi
kAntalella - the women
kAminchi - with love
pilichitE - calling you

caraNam 1

tEjinekki - ascending the chariot
bAga teruvuna - on the streets
rAga - as you come
rAjasatulu - the royal women
jUchi - looking at you
Rammani - to come
pilichitE - calling you

caraNam 2

bhAgadEya - we are fortunate
vaibhOga ranga - celebrating Ranga
srI tyAgarAjanuta - praised by tyAgarAja
taruNulu - the women
pilichitE - calling you

Summary:

Oh RanganAtha, listen to my request, please! Oh golden hued kAveti RangA, the lord of Lakshmi, the women are calling you passionately, after seeing you as processioning on the chariot through the streets, the royal maidens and other women are calling you, as you are praised by Tyagaraja, we are the fortunate to witness the celebrated RangA and please bless us.

As the month of kArteekam the prominent month for worship of Siva and Siva Linga abhishekam follows the month of mArgasiram where the prominent month for worship of Vishnu/RanganAtha begins. The worship of Sri RanganAtha begins from mid December with singing Thiruppavai (30 songs - one for each day), nagara sankeerthanam (an early morning procession of devotees singing songs on lord Vishnu), chanting the VishNu mantra "Om namO nArAyaNaya," reading/listening to Vishnu puranam in the evenings and special worships in the temples for an entire month. This is one of the Sri Ranga pancharatna krithis. The other krithis are JUthamu rAre in Arabhi, Karuna joodavayya in SAranga, Raju vedale in ThOdi and O Rangasayee in KAmbhoji. Of the five songs, O ranga sayee is the crown jewel krithi, where Tyagaraja praises & depicts Sri Ranganatha in a beautiful form. Enjoy this song and listen to all other songs in praise of RanganAtha.

From Compositions of Tyagaraja by TK Govinda Rao:

Can't you listen to my appeal? O Golden-hued one! Kaveri Ranga! Lord of Lakshmi! All damsels overcome by their love for you are inviting you. Our greatest fortune! O Ranga of festivities! When youthful damsels call you, can't you listen to my appeal?

Notation:
Notation available here at Shivkumar Kalyanaraman's Krithi Archive.

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

Composed on Lord Ranganathan at Srirangam.