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namastE namastE  - Repeated salutations to you,

tyAgarAjAya  - to Tyagaraja.

kAtyAyanI patE   - O husband of Parvati (daughter of Sage Katyayana)!

paSu-patE  - O master of all creatures!

siMha-Asana patE  - O lord seated on a throne!

anupallavi

vAgISa-Adi-akhila dEva vandita pada pankajAya - to  (you who are) the one whose lotus-feet are saluted by all gods, led by Brahma (the lord of Sarasvati),

yOgI-ISvara mAnasa saMyukta vadana vArijAya - the one whose lotus-face is fixed in the hearts of the greatest of Yogis,

bhOga mOksha dAna  - the one who grants both material enjoyment as well as liberation,

vAma bhAga sthita SailajAya - the one who has Parvati seated on the left side,

yOga guru guha-AtmajAya  - the one whose son is Guruguha, adept in Yoga,

tyAga dhvajAya  - the one whose banner is renunciation,

ajAya  - the one with no birth,

caraNam

mukunda-Adi pUjita  - the one worshipped by Vishnu and others,

sa-umA-skanda mUrtayE  - the one having the form of Somaskanda (Shiva along with Uma and Skanda),

mucukunda-Adi bhakta jana manO-ratha pUrtayE - the one who fulfills the desires of devout people such as King Muchukunda,

mukura bimba prati-bimbita mukha sphUrtayE - the glow of whose face is reflected in the mirror,

muni pakshi mRga kITa-Adi mukti prada kIrtayE - the one famed for granting liberation to sages and (even) birds, animals and insects etc.

sakala-Agama mantra tantra sArajna-anuraktayE - the one affectionate towards those who know the essence of all the Vedas, Mantras and Tantras,

a-ka-tha-Adi tri-rEkhA-Atmaka-AdhAra pravRttayE - the one whose base or seat is the triangular Chakra with the lines representing the letters ‘a’,’ka’ and ‘tha’,

sakala nishkaLa svarUpa  - the formless one and one with form,

sat-cit-sukha vyAptayE  - the one pervading as existence-consciousness-bliss,

vikalpa bhEda yuktayE  - the means to break or destroy (the delusion of) manifoldness,

viTanka rUpa SaktayE  - the one with the power of assuming the Vitanka (unchiseled) form.