14 vakulaabharaNam janya
Aa: S R1 S G3 M1 P D1 N2 S
Av: S N2 D1 P M1 G3 R1 S

taaLam: caapu
Composer: Tyaagaraaja
Language: Telugu

pallavi

callarE rAmacandru nIpai pUla

anupallavi

sompaina manasutO impaina bangAru gampalatO manci campakamulanu

caraNam 1

pAmaramulu mAni nEmamutnu ramA manOharuni paini tAmara pUla

caraNam 2

dhAta vinutuDaina sItApati paini cEtulatO pArijAta sumamula

caraNam 3

I jagatini dEva pUjArhamau pUla-rAjilO mEtaina jAji sumamula

caraNam 4

amita parAkramadyu maNikulArNava vimala candrunipai hrtkumuda sumamula

caraNam 5

ennarAni janana maraNamu lEkuNDa manasAra tyAgarAjanutuni paini pUla

Meaning:

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

Carnatic Compositions - The Essence and Embodiment
-Aparna Munukutla Gunupudi

challarE - shower
rAmachandrunI pai - upon Ramachandra
pUlu - flowers
Sompaina - with a beautiful
manasutO - heart
Impaina - desirable
bangAru - golden
gampalatO - baskets
Manchi - good
Champaka pUlanu - champaka flowers
pAmaramulu - material thoughts
mAni - stop
nEmamutOnu - with pleasure
ramA manOharuni paini- upon the one who stole the heart of Ramaa
tAmara pUla - lotus flowers
dhAta - Brahma
vinutuDaina - praised by
sItApati paini - upon the husband of Sita
cEtulatO - with your hands
pArijAta - night blooming jasmine
Sumamula - flowers
I jagatini - in this world
dEva pUjArhamau - eligible to worship the gods
pUla - flowers
rAjillu - known
mEtaina - top quality
jAji - jasmine
Sumamula - flowers
Amita - limitless
parAkramudau - valorous
maNikulArNava - from the ocean of solar dynasty
Vimala - unblemished
Chandrunipai - upon the moon
Hrutkumuda - lotus like your heart
Sumamula - flowers
ennarAni - countless
Janana - births
maraNamu - deaths
lEkuNDa - avoiding
manasAra - whole heartedly
tyAgarAjanutuni pai - upon the one praised/worshiped by Tyagaraja
pUlu - flowers

Summary:

This krithi is simple yet a crown jewel for the lilting melody. It simply asks people to bring good and desirable flowers in a golden basket and shower them upon Lord Sri Ramachandra with a beautiful heart/mind. Suspend all your material thoughts and pleasantly shower lotus flowers upon the beautiful lord of Ramaa. Shower the night blooming jasmines upon the husband of SIta, who is praised by lord Brahma. Shower the jasmine flowers that are best known for worshiping in this world. Shower the lotuses of devotion and emotion from your heart upon the one who shines with limitless valor and rises like a moon from the ocean of the solar dynasty. And finally, Tyagaraja says to shower the flowers whole heartedly on the one he praises, lord Sri Rama, to avoid the cycle of births and deaths, in other words attain moksha/salvation.

After a vivid portrayal of Sri Rama Pattabhishekam in Maamava pattabhirama krithi last month, this is a perfect song to shower the flowers upon Sri Rama to continue his crowning ceremony celebrations and also fits well in this beautiful spring season. While there are thousands of varieties of flowers, Tyagaraja chooses to name a few that are extremely fragrant, which states that he wants nothing but the best for his beloved lord, Sri Rama. And he mentions to bring the flowers in gold baskets, which follows closely along with the Maamava Pattaabhi rama, the coronation krithi’s theme and grandeur. Though spread apart, geographically and on the timeline, we may notice that all the composers, have an underlying theme of treating/worshiping their beloved gods and/or goddesses with nothing but the best and choicest objects, may it be flowers, fruits, creamy milk/butter/yogurt, other edibles, silks, jewels and of course an untainted devotion goes without saying. It is a beautiful springtime and a lot of flowers are in full bloom. Take a stroll around the neighborhood while listening to the song and you will actually experience nice fragrances around and in fact this song may magically transcend you to feel the fragrance from the flowers in the song. Happy springtime!

From Compositions of Tyagaraja by TK Govinda Rao:

Devotees! Pour gently on Sri Ramachandra - a basketful of choice fragrant Camaka, lotus flowers, eschewing improper actions with traditional discipline. Choose flowers of the highest class available in this world for His worship, of limitless prowess, this Hari rose like the spotless Moon from the ocean of the solar dynasty. Your heart showers the Kumuda flower of devotional emotion on Him, on One who is extolled by Brahma. Shower handfuls of Parijata flowers like rain. To disengage yourself from the endless cycle of birth and death, scatter flowers on Hari, whom Tyagaraja worships wholeheartedly.

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