Gatha moha

'Gatha mOhaashritapala' is an easy Tyagaraja Krithi which the kids learn when they start learning the Keerthanas.

Lyrics of 'Gathamoha' :

Song : Gata moha
rAgam: shankaraabharaNam

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

taaLam: aadi
Composer: Tyaagaraaja
Language: Telugu

pallavi

gata mOhA shrtapAlAdbhuta sItA ramaNa

charanam 1

bhava sArasabhava mAnasa bhavanAmara vinuta

charanam 2

bhava tAraka sava pAlana bhavadA cara haraNa

charanam 3

vinatAjagamana rAghava muni pUjita caraNa

charanam 4

shata kOTi carita mAnava mata bhEdaka damana

charanam 5

kara shObhita shara pApa timira bhAskara suguNa

charanam 6

shara jAnana karuNAkara varavAraNa sharaNa

Charanam 7

nata mAnasa hitakara pAlita tyAgarAja

MEANING OF TYAGRAJA KRITHI 'GATHA MOHA':

Pallavi
gata mohashrita paladbhuta sita-ramana

O Lord from whom delusion has fled! O Protector of those dependent!
O Wonderful Lord! O Beloved of Sita!

Charanam 1
bhava sārasabhava mānasa bhavanāmara vinuta (gata)
bhava sārasa-bhava mānasa-bhavana amara-vinuta (gata)
O Lord abiding in the hearts of Lord Siva and Brahma!
O Lord praised by celestials!

Charanam 2
bhava-tāraka sava-pālana bhavadāśara-harana (gata)
bhava tāraka sava pālana bhava-da āśara harana (gata)

O Lord who fords people from the Ocean of Worldly existence!
O Protector of sacrificial oblations!
O Lord who cuts off the Worldly Existence! O Destroyer of demons!

Charanam 3
vinatāja-gamana rāghava muni-pūjita-carana (gata)
vinatā-ja gamana rāghava muni pūjita-carana (gata)
Show Details O Lord who proceeds on Garuda – son of Vinata! O Lord Raghava!
O Lord whose holy feet are worshipped by sages!

Charanam 4
śatakōti charita mānava mata bhēdaka damana (gata)
O Human Embodied who has a hundred crore exploits!
O Queller of those who differentiate between sects!

Charanam 5
kara-śōbhita-śara pāpa-timira-bhāskara suguṇa (gata)

O Lord in whose hands there are effulgent arrows!
O Sun who removes the darkness of sins! O Lord of virtues!

Charanam 6
śarajānana karuṇākara vara vārana-śarana (gata)

O Lotus faced! O Merciful Lord! O Lord in whom Gajendra –
the blessed elephant sought refuge!

Charanam 7
nata-mānasa hitakara pālita tyāgarāja (gata)

nata mānasa hita-kara pālita tyāgarāja (gata)

O Benefactor of the minds of those who supplicate!
O Protector of this tyAgarAja!