Suswara Lahari (Narayan Kumar)'s video: bhakti biccam i yyavE-Shankarabharanam - Thyagaraja - Sumitra Vasudev

In the kRti – ‘bhakti biccamiyyavE’ – rAga SankarAbharaNaM, SrI tyAgarAja asks Lord to grant him alms of (desire-less) true devotion. pallavi 1bhakti 2biccam(i)yyavE bhAvukamagu 3sAtvIka (bha) anupallavi 4muktik(5a)khila Saktiki tri- mUrtulak(a)ti mElmi 6rAma (bha) caraNam prANamu lEni vAniki bangAru 7pAga cuTTi ANi vajra bhUshaNam(u)ramandu peTTu rIti 8jANalaku purAN(A)gama SAstra vEda japa prasanga trANa kalgi(y)Emi bhakta tyAgarAja nuta 9rAma (bha) Gist O Lord rAma praised by this devout tyAgarAja! Deign to grant me alms of auspicious, pure desire-less devotion. It is much superior to emancipation, all kinds of powers and even the Trinity. Of what avail if the capability of chanting (or reciting) and discoursing of/on epics, Agama, SAstras and vEda accrue to clever persons (devoid of devotion)? It is like tying a golden turban to a corpse and decorating it with exquisite diamond jewellery on the chest.