తెలియ లేరు రామ - Teliyaleru Rama (Melakarta 09 - Dhenuka)

Singer: Sanjay Subrahmanyan Violin: S Varadarajan Mridangam: Neyveli B Venkatesh Tambura: Rahul Krishna Composer: Tyagaraja Ragam: Dhenuka Talam: Adi Audio/Video courtesy - Times Thyagaraja Awards Thanks to Mr Churchill Pandian Live concert held on 17th January 2026 at the Music Academy, Chennai for the Times Thyagaraja Awards Grand Finale. Lyrics/Meaning courtesy - https://thyagaraja-vaibhavam.blogspot... teliya lEru rAma bhakti mArgamunu O SrI rAma! People are not aware (teliya lEru) of the path (mArgamunu) of bhakti. ilanu-antaTa tirugucunu kaluvarincEru kAni (teliya) Roaming (tirugucunu) all over (antaTa) the Earth (ilanu) (ilanantaTa), they babble as if in a dream (kaluvarincEru); but (kAni), O Lord SrI rAma! they are not aware of the path of bhakti. caraNam vEga lEci nITa munigi bhUti pUsi vELLanu-enci veliki SlAghanIyulai bAga paikam(u-)jana lOlulu-airE kAni tyAgarAja vinuta (teliya) Getting up (lEci) early in the morning (vEga), taking bath (nITa munigi) (literally taking dip in water), smearing (pUsi) sacred ash (bhUti) on the body, (performing japa by) counting (enci) fingers (vELLanu) (veLLanenci), and posing (veliki) (literally ostensibly) as praise-worthy (SlAghanIyulai), they became (airE) totally (bAga) (literally very) committed (lOlulu) (literally dedicated) (lOlulairE) to earning (Arjana) money (paikamu) (paikamArjana), but (kAni) O Lord praised (vinuta) by this tyAgarAja! they are not aware of the path of bhakti.