Notation -> http://www.shivkumar.org/music Emi jEsithE Ragam: Thodi (8th Melakartha Ragam) ARO:    S R1 G2 M1 P D1 N2 S || AVA:    S N2 D1 P M1 G2 R1 S || Talam: Misra Chapu Composer: Tyagaraja Version: Hyderabad Brothers (Original YouTube) Lyrics / Meaning Courtesy: http://thyagaraja-vaibhavam.blogspot.com/2008/11/thyagaraja-kriti-emi-jesitenemi-raga.html  Youtube Class: https://youtu.be/HB88VIkcSh4  Audio MP3 Class: http://www.shivkumar.org/music/emijesithe-class.mp3  Pallavi:  Emi jEsitE(n)Emi SrI rAma    svAmi karuNa lEni var(i)lalO Anupallavi:  kAma mOha dAsulai SrI rAmuni   kaTTu teliya lEni vAr(i)lalO(nEmi) caraNam 5 guruvu tAn(ai)tE(n)Emi kaNTiki mEnu    guruvai tOcitE(n)Emi vara mantram(a)nyulak(u)padESincitE(n)Emi vara tyAgarAja nutuni daya lEni vAr(i)lalO(nEmi) Meaning Courtesy: http://thyagaraja-vaibhavam.blogspot.com/2008/11/thyagaraja-kriti-emi-jesitenemi-raga.html  Sahithyam: P: Emi jEsitE-Emi  Meaning: Whatever (Emi) one might accomplish (jEsitE)  Sahithyam: SrI rAma  svAmi karuNa lEni varu-ilalO Meaning: … in this World (ilalO), what difference does it make (Emi) (jEsitEnEmi) if he (vAru) (literally they) (vArilalO) do not have (lEni) the grace (karuNa) of Lord (svAmi) SrI rAma? Sahithyam: A: kAma mOha dAsulai  Meaning: Having become slaves (dAsulai) to desire (kAma) (literally lust), delusion (mOha) (literally obsession) etc.,  Sahithyam: SrI rAmuni  kaTTu teliya lEni vAru-ilalO-(Emi) Meaning: … those who (vAru) do not (lEni) know (teliya) the commandment (kaTTu) (literally bond) of SrI rAma (rAmuni), whatever they might accomplish in this World (ilalO) (vArilalO), what difference does it make? Sahityam: C5: guruvu tAnu-aitE-Emi  Meaning: Of what avail (Emi) whether one (tAnu) becomes (aitE) (tAnaitEnEmi) a preceptor (guruvu) or Sahityam: kaNTiki mEnu guruvai tOcitE-Emi Meaning: Of what avail (Emi) whether one’s body (mEnu) appears (tOcitE) (tOcitEnEmi) splendid (guruvai) to look at (kaNTiki) (literally for eyes), or Sahityam: vara mantramu-anyulaku-upadESincitE-Emi Meaning: Of what avail (Emi) whether one initiates (upadESincitE) others (anyulaku) in sacred (vara) syllables (mantramu) (mantramanyulakupadESincitEnEmi))? Sahityam: vara tyAgarAja nutuni daya lEni vAru-ilalO-(Emi) Meaning: … those who (vAru) do not have (lEni) the grace (daya) of the sacred (vara) SrI rAma – one who is praised (nutuni) by this tyAgarAja, whatever they might accomplish in this World (ilalO) (vArilalO), what difference does it make (Emi) ?