Marugelara : Thiagarajar Krithi

Marukelara O Raghava : Ragam: jayantashree

Composer: Tyaagaraaja;  Language: Telugu

Pallavi

Marukelara O RaghavaA

Anupallavi:

Marugela charachara rupa paratpara suya sudhakra lochana

Charanam:

Anni nivanusu antarangamuna dinnaga vedaki telisi kontinayya
Ninne gani madi nennajala norula nannu brovavayya thyagarajanuta

Pallavi: 

Marugu : Screen

Elara : Why 

Anupallavi: 

Chara : the one which moves

achara : the one which does not move

Rupa : who has the form of

Paratpara : the one who is beyond all / everything

Surya : Sun

Sudhakara : Moon

Lochana : eyes

Charanam: 

Vetagi : Having searched

Antarangamuna : confidential / inner most thoughts & feelings

Tinnaga : Have directly

Telusukontini : Perceived / understood

Nivanusu : you alone

Anni : everything

Ninne : you

Gani : other than

Madini : in my mind

Jalaju : I shall not

Enna : Even think about

orula : of anyone

Ayya : O Rama

Nuta : Praised

Brovu : protect

Nannu : Me

Meaning:

O Raghava (Lord Rama)! Why are you concealing yourself? 

The Universe itself is your form! The Sun and the moon are your eyes. By deep contemplation, inquiry, and search, I have directly perceived that you are everything, and everything is within you. 

There is no place in my mind for any other God. Please protect me

Discussion of the Meaning : 

In this song, Thiyagaiyar asks Rama to come before him. He says O Rama, why are you concealing yourself? Lord is concealed with a screen called maya. Only the lord can remove the screen. Thiyaggaiyar says that inspite of you having the screen, I have perceived you. Your trick of having the screen hence is useless. Why keep it any longer? Please remove it and come before me. 

He also asks Rama, "Can you even try to conceal yourself?". There is clear proof of Lord's existence. There is the Sun and the moon - which are the two eyes of Rama. The world itself is there and functioning which again shows that the Lord is there. How can HE conceal HIMSELF? 

The song reminds me of "Tera tiyagaraadhaa" in Goulibandhu where he asks Lord Venketeswara of Thirupathi as to when the screen will be lifted which is separating him and the God. While there is actually a screen which is placed between the idol of the God and us sometimes, Thyagaraja is not referring to that alone. He is also referring to the screen of maya which separates us from seeing the God. 

It is said that one of the five things that the God does is "Thirodhanam" - which is "concealing". While typically "Thirodhanam" is attributed to Lord Shiva / Goddess Lalitha who carries out the five different activities (As Lalitha Sahasranamam says - "Pancha kritya parayana" : Srishti, Sthithi, Samharam, Thirodhanam & Anugraham), it looks as if Thiyagaiyar is referring to the act of "Thirodhanam" here as well as in the other song - tera tiyagaradha. 

Listen to Maharajapuram Santhanam singing Marugelara here:

Marugelara by Maharajapuram Santhanam