E rAmuni nammitinO

vakulAbharaNa Adi tyAgarAja telugu kRti

Sahityam

Pallavi

E rAmuni nammitinO nEnE pUla pUja jEsitinO

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Which Rama did I believe? With which flowers I worshipped?

Anupallavi

vAramu nija dAsa varulaku ripulaina
vAri madamaNacE¹ zrI rAmuDu kAdO (E)

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Isn’t that Sri Rama who, ever quells the arrogance of those who are enemies of true great devotees?

Charanams Combined

EkAntamuna sIta sOkOrci² jO-koTTa
kAkAsuruDu cEyu cIkAku sairiJcukOka
madini daya lEka bANamu vEsi
EkAkSuni³ jEyu sAkEta pati kAdO (E)

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Isn’t that King of Ayodhya who, when, in privacy, sleeping in the lap of Sita to her lullaby, unable to bear the troubles created by the crow demon, pitilessly, rendered him (the demon) as one-eyed by discharging weapon – Brahmastra?

dAra putrula vadda cEranIka ravi
kumAruni velapaTa pAra-dOli giri
jEra jEsinaTTi tArA nAyakuni
saMhAramu jEsina zrI rAmuDu kAdO (E)

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Isn’t that Sri Rama who slayed that Vali – husband of Tara – who, by banishing Sugriva – the son of Sun - made him reach the mountains, without allowing his wife and children to join him? \t

rOSamunADu dur-bhASalanu vini
vibhISaNuDA vELa ghOSiJci zaraNana
dOSa rAvaNu mada zOSakuDaina nir⁴-
dOSa tyAgarAja pOSakuDu kAdO (E)

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Isn’t that Faultless Lord - the nourisher of this Thyagaraja - who dried up the arrogance of the sinful Ravana, at that time when Vibhishana, hearing the abusive words uttered (by his brother), being piqued, sought refuge by loudly declaring?

Renditions

Variations

¹ madamaNacE – madamaNacu
³ EkAkSuni jEyu – EkAkSuni jEsina

Commentary

² sOkOrci – this is how it is given in all the books. However, the exact meaning of the word is not clear.
⁴ nirdOSa – this epithet may apply to the Lord or to Thyagaraja.