kSIra sAgara zayana
Sahityam
Pallavi
kSIra sAgara zayana nannu
cintala peTTa valenA rAma
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cintala peTTa valenA rAma
O Lord reclining in the Ocean of Milk!
O Lord Rama! Should You keep me in misery?
Anupallavi
vAraNa rAjunu¹ brOvanu vEgamE
vaccinadi vinnAnurA rAma
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vaccinadi vinnAnurA rAma
I have heard about Your coming quickly
to protect Gajendra, O Rama!
Charanam
narI maNiki² cIraliccinadi nADE nE vinnAnurA³
dhIruDau rAmadAsuni⁴ bandhamu dIrcinadi vinnAnurA³
nIrajAkSikai nIradhi dATina nI kIrtini vinnAnurA³
tAraka nAma tyAgarAja-nuta dayatOnElukOrA rAma
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dhIruDau rAmadAsuni⁴ bandhamu dIrcinadi vinnAnurA³
nIrajAkSikai nIradhi dATina nI kIrtini vinnAnurA³
tAraka nAma tyAgarAja-nuta dayatOnElukOrA rAma
I heard long ago about Your giving sarees to Draupadi;
I also heard about Your ending the incarceration of the brave Ramadasa;
I even heard about Your fame in crossing the ocean for the sake of Sita;
O Lord whose name carries one across (the ocean of Worldly Existence)! One praised by Thyagaraja! O Rama! Please govern me with compassion.
Variations
- 2 vinnAnurA – vinnAnurA rAma
References
- 1 vAraNa rAju – refers to Gajendra Moksham.
- 3 nArimaNi – draupadi - refers to Mahabharata (Book 2 – Sabha Parva- Chapter 67). [[http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m02/m02067.htm Draupadi]]
- 4 rAmadAsu – This relates to Bhadrachala Ramadasu who was Devan under Moghul King. [[http://www.engr.mun.ca/~adluri/telugu/classical/satakams/rit/dasarathi.html Ramadasu]]