mAmava raghurAma
Sahityam
Pallavi
mAm-ava raghurAma marakata maNi zyAma
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O Lord Raghurama! O Lord of dark-green hue like emerald gem stone! Please protect me.
Charanams Combined
pAmara jana bhIma pAlita sutrAma (mAM)
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O Terror of wicked people! O Lord who protected Indra!
duritambulu pOdu dunuma¹ manasu rAdu (mAM)
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My sins will not leave me; You will not condescend to destroy these.
kalazAmbudhilOna karuNa karagi pOyenA (mAM)
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Has your compassion dissolved away in the Ocean of milk?
vinu mari samaramunA² vidhi³ zaramu virigenA (mAM)
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Listen further; did Your Brahmastra – missile of Brahma - break in the battle of Lanka?
kala satyamu⁴ suguNa kAnanamuna nilcenA (mAM)
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O Lord of virtues! Has the promise, made by you, been left behind in the forest?
divya narApaghana daivatvamu pOyenA (mAM)
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O Lord of divine human form! Has Your divinity vanished because You took human form?
rAjAdhipa tyAgarAja vinuta bAga (mAM)
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O Head of all Kings! O Lord well-praised by this Thyagaraja! Please protect me well.
Variations
- 1 dunuma – dunumu
- 2 samaramunA – samaramuna
References
- 4
satyamu
– promise - Sri Thyagaraja asks whether the following declaration of his vow - made at the time of surrender of Vibhishana - contained in Valmiki Ramayana – Yuddha Kanda - which is considered as zaraNAgati zAstRa
by Bhaktas - has been left been behind when He completed his Vanavasa -
- “To him, who comes to me, even once, yearning for protection (from me) saying ‘I am yours’, I vouchsafe his security against all living beings; such is my vow.”
Commentary
- 3 vidhi zaramu – brahmAstra - is considered ultimate weapon by possessing which one can vanquish his enemies. Therefore, Sri Thyagaraja asks why the Lord doesn’t use it in order to save him or did it break away in the battle?