manasA zrI rAmacandruni
Sahityam
Pallavi
manasA zrI rAmacandruni
maravakE EmarakE O (manasA)
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maravakE EmarakE O (manasA)
O My Mind! Don’t forget the Lord Sri Ramachandra and don’t be deceived.
Anupallavi
munu puTTanu¹ puTTina mauni kRtamau
mUDunnAradhyAyamula²3 jUcukO (manasA)
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mUDunnAradhyAyamula²3 jUcukO (manasA)
Take note of the third and sixth Kandas (of SriImad-Valmiki Ramayana) composed earlier by the sage Valmiki - born in an ant-hill.
Charanam
sRSTi puSTi naSTi sEyu panula
nikRSTamanucunu trimUrtulakosagi
tuSTuDai paragE sad-bhakta manO⁴-
bhISTamuliccE tyAgarAja nutuni (manasA)
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nikRSTamanucunu trimUrtulakosagi
tuSTuDai paragE sad-bhakta manO⁴-
bhISTamuliccE tyAgarAja nutuni (manasA)
Don’t forget the Lord Sri Ramachandra - the Lord praised by this Thyagaraja – bestower of the wishes of true devotees - who remains satisfied having allocated the tasks of performing projection, sustenance and infolding to the Trinity (as the tasks) being inferior (to His status).
Variations
- 3 adhyAyamula – adhyAyamuna : adhyAyamula - is appropriate.
- 4 manObhISTamuliccE – manObhISTamuliccu
References
- 1 puTTanu puTTina – Please refer to Srimad Bhagavatam, Book 6, Chapter 18 wherein it is stated Valmiki – the son of Varuna – sprang up from an ant-hill (verse 4). For the story on the early life of sage Valmiki, [[http://www.sanathanadharma.com/articles/valmiki.htm Valmiki]]
- 2 mUDunnArAdhyAyamu – Valmiki Ramayana – third book is ‘Aranya Kanda’ and sixth book is ‘Yuddha kanda’.