nI daya rAvale
Sahityam
Pallavi
nI daya rAvale gAka nEnenta vADanu rAma
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O Lord Rama! Your grace should descend on me; otherwise of what significance am I?
Anupallavi
vEda zAstra purANamulanni
nIvE gatiyanucu mora peTTu ganuka (nI)
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nIvE gatiyanucu mora peTTu ganuka (nI)
As all Veda, Sastra, Purana declare that You alone are the refuge, O Lord Rama! Your grace should descend on me; otherwise of what significance am I?
Charanams Combined
sAra¹-sAra kAntAra cara mada
vidAra sundarAkAra suguNa
sukumAra² mA ramaNa nIrajApta kula
pArAvAra³ sudhA⁴ rasa pUra (nI)
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vidAra sundarAkAra suguNa
sukumAra² mA ramaNa nIrajApta kula
pArAvAra³ sudhA⁴ rasa pUra (nI)
O Essence of even essence! O Destroyer of the arrogance of demons – forest dwellers! O Lord of Beautiful figure! O Lord of virtues! O Delicate Youth! O Beloved of Lakshmi! O Lord belonging to solar – friend of Lotus – dynasty! O Ocean brimming with juice of nectar!
zrI harE vara vidEhajAdhipa vi-vAha
daLita ripu dEha zESa⁵ sama
bAha sajjana samUha vairi mada
dAha mauni hRd-gEha nAdupai (nI)
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daLita ripu dEha zESa⁵ sama
bAha sajjana samUha vairi mada
dAha mauni hRd-gEha nAdupai (nI)
O Lord Sri Hari! O Lord of blessed Sita – daughter of King of Videha! O Lord who has Garuda – the bird - as carrier! O Lord who burst open the bodies of enemies! O Lord who has long arms like to Sesha! O Queller of the arrogance of enemies! O Lord found in the company of pious people! O Lord abiding in the hearts of sages! Your grace should descend on me; otherwise of what significance am I?
Adi dEva dEvAdi mRgya
sanakAdi vinuta kAmAdi SaD-guNa
harAdi madhya rahit⁶Adi tyAga-
rAjAdi vandita vivAdi⁷ mada haraNa (nI)
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sanakAdi vinuta kAmAdi SaD-guNa
harAdi madhya rahit⁶Adi tyAga-
rAjAdi vandita vivAdi⁷ mada haraNa (nI)
O Primeval Lord! O Lord whom celestials and others beseech! O Lord praised by Sanaka and others! O Queller of the six (evilsome) tendencies beginning with Kama (kAma, krOdha, lObha, mOha, mada, mAtsarya)! O Lord without beginning, middle (and end)! O Lord worshipped by Lord Siva - Adi Thyagaraja - and others! O Queller of pride of argumentative!
Renditions
Variations
- 4 sudhA rasa pUra – sudhA rasa pUrNa
- 5 zESa sama bAha – zESa sama vAha : zESa sama bAha - seems to be appropriate.
References
- 1
sAra-sAra
– The following verses from Brhadaranyaka Upanishad are relevant –
- “….. Its secret name (upaniSad) is ‘the Truth of truth.’ The vital force is truth, and It is the Truth of that.” (II.i.20)
- “Those who have known the Vital Force of the vital force, the Eye of the eye, the Ear of the ear, and the Mind of the mind, have realised the ancient, primordial Brahman.” (Translation by Swami Madhavananda.) (IV.iv.18)
- 7 vivAdi mada haraNa – An example of this is found in Srimad Valmiki Ramayana – Ayodhya Kanda – Chapter 109, where Sri Rama demolishes the arguments of sage Jabali.
Commentary
- 2 sukumAra – the form of Lord Sri Rama when he went along with sage Visvamitra for protection of sacrifice.
- 3 pArAvAra – It is not clear whether this word is to be attached to ‘nirajApta kula ’ or ‘sudhA rasa pUra ’.
- 6 Adi tyAgarAja - In some books, this has been rendered as ‘worshipped by Lord Siva’. It is not clear whether the word ‘Adi tyAgarAja ’ means Lord Siva (Thiruvarur). At ‘Thirukkarayil’ (Thirukkaravasal), the Lord is known as ‘Adi tyAgarAja ’ or ‘Adi viDaGgar ’ – http://www.indiantemples.com/Tamilnadu/s090.html