pAhi paramAtma
Sahityam
Pallavi
pAhi paramAtma satatam mAM
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O Supreme Lord! Deign to protect me always.
Charanams Combined
rAma sakala ripu bhIma muni manOd-
dhAma tri-jagadabhirAma (pAhi)\t
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dhAma tri-jagadabhirAma (pAhi)\t
O Lord Sri Rama! O Terror of all enemies! O Lord resident in the minds of sages! O Delighter of the three worlds!
bhAgya dAyakArOgya kara su-
vairagya bhakta jana yOgya (pAhi)
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vairagya bhakta jana yOgya (pAhi)
O Bestower of fortune! O Lord who causes good health! O Lord who is suitable for meditation by those devotee lot who have developed the most desirable trait of indifference to Worldly objects! (OR) \tO Lord who is free from Worldly desires! O Lord who is suitable for meditation by the devotee lot!
O Lord Ramachandra! Of what avail is such livelihood bereft of true love in your name?
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4. Of what significance is he who does not always have your thought in his inner-Self?
rAma candra nI nAmamandu nija
prEma lEni bratukEmi (pAhi)
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prEma lEni bratukEmi (pAhi)
That person is indeed a demon who forgets devotion to Your holy feet which is not easily attainable.
santatambu tanayntarambuna
nI cinta lEni vADenta (pAhi)
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nI cinta lEni vADenta (pAhi)
There is none else who would show affection towards me by driving away the six enemies – Kama, Krodha, Lobha, Moha, Mada, Matsarya.
doraka rAni nI caraNa bhakti-
yEmarina mAnavuDasuruDE (pAhi)
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yEmarina mAnavuDasuruDE (pAhi)
Did I practise such (a false) humility having something in my mind and uttering something else?
Aru zatrulanu dUra¹ cEsi nanu
gAraviJcu vAru lEru (pAhi)
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gAraviJcu vAru lEru (pAhi)
O Lord praised by this Thyagaraja! O Lord who is polished in manners! deign to protect me nicely and quickly. (OR) O Lord well praised by this Thyagaraja! O Lord who is polished in manners! deign to protect me quickly.
Renditions
Variations
- 1 dUra cEsi - dUru cEsi : dUra cEsi – is the appropriate word.
- 2 vErai – vEra : vErai - is the appropriate word.