paripAlaya dAzarathE
Sahityam
Pallavi
paripAlaya dAzarathE rAma mAM
paripAlaya dAzarathE
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paripAlaya dAzarathE
O Lord Sri Rama – son of King Dasaratha! please
protect me; O Son of King Dasaratha! please protect me.
Charanam 1
kapaTa nATaka¹ sUtra dhAra
kanaka paTAvRta lOkAdhAra mAM (pA)
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kanaka paTAvRta lOkAdhAra mAM (pA)
O Stage Manager - Holder of strings of puppets -
of the drama of deception enacted by You!
O Lord who wears golden garments! O Prop of the World!
Charanam 2
aparimitAnanda bOdha rAma
apahRta zrita bhava bAdha mAM²(pA)
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apahRta zrita bhava bAdha mAM²(pA)
O Lord Sri Rama who imparts the (knowledge of the
path of) boundless bliss! O Lord who relieves the
troubles of Worldly Existence of those dependent on You!
Charanam 3
mAra kOTi nibha dEha su-
kumAra pAlita vaidEha mAM (pA)
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kumAra pAlita vaidEha mAM (pA)
O Handsome Youth whose body resembles a crore cupids!
O Protector of Sita – belonging to the Videha country!
Charanam 4
zara jitAzara sarvasva rAma
zaraNAgatApta sarvasva mAM³ (pA)
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zaraNAgatApta sarvasva mAM³ (pA)
O Lord Sri Rama whose arrows destroyed everything
belonging to the demons! O Lord who is everything
for those dears who have sought refuge!
Charanam 5
pAmara jana gaNa dUra bhU-
pAmara nicayAdhAra mAM (pA)
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pAmara nicayAdhAra mAM (pA)
O Lord who is far away from the multitudes of wicked
people! O Ruler of Earth! O Prop of the multitude of celestials!
Charanam 6
pavanaja dhRta pAda kamala hRt-
tApa vana kuThAra vinuta mAM⁴(pA)
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tApa vana kuThAra vinuta mAM⁴(pA)
O Lord whose Lotus feet are held in the hands of
Anjaneya – son of Vayu! O Lord who is the axe
which fells the forest of the grief of heart of devotees!
O Lord well-praised!
Charanam 7
rAjAdhirAja vESa tyAga-
rAja pUjita mRdu bhASa mAM (pA)
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rAja pUjita mRdu bhASa mAM (pA)
O Lord who has donned the garb of the Lord of Kings!
O Lord worshipped by this Thyagaraja!
O Lord who is soft spoken!
Variations
- 2 3 4 - mAM - this word is not found in some books.
References
Commentary
- 1 kapaTa nATaka sUtra dhAra - The five-fold activity (paJca kRtya ) of the Supreme Lord – projection – sustenance – infolding – hiding – grace – are considered as a grand show (lIlA ) without any apparent reason or purpose – like the laughter of a baby. Many acts of the Lord in his manifold Avatara are considered a (apparent) deception ‘kapaTa ’. The following are some of the places where in SrImad-Bhagavatam, the word ‘kapaTa ’ appears in describing the Lord – Book 1, Chapter 1, Verse 20 (creation); Book 8, Chapter 12, Verse 47 (Mohini). Please also read the detailed rendering of the VamanavatAra in Sri DehaLeesa Sthuthi of Swami Desikan at site– [[http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/ebooks/vdesikan/dehaleesa_stuti/ Dehaleesa Sthuti]]
- Lord’s bestows grace, by deception, on Muchukunda – Son of King Mandhata of Ikshvaku dynasty - the story in brief is available in the website – [[http://www.urday.com/muchukunda.html Muchukunda]] (If the site does not open, pleas go to [[http://www.urday.com Urday]] and search for Mythological Tales and select ‘Muchukunda’.)
- The full story of Muchukunda is contained in Srimad Bhagavatam, Book 10, Chapter 50. It is also stated that Muchukunda was a devotee of Lord Siva. Please visit website to know more about Vidanga Sthalams – temples of Lord Siva – Thiruvarur is one such Vidanga sthalam.[[http://www.shaivam.org/siddomain/vidanga.html Vidanga Sthalam]]