rAma bANa
Sahityam
Pallavi
rAma bANa trANa zauryam-
Emani telupudurA¹ O manasA
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Emani telupudurA¹ O manasA
O My Mind! How shall I describe the protecting prowess of the arrows of Sri Rama?
Anupallavi
bhAmakAsapaDu rAvaNa mUla
balamula nEla kUla jEyu (rAma)
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balamula nEla kUla jEyu (rAma)
O My Mind! How shall I describe the protecting prowess of the arrows of Sri Rama which made the core strengths or forces of Ravana - who coveted His wife – to bite the dust?
Charanam
tammuDu baDalina vELa sura ripu
temmani cakkera² paJcIyaga kani
lemmanucunu indrAri palka
samayammani lEvagA
sammatitO nilabaDi kOdaNDapu
jyA ghOSamulazanula jEsi tA
nemmadi-gala tODunu³ jUcenurA
nijamaina tyAgarAja nutuDagu (rAma)
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temmani cakkera² paJcIyaga kani
lemmanucunu indrAri palka
samayammani lEvagA
sammatitO nilabaDi kOdaNDapu
jyA ghOSamulazanula jEsi tA
nemmadi-gala tODunu³ jUcenurA
nijamaina tyAgarAja nutuDagu (rAma)
(a) When Lakshmana - His Younger brother - fatigued, (b) seeing Ravana – enemy of celestials – fetching sweets and distributing them, and then, (c) Indrajit – enemy of Indra – exhorted (his forces) to rise, and (d) as the forces rose considering it to be opportune moment, (e) He (Sri Rama), standing there with determination, creating thunderbolts of twang of His bow, (He) looked at Lakshmana – His trust-worthy companion; How shall I describe the true protecting prowess of the arrows of Sri Rama - the One praised by this Thyagaraja?
Renditions
Variations
- 1 telupudurA – pogaDudurA
- 3 tODunu – tODanu : tODunu - seems to be appropriate.
Commentary
- 2 cakkera paJcIyaga – distributing sweets - in the Valmiki Ramayana, there is no such mention – this seems to be poetical imagination of the bard.