rAma nIpai tanaku
Sahityam
Pallavi
rAma nIpai tanaku prEma pOdu sItA
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O Lord Sitarama! My Love towards you shall never wane.
Anupallavi
tAmarasa nayana nIdEmO mAya kAni (rAma)
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O Lotus Eyed! No matter howsoever be your illusion, my love towards you shall never wane.
Charanams Combined
manasu nI padamulanE jEra
kanulu nI rUpamunE kOra
vinu nI pErulakE nOrUra
tanapai¹ idi nI karuNarA (rAma)
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kanulu nI rUpamunE kOra
vinu nI pErulakE nOrUra
tanapai¹ idi nI karuNarA (rAma)
Please Listen (vinu)! My mind longing to reach your feet only, eyes longing to behold your holy form only, tongue longing to chant your names only - all these are nothing but Your grace towards me.
janani janakAptulanyulu
dhana kanaka guru vElpulu
dinamu nIvEyanu mATalu
anaghanivi² nA bhUSaNamulu (rAma)
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dhana kanaka guru vElpulu
dinamu nIvEyanu mATalu
anaghanivi² nA bhUSaNamulu (rAma)
O Sinless One! Daily uttering that You alone are my mother, father, friends and relatives, others, wealth, gold, preceptor and Deities - these words are my ornaments.
bhOgAnubhavamulandu
bAguga buddhi nIyandu
tyAgarAjuni hRdayamandu
vAg³-IzAnandamandu (rAma)
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bAguga buddhi nIyandu
tyAgarAjuni hRdayamandu
vAg³-IzAnandamandu (rAma)
Even amidst enjoyments of worldly pleasures, my mind is verily immersed in You; therefore, Bliss Supreme - the Lord of Speech is attained in the heart of this Thyagaraja.
Renditions
Variations
- 1 tanapai – tanavai : tanapai - is the appropriate word.
- 2 anagha – anaga : anagha - is the correct word.
Commentary
- 3 vAgIzAnandamu – vAgIza - brahmA ; therefore brahmAnanda – Bliss Supreme – has been rendered as vAgIzAnandamu .