rAma nIvE kAni
Sahityam
Pallavi
rAma nIvE kAni nannu rakSiJcu vArevvarE¹
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O Lord Rama! Other than You who who is the protector for me?
Anupallavi
sOma sUrya lOcana sundara vadana zrI (rAma)
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O Lord who has moon and Sun as His eyes! O Beautiful Faced!
Charanam
tAta vacana² pAla puruhUtAdyamara pAri-
jAta saumitritO sItA ramaNitO velasina (rAma)
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jAta saumitritO sItA ramaNitO velasina (rAma)
O Lord who carried out the word of His father! O Wish-Tree of indra and other celestials! \tO Lord Rama who shone along with the beautiful Sita and Lakshmana – son of Sumitra!
dhArA dharAbha zarIra bhAvaja su-
kumAra sAkEta pura vihAra nannElukOra (rAma)
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kumAra sAkEta pura vihAra nannElukOra (rAma)
O Lord whose body resembles the rain-cloud! O Handsome Lad like cupid (OR one who has cupid as son)! O Lord abiding in the town of Saketa! Please govern me.
nAga zayana muni yAga³ pAlana bhakta
bhAgadhEya pAvana tyAgarAja sannuta (rAma)
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bhAgadhEya pAvana tyAgarAja sannuta (rAma)
O Lord reclining on the couch of Sesha – the serpent! O Lord who protected the sacrificial oblations of sage Visvamitra! O Lord who is the fortune of the devotees! O Holy One (or Purifier)! O Lord well-praised by this Thyagaraja!
Renditions
Variations
- 1 vArevvarE - vArevvarE zrI
- 2 vacana pAla – vacana paripAla
- 3 yAga pAlana – yAga paripAlana