rAma rAma nIvAramu
Sahityam
Pallavi
rAma rAma nIvAramu gAmA rAma sItA
rAma rAma sAdhu jana prEma rArA
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rAma rAma sAdhu jana prEma rArA
O Lord Rama! O Lord Rama! Are we not Your’s? O Lord Rama! O Lord Sitarama! O Lord Rama! O Joy of pious people! please come.
Charanams Combined
merugu cElamu kaTTuka¹ mella rArA rAma
karagu baGgAru sommulu kadala rArA (rAma)
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karagu baGgAru sommulu kadala rArA (rAma)
O Lord Rama - wearer of glittering garments! please come slowly; please come as the pure golden ornaments sway.
varamainaTTi bhaktAbhISTa varada rArA rAma
marugu² jEsukonunaTTi mahima rArA (rAma)
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marugu² jEsukonunaTTi mahima rArA (rAma)
O Lord Rama - bestower of the desires of devotees which are like boons! please come; O Lord whose might seems to be screened! please come.
meNDaina kOdaNDa kAnti meraya rArA kanula
paNDuvagayuNDu uddaNDa³ rArA (rAma)
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paNDuvagayuNDu uddaNDa³ rArA (rAma)
Please come to the glow of abundant lustre of Kothanda; O Lord holding raised Kothanda who is a feast to the eyes! please come;
ciru navvu gala mOmu jUpa rArA rAma
karuNatO nannellappuDu kAva rArA (rAma)
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karuNatO nannellappuDu kAva rArA (rAma)
O Lord Rama! Please come to show your smiling face; please come to protect me with compassion for ever.
kandarpa sundarAnanda kanda rArA nIku
vandanamu jEseda gOvinda rArA (rAma)
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vandanamu jEseda gOvinda rArA (rAma)
O Handsome Lord like cupid who is the root of bliss! please come; O Lord Govinda! I pay obeiscance to You; please come.
Adyanta rahita vEda vEdya rArA bhava⁴
vedya nE nIvADanaiti vEga rArA (rAma)
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vedya nE nIvADanaiti vEga rArA (rAma)
O Lord known in the Vedas, who has no beginning or end! please come; O Lord known (or regarded) by Lord Siva! I have become Your’s; please come quickly.
suprasanna satya⁵ rUpa su-guNa rArA rAma
apramEya tyAgarAjunEla rArA (rAma)
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apramEya tyAgarAjunEla rArA (rAma)
O Lord Rama who is - tranquility-personified, embodiment of Truth and virtuous! please come; O Immeasurable Lord! please come to govern this Tyagaraja.
Variations
- 1 kaTTuka – gaTTukO
- 4 bhava vEdya – bhava vaidya - If the latter version is correct, it will be translated as ‘the physician (vaidya ) to heal the disease called Worldly Existence (bhava )’.
References
- 2 marugu jEsukonunaTTi – In this regard, the following verse of Valmiki Ramayana, Yuddha Kanda, Chapter 117 (Sita’s fire ordeal) refers –
Commentary
- 3 uddaNDa – One who holds a raised staff or stalk; here it refers to raised Kothanda held in the Lord’s hand.
- 5 satya rUpa – This may be understood in two ways (1) as Paramatma – whom Tyagaraja in some Kritis calls as ‘satta mAtramA ’ – the ‘sat ’ (Being or Existence) of ‘sat-cid-Ananda ’; (2) as Rama – the embodiment of Truth’.