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rAma samayamu

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rAma samayamu brOvarA nA pAli daivamA
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O Lord Rama! O my guardian Lord! This is the time; please protect me.
rAma danuja gaNa bhIma nava ghana
zyAma santatamu nAma kIrtanamu-
yEmarakanuyati nEmamu
jEsE mahAtmulaku kAmita phalada (rAma)
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O Lord Rama - the Terror of the multitude of demons! O Dark-blue hued like rain cloud! O Lord who bestows of the fruits of wishes to those great men who always chant Your names without being deluded, with great restraint (of mind)!
dAnta saMrakSaNAgamAnta¹ cara
bhAgavatAntaraGga cara zrI
kAnta kamanIya guNAntakAntaka²
hitAnta rahita muni
cintanIya vEdAnta vEdya
sAmanta rAja nuta
yAnta³ bhAnta nizAnta
su-karuNA svAnta nIkidi (rAma)
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O Protector of ascetics! O Lord who is found in the Agamas! O Lord found in the hearts of great devotees! O Consort of Lakshmi! O Lord with lovable virtues! O Friend of Lord Siva - one who put an end to Yama! O Lord without an end! O Lord who is meditated by sages! O Real Knower of Vedanta! O Lord praised by vassals! O Lord Rama – the destroyer of darkness (of ignorance)! O Lord whose heart is filled with great mercy! This is the time for You; please protect me.
bRndArakAdi muni bRndArcita
pAdAravinda⁴ sad⁵-bhakta jIv-
Ananda kara sUrya kula candanAri hara
nandakAyudha⁶
sanandanAdi nuta kunda radana vara
mandara dhara gO-
vinda mukunda sandEhamu nIk-
enduku nApai (rAma)
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O Lord whose Lotus Feet are worshipped by celestials and others and multitude of sages! O Lord who is the life of true devotees! O Lord who causes bliss! O Most eminent of the solar dynasty! O Lord who destroyed enemies! O Lord who wields the sword – weapon called Nandaka! O Lord extolled by Sanandana and others - the mind-born sons of Brahma! O Lord with jasmine flower like teeth! O Lord who bore the sacred mountain mandara! O Lord Govinda! O Lord Mukunda! Why do You entertain doubts about me?
I jagatini nIvavyAja karuNA mUrtivani
pUja jEsiti gaja⁷ rAja rakSaka tyAga-
rAja vandita ibha⁷ rAja vandana phaNi
rAja zayana vinarA jagatpatI
bhUjA nAyaka rAjita makuTa
dharAja sannuta su-rAjayipuDE (rAma)
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Considering that, in this World, You are the motive-less Compassionate Lord, I worshipped You, O Lord who protected Gajendra! O Lord worshipped by this Thyagaraja! O Lord saluted by Gajendra! O Lord reclining on the couch of SEsha! Please listen, O Lord of the Universe! O Consort of Sita! O Lord who is adorned with a radiating diadem! O Lord well-praised by Brahma! O Munificient King! O Lord Rama! Now is the time; please protect me.
  • 4 pAdAravinda – padAravinda
  • 5 sad-bhakta – sad-bhakti : sad-bhakta - is the appropriate word here.

  • 2 antakAntaka - Refers to the story of Markandeya - Siva saved Markandeya from the clutches of death (Yama). Thirukkadavur is the Kshetra where this episode is stated to have taken place. [[http://www.chennaionline.com/toursntravel/placesofworship/tirukkadavur01.asp Thirukkadavur]]

  • 6 nandaka – Tallapaka Annamacharya - the great Telugu poet and devotee of Lord Venkateswara (15th century) is considered to be the incarnation of the Nandaka sword of the Lord. Source [[http://www.svasa.org/annamacharya1.html Nandaka]]

  • 1 AgamAnta cara – Kashmiri Saivism based on Agamas is called ‘pratyabhijAna ’ aka ‘AgamAnta ’. Source - [[http://www.dlshq.org/download/lordsiva.htm#_VPID_52 Saivism]]

  • In the present context, this meaning does not seem to be appropriate. It should be ‘AgamAntazcara ’ to mean ‘found in Agamas’.

  • 3 yAnta bhAnta nizAnta – The word ‘yAnta ’ is not available in dictionary. As per website [[http://www.ambaa.org/archives/frm00199.html Yanta Bhanta]], Kanchi Mahaswami Shri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati was approached in this regard. The explanation given by Him is startling. These words are stated to be appearing the Sri Rama temple at Madurantakam (near Chengalpattu).

  • yAnta – ya+anta – end of ‘ya’ is ‘ra’;

  • bhAnta – bha+anta – end of ‘bha’ is ‘ma’;

  • nizAnta – nizA+anta – end of night – daybreak;

  • ‘rAma ’, the destroyer of darkness’ is the meaning.

*7 gaja rAja rakSaka – ibha rAja vandana – both these refer to Gajendra. As there is no variation in any of the books, there seems to be no scope for different meanings.

Updated on 2024-11-28
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