rAma sItA rAma rAma
Sahityam
Pallavi
rAma sItA rAma rAma rAja tanaya rAma dazaratha
rAma sItA rAma rAma raghu kulAbdhi sOma
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rAma sItA rAma rAma raghu kulAbdhi sOma
O Lord Rama! O Lord Sita Rama! O Lord Rama! O Prince – son of King! O Lord Rama! O Lord Dasratha Rama! O Lord Sita Rama! O Lord Rama! O Moon born in the Ocean of Raghu Dynasty!
Charanams Combined
uragamulu penaginaTlunnadi nA manasu
karuNa jEsi kaNTa jUci karamu paTTu rAma (rAma)
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karuNa jEsi kaNTa jUci karamu paTTu rAma (rAma)
My mind is constricted as if entwined by snakes; O Lord Rama! showing mercy, looking at me, hold my hands.
sat-sati pati sEva sEyu candamuna¹ nA manasu
utsavamulu sEyuTak²uppoGgenu rAma (rAma)
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utsavamulu sEyuTak²uppoGgenu rAma (rAma)
O Lord Rama! Similar to a devoted wife rendering service to her husband, my mind is zestful for undertaking festivities to You.
kalpa³ bhUjamuna tIga kaTTu⁴ rIti manasu
kalpamulennaina⁵ viDici kadaladu⁶ zrIrAma (rAma)
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kalpamulennaina⁵ viDici kadaladu⁶ zrIrAma (rAma)
O Lord Rama! Like vines entwine the Wish-Tree, my mind shall not move away from You no matter how many eons pass by.
advaita sAmrAjyamulabbinaTTu rAma
sad-vairAgyamu nidhiyu sAyujyamE rAma (rAma)
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sad-vairAgyamu nidhiyu sAyujyamE rAma (rAma)
O Lord Rama! In the same manner as attainment of the empire of non-duality, O Lord Rama! the wealth of real indifference to Worldly pleasures too amounts to being united with You.
Agama nigamamulakunarthamidi rAma
tyAgarAjucE cEyiJci bhOgamandu⁷ rAma (rAma)
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tyAgarAjucE cEyiJci bhOgamandu⁷ rAma (rAma)
O Lord Rama! This is the purport of the Sastras and Vedas; O Lord Rama! Accepting service by the hands of this Thyagaraja, enjoy.
Renditions
Variations
- General – The order charaNas 2 and 3 are interchanged in some books.
- 1 candamuna – candAna
- 2 uppoGgenu – uppoGgini : uppoGgenu - is the appropriate word.
- 4 kaTTu rIti manasu – kaTTu rIti nA manasu
- 6 kadaladu – kadalanu : kadaladu - is the appropriate word.
- 7 bhOgamandu – bhOgamondu : bhOgamandu - seems to be more appropriate.
References
- 5 kalpa - A day of Brahma or 1000 Yugas – 4,320,000 mortal years -
Commentary
- 3 kalpa bhUja – Kalpa Tree – One of the five trees that emerged while churning the Milk Ocean. It is stated to be entwined by vines – In the Lalita Sahasranamam, one of the names of Mother is ‘bhaktimat kalpa latikA ’ – to the devotees, wishes-yielding Kalpa creeper.
- 7 bhOgamandu – Enjoy - this is to be related to CharaNa 2 wherein Sri Thyagaraja states that he is zestful for perrforming services to Him. This is called ‘kAntAsakti ’ (love as that of a wife) in Narada Bhakti Sutras (Sutra 82).