rAmacandra nI daya
Sahityam
Pallavi
rAmacandra nI daya rAmayEla rAdaya
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O Lord Sri Ramachandra! O Lord Rama! Why Your grace does not come?
Anupallavi
kAma kOTi sundarAkAra¹ dhRta mandara
prEma mIra mundara piluva rAkayundurA (rA)
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prEma mIra mundara piluva rAkayundurA (rA)
O Embodiment of beauty like a crore cupids! O Lord who bore Mandara mountain on His back! If one is calls You with exceeding love, is it proper not to come before him?
Charanams Combined
kAnanambu tApamO kaika² mIdi kOpamO
nEnu jEyu pApamO nIku zakti lOpamO³ (rA)
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nEnu jEyu pApamO nIku zakti lOpamO³ (rA)
Is it because of the grief which You suffered in the forest or because of anger towards KaikeyI? is it because of sins commited by me or because of dearth of Your might?
ADudanna⁴ rOsamO alanAD⁵upAsamO
mEDa lEni vAsamO mEmu jEyu dOsamO (rA)
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mEDa lEni vAsamO mEmu jEyu dOsamO (rA)
Is it because of You feel piqued by (unpleasant) words uttered by Your wife or because You went without food those days in the forest? is it because You had to live in forests where there were no palaces or because of faults commited by me?
kallalaina nEyamA kaNTE nIku hEyamA
tallaDilla nyAyamA tyAgarAja gEyamA (rA)
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tallaDilla nyAyamA tyAgarAja gEyamA (rA)
Is mine a false love or do You feel repugnance if You see me? is it justifiable for me to remain perplexed? O Lord sung about by this Thyagaraja!
Renditions
Variations
- 1 sundarAkAra dRta mandara – sundara kara dhRta mandara : sundarAkAra dRta mandara - appropriate.
- 2 kaika mIdi – kaika mIda - kaika mIdu : kaika mIdi - is appropriate.
- 3 lOpamO – lObhamO : lOpamO - is appropriate.
References
- 4 ADudanna rOsamO - Please refer to Srimad Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kanda, Chapters 28 – 30. When Sri Rama is banished to the forest for 14 years, Sita wants to accompany Him. But Sri Rama shows reluctance. Among other arguments, Sita also says that her sojourn in the forest was foretold by a Bhikshini even before her marriage. Ultimately, she ridicules Sri Rama about his manhood to make Him relent. This is what Sri Thyagraja says that might have piqued Sri Rama.
Commentary
- 5 upAsamu – the colloquial version of the word ‘upa-vAsamu ’. This actually forms part of religious vows.