O Saviour of Gajendra - the elephant! O Reliever of the sins of devotees! O Lord with very soft speech! O Virtuous Lord!
Charanam
mAra mAra nuta nA manavini
vinumA ramA ramaNa maravakurA
sukumAra mA rasanamuna nI nAmamu
mAru mAru palkanu daya sEyumu (zrI)
vAri vAri maJciki taginaTTu
vAri vAri bhAgyamulIvA
dEvAri vAridAnila zambara¹
jIvAri vArijAsana janaka harE (zrI)
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rAja rAja vandita pada yuga dina
rAja rAja nayana pAlitAmara
rAja rAja pUjita zrI tyAga-
rAja raja rAghava nanu brOvumu (zrI)
mAra-mAra → Lord Siva - destroyer of cupidnuta → praised bynA → mymanavini → appealvinumA → listenramA → LakshmiramaNa → Beloved - ConsortmaravakurA → Don't forgetsukumAra → Handsome youthmA → ourrasanamuna → in the tonguenI → YournAmamu → namesmAru-mAru → repeatedlypalkanu → to chant - utterdaya → gracesEyumu → show (zrI)
vAri-vAri → of every individualmaJciki → to meritstaginaTTu → according to vAri-vAri bhAgyamulu → fruits - fortunes-IvA → Isn't that You bestow?dEva → celestials-ari → enemyvArida → cloud-anila → windzambara → Demon SambarajIva-ari → enemy of lifevArija-Asana → Brahma - seated in Lotusjanaka → fatherharE → O Lord Hari (zrI)
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rAja-rAja → emperorsvandita → salutedpada-yuga → feetdina-rAja → SunrAja → moonnayana → eyedpAlita → one who protected-amara-rAja → Indra - Lord of celestialsrAja → kingspUjita → worshipped zrI tyAgarAja raja → Lord rAghava nanu → mebrOvumu → protect (zrI)
O Lord praised by Lord Siva – slayer of cupid! Please listen to my appeal; O Beloved of Lakshmi! Please do not forget me; O Handsome Youth! Please show grace so that Your names could be chanted repeatedly by my tongue.
Isn’t it that you bestow fruits according to each individual’s merits? O Lord who is like the wind that blows away the cloud called enemies of celestials! O Lord Hari - Father of Pradyumna – the enemy of life of demon Sambara – and Brahma – seated in lotus!
O Lord whose feet are worshipped by Emperors! O Lord who has Sun – Lord of day - and moon as eyes! O Protector of Indra - Lord of celestials! O Lord worshipped by kings! O Lord of this Thyagaraja! O Lord Raghava! Please protect me.
References
1zambara jIvAri
- Demon Sambara was killed by – Pradyumna – (son of Krishna) – also known as Kamadeva (cupid reborn). For more details, please visit the site - [[http://www.mythfolklore.net/india/encyclopedia/pradyumna.htm Pradyumna]]