zrI rAma jaya rAma zrita jana
Sahityam
Pallavi
zrI rAma jaya rAma zrita jana ripu bhIma
zRGgAra guNa dhAma O rAma
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zRGgAra guNa dhAma O rAma
O Lord Sri Rama! Hail You rAma! O Terror to the enemies of those who are dependent on You! O Abode of all lovely qualities!\t
Charanams Combined
cUcina vAriki culakanagA tOca nann-
EcuTakika nyAyamA O rAma (zrI)
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EcuTakika nyAyamA O rAma (zrI)
O Lord Rama! Is it fair to deceive me further such that onlookers might consider it to be cheap?
durjana bhUyiSThamuna tagilina nE
sajjanuDeTulaudunO O rAma (zrI)
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sajjanuDeTulaudunO O rAma (zrI)
O Lord Rama! Caught in the midst of numerous wicked people, I do not know how I am going to become a pious person.
E dAri pOyina nA¹ dArikaDDamu
vAdADedaru kAni O rAma (zrI)
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vAdADedaru kAni O rAma (zrI)
3 – 5. O Lord Rama! whichever path I go, people argue against my path; but, people of this Kali Yuga, with their mad obstinacy, do not understand the reality, isn’t it? ‘Universe is like a water (droplet) on the lotus leaf’ – it is not the reality, isn’t it?
kali mAnavulu verri calamuna tatvamu
teliya lEru sumI O rAma (zrI)
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teliya lEru sumI O rAma (zrI)
tAmarAku nIru vidhamu prapaJcamu
tatvamu kAdu sumI O rAma (zrI)
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tatvamu kAdu sumI O rAma (zrI)
nEnokaTeJcina nI manasu vEraguTak-
E nEramO teliya O rAma (zrI)
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E nEramO teliya O rAma (zrI)
O Lord Rama! I do not know what my fault is, that when I think something, Your mind being different.
gajja muNDla mIda tagulukonna baTTa
grakkuna tIya vazamA O rAma (zrI)
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grakkuna tIya vazamA O rAma (zrI)
7 & 8. O Lord Rama! Is it possible to retrieve quickly a cloth entangled in a thorny bush? exactly, can a mind caught in the (ocean of) Wordly Existence come near You so easily?
accuga bhavamuna tagulukonna
madi vaccunA nI vaddaku O rAma (zrI)
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madi vaccunA nI vaddaku O rAma (zrI)
ahi rAja zayana nIkanucu jEsina panul-
ahitamuga tOcenA O rAma (zrI)
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ahitamuga tOcenA O rAma (zrI)
O Lord Rama! O Lord reclining on the couch of Sesha – king of snakes! Did You feel that the tasks done by me for your sake, to be unfavourable?
mahija² rIti nannu manniJcina nIdu
mahimakEmi takkuva O rAma (zrI)
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mahimakEmi takkuva O rAma (zrI)
O Lord Rama! If You pardon me in the same manner as You did Sita – born of Earth, what dearth to Your glory?
bAguga satatamu nI guNamulu palku
tyAgarAja vinuta O rAma (zrI)
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tyAgarAja vinuta O rAma (zrI)
O Lord Rama! O Lord praised by this Thyagaraja who unceasingly chants ardently your virtues!
Variations
- 1 nA dArikaDDamu – nA vArikaDDamu : nA dArikaDDamu is appropriate.
Commentary
- 2 mahija rIti – Here Sri Thyagaraja cites the example Agni Pariksha of Sita.