zrI rAma pAdamA
Sahityam
Pallavi
zrI rAma pAdamA nI kRpa cAlunE cittAniki rAvE
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O Holy feet of Sri Rama! Your grace is indeed enough; be firmly implanted in my mind.
Anupallavi
vArija bhava sanaka sanandana
vAsavAdi nAradulella pUjiJcE (zrI)
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vAsavAdi nAradulella pUjiJcE (zrI)
O Holy feet of Sri Rama worshipped by all these – Brahma – abiding in Lotus - sage Sanaka, sage Sanandana, Indra, sage Narada and others!
Charanam
dArini¹ zilayai tApamu tALaka
vAramu kannIrunu rAlcaga
zUra² ahalyanu jUci brOcitivi
A rIti dhanyu sEyavE tyAgarAja gEyamA (zrI)
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vAramu kannIrunu rAlcaga
zUra² ahalyanu jUci brOcitivi
A rIti dhanyu sEyavE tyAgarAja gEyamA (zrI)
You protected finding the brave Ahalya who – ever shed tears unable to withstand distress as a wayside stone; deign to beatify me too in the same manner; O Holy Feet of Sri Rama sung about by this Tyagaraja!
References
- 1 dArini zilayai - According to popular notion, Ahalya was lying as a stone; however, Valmiki Ramayana says that sage Gautama cursed her to be ‘lying on ashes’ (bhasma zAyinI ).
- 2 zUra ahalya - Ahalya was cursed by her husband, sage Gautama for her transgression in knowingly conceding to the amorous advances of Indra who came to the Asrama in the guise of her husband while he (sage Gautama) was away. She was cursed to remain hidden from human perception for thousands of years till redeemed by Sri Rama.