zrI rAma! zrI rAma!
Sahityam
Pallavi
zrI rAma! zrI rAma!
zrI manOharamA!
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zrI manOharamA!
Sri Rama! Sri Rama!
O stealer of Lakshmi’s heart!
Charanams
ElarA nI daya
intaina rAdaiya¹
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intaina rAdaiya¹
Why do you not have
even a little compassion, Lord?
cAladA sadaya
sAmi² tALadaiya³
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sAmi² tALadaiya³
Is this [delay] not enough, Kind-hearted one!
It is impossible to bear [anymore], Lord!
ippuDE lEdaTa
ikanu brOtuvaTa
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ikanu brOtuvaTa
(You say) You wouldn’t show mercy now itself;
(You say) You would protect later on.
eppuDO kaTa kaTa
ika dayALuvaTa
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ika dayALuvaTa
Alas! I do not know, when;
yet You are called Merciful Lord.
iGkayI marmamA⁴
idi nIku dharmamA (zrI)
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idi nIku dharmamA (zrI)
Why this secrecy even now? Is it justified for You?
paGkaja vadanamA! bAguga jUDumA
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O Lotus-faced one! Please look at me well.
E janma pApamO
evvari zApamO
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evvari zApamO
My sins of which birth, I wonder.
Whose curse this is, I wonder.
EnATi kOpamO
neriya⁵ nA pApamO
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neriya⁵ nA pApamO
This is anger lingering from when, I wonder.
Or is this from my many sins, I wonder.
ennALLI dInata
idi nIku yOgyatA
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idi nIku yOgyatA
For how long this piteousness?
Does it behoove you?
paliki boGkavaTa parama zAntuDavaTa (zrI)
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You are stated not to fail in Your word; You are stated to be very tranquil.
bhakta kAntuDaTa padma nEtruDaTa (zrI)
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You are stated to be the husband of the devotees; You are stated to be Lotus Eyed.
sarvamu nIvaTa satya rUpuDaTa (zrI)
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You are stated to be everything; You are stated to be embodiment of truth.
rAga virahita tyAgarAja nuta (zrI)
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O Lord bereft of desires! O Lord praised by this Thyagaraja!\t
Renditions
Variations
- 1 rAdaya – rAdayA
- 2 sAmi – svAmi
- 3 tALadaya – tALadayA
- 4 marmamA – karmamA
Commentary
- 5 neriya – there is doubt about this word. This should be ‘neraya ’ meaning ‘much’