sundara dazaratha
Sahityam
Pallavi
sundara dazaratha nandana
vandanamonariJcedarA
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vandanamonariJcedarA
O Handsome son of King Dasaratha! I pay obeisance to You.
Charanams Combined
paGkaja lOcana dharajA-
yaGkamuna veluGgaga kani (sundara)
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yaGkamuna veluGgaga kani (sundara)
O Lotus Eyed! Beholding Sita – daughter of Earth shining in Your lap, O Handsome son of King Dasaratha! I pay obeisance to You.
parama dayA-kara zubha-kara
giriza¹ manOhara zaGkara (sundara)
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giriza¹ manOhara zaGkara (sundara)
O Most Compassionate Lord! O Lord who bestows welfare! O Lord who has stolen the heart of Lord Siva – the Lord of Mountains! O Lord who causes auspiciousness!
karamuna goDugiDukoni
sOdaru bharatuDu karagaga kani (sundara)
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sOdaru bharatuDu karagaga kani (sundara)
Beholding Your brother Bharata melting in the heart, holding an umbrella in his hand, O Handsome son of King Dasaratha! I pay obeisance to You.
suguNuDanila tanayuDu
gavaya² gavAkSulu koluvaga kani (sundara)
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gavaya² gavAkSulu koluvaga kani (sundara)
Beholding the virtuous One, Anjaneya – son of Wind God - and (monkey chiefs) Gavaya and Gavaksha serve You, O Handsome son of King Dasaratha! I pay obeisance to You.
ghaTaja vasiSTha mRkaNDuja
gautamAdulu pogaDa kani (sundara)
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gautamAdulu pogaDa kani (sundara)
Beholding sages Agastya – born of pitcher, Vasishtha, Markandeya – son of Mrukandu, Gautama and others extol You, O Handsome son of King Dasaratha! I pay obeisance to You.
akaLaGka³ mukha tyAgarAjunu⁴ brOcina
avyAja⁵ karuNA sAgara (sundara)
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avyAja⁵ karuNA sAgara (sundara)
O Lord with a blemishless face! O Ocean of motive-less Compassion who protects this Tyagaraja!
Variations
- 4 tyAgarAjunu – tyAgarAjuni .
References
- 2 gavaya - gavAkSa – Two monkey chiefs. In Ramesvaram, there are two sacred bathing spots (tIrtha ) by the name of gavaya -gavAkSa – [[http://www.hindubooks.org/temples/tamilnadu/rameswaram/page10.htm Ramesvaram - Theertha]]
Commentary
- 1 giriza – This being a Sanskrit word, it should be rendered as girIza (giri + Iza) ; however, as per Telugu Dictionary ‘girizuDu ’ (without elongating ‘i’) means Lord Siva.
- 3 akaLaGka mukha – blemishless faced. Everywhere Sri Tyagaraja has described Lord as ‘moon faced’. But moon has blemishes on its face. Therefore, here he clarifies that, though the Lord is moon faced, He is not having the blemishes.
- 5 avyAja karuNA - Please refer to names the Mother - ‘paJca kRtya parAyaNa’ - ‘avyAja karuNA mUrti ’ in the Lalita Sahasranama. The Five-fold actions - projection (sRSTi ), sustenance (sthiti ) dissolution (laya ), concealment (tirOdAna ), beatitude (anugraha ) are done spontenously and no motives whatsoever can be attributed to the Lord.