pallavi
1graha balam(E)mi SrI
rAm(A)nugraha balamE balamu
anupallavi
graha balam(E)mi tejO maya
vigrahamunu dhyAnincu vAriki nava (graha)
caraNam
graha pIDala 2panca pApamulan-
(3A)grahamulu gala kAm(A)di ripula
nigrahamu jEyu harini bhajincu
tyAgarAjuniki rasik(A)grEsarulaku (graha)
pallavi
graha balamu-Emi SrI
rAma-anugraha balamE balamu
Of what significance (Emi) the potency (balamu) of the planets (graha)? Only the potency (balamE) of grace (anugraha) of Lord SrI rAma is the real potency (balamu).
anupallavi
graha balamu-Emi tejO maya
vigrahamunu dhyAnincu vAriki nava (graha)
O what significance (Emi) the potency (balamu) (balamEmi) of the nine (nava) planets (graha) to those (vAriki) who meditate (dhyAnincu) on the radiant (tEjO maya), beautiful form (vigrahamunu) of the Lord SrI rAma?
Only the potency of grace of Lord SrI rAma is the real potency.
caraNam
graha pIDala panca pApamulanu-
Agrahamulu gala kAma-Adi ripula
nigrahamu jEyu harini bhajincu
tyAgarAjuniki rasika-agrEsarulaku (graha)
Of what significance the potency of the planets to this tyAgarAja (tyAgarAjuniki) as also to those eminent (agrEsarulaku) rasikas (rasikAgrEsarulaku) (of music) –
who worship (bhajincu) Lord hari (harini) who quells (nigrahamu jEyu) the afflictions (pIDala) caused by the planets (graha), the five (panca) great sins (pApamulanu) and the obstinate (Agrahamulu gala) (pApamulanAgrahamulu) (six-fold) enemies (ripula) - desire (kAma) etc (Adi) (kAmAdi) (kAma, krOdha, lObha, mOha, mada, mAtsarya)?
Only the potency of grace of Lord SrI rAma is the real potency.
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Variations - (Pathanthara)
References
1 – graha balamEmi – Please also refer to purandara dAsa kRti ‘sakala graha bala nInE sarasijAksha’ and ‘kOLaRu padigaM’ of tamizh saint tirujnAna sambandar.
2 - panca pApa – SrI tyAgarAja probably means panca mahA pAtaka. panca mahA pAtaka – killing a brAhmaNa, drinking intoxicating liquors, theft, committing adultery with the wife of a religious teacher, associating with anyone guilty of these crimes. (Source – Monier’s Sanskrit Dictionary);
panca pAtaka – murder, theft, liquor, abuse of guru and lie (As per tamizh pingaLa nigaNDu and tamizh agarAdi).
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3 – Agrahamu – The Sanskrit Word ‘Agraha’ means ‘obstinacy’; however, the Telugu word ‘Agrahamu’ means ‘anger’. From the context, the Sanskrit meaning ‘obstinacy’ seems appropriate in the present context.
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