pallavi
brOva bhAramA raghu rAma bhuvanam(e)lla nIvai nann(o)kani (brOva)
anupallavi
SrI 1vAsu dEva aNDa kOTla 2kukshini(y)uncukO lEdA nannu (brOva)
caraNam
kalaS(A)mbudhilO dayatOn3(a)marulakai(y)adi gAka
4gOpikalakai koNDal(e)tta lEdA karuNAkara tyAgarAjuni (brOva)
pallavi
brOva bhAramA raghu rAma bhuvanamu-ella nIvai nannu-okani (brOva)
O Lord raghu rAma! You being in and as (nIvai) entire (ella) Universe (bhuvanamu) (bhuvanamella), is protecting (brOva) me (nannu) alone (okani) (nannokani), a burden (bhAramA) to You?
anupallavi
SrI vAsu dEva aNDa kOTla kukshini-uncukO lEdA nannu (brOva)
O Lord SrI vAsu dEva! Aren’t (lEdA) You keeping (uncukO) crores (kOTla) of Universes (aNDa) in Your stomach (kukshini) (kukshiniyuncukO)? therefore,
O Lord raghurAma! You being in and as entire Universe, is protecting me (nannu) alone, a burden to You?
caraNam
kalaSa-ambudhilO dayatOnu-amarulakai-adi gAka
gOpikalakai koNDalu-etta lEdA karuNAkara tyAgarAjuni (brOva)
Didn’t (lEdA) You, out of compassion (dayatOnu), lift (etta) mountains (koNDalu) (koNDaletta) –
(once) in the Ocean (ambudhilO) of Milk – from where pitcher of nectar (kalaSa) (kalaSAmbudhilO) emerged - for the sake of celestials (amarulakai),
and again (adi gAka) (literally further) (dayatOnamarulakaiyadi), for the sake of gOpis (gOpikalakai)?
O Merciful Lord (karuNAkara)! O Lord raghu rAma! You being in and as entire Universe, is protecting this tyAgarAja (tyAgarAjuni) alone a burden to You?
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
References
1 – vAsudEva – Refer to vishNu sahasra nAma(332) for meaning.
2 – kukshiniyuncukO lEdA – Please refer to SrImad-bhAgavataM, Book 3, Chapter 33 – (dEvahUti’s prayer to Lord)
sa tvam bhRtO mE jatharENa natha
katham nu yasyOdara etad-asIt ||
viSvam yugantE vaTa patra ekaH SEtE sma
mayA-SiSur-anghri-pAnaH || 4 ||
"As the Supreme Personality of Godhead, You have taken birth from my abdomen. O my Lord, how is that possible for the supreme one, who has in His belly all the cosmic manifestation? The answer is that it is possible, for at the end of the millennium You lie down on a leaf of a banyan tree, and just like a small baby, You lick the toe of Your lotus foot."
Also refer to episode of child kRshNa showing to His mother – yaSOdA - the whole universe in his mouth – SrImad bhAgavataM, Book 10, Chapter 8 and SrImad-bhagavad-gItA – Chapter 11 – viSva rUpa darSana.
For description by vaishNava saints regarding the Lord having all the universes in His stomach.
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3 – amarulakai – Refers to kUrmAvatAra of the Lord when He bore the mandara mountain on His back to enable churning of the Milk Ocean.
4 – gOpikalakai – Refers to lifting of the gOvardhana hillock to protect the gopis from the deluge of rain as a result of anger of indra.
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