Transliteration Scheme

jO jO rAma - rAga rItigauLa

Tamil Version
Language Version

pallavi
jO jO rAma Ananda ghana

caraNam
caraNam 1
jO jO daSaratha bAla rAma
jO jO bhUjA lOla rAma (jO)

caraNam 2
jO jO raghu kula tilaka rAma
jO jO kuTila tar(A)laka rAma (jO)

caraNam 3
jO jO nirguNa rUpa rAma
jO jO suguNa kalApa rAma (jO)

caraNam 4
jO jO ravi SaSi nayana rAma
jO jO phaNi vara Sayana rAma (jO)

caraNam 5
jO jO mRdu tara bhAsha rAma
jO jO manjuLa vEsha rAma (jO)

caraNam 6
jO jO tyAgarAj(A)rcita rAma
jO jO 1bhakta samAja rAma (jO)

Meaning - Gist
May You Sleep –
O Lord rAma! O Pure Bliss!
O Lord rAma - Son of King daSaratha!
O Lord rAma – Consort of sItA!
O Lord rAma – the Most Eminent of the raghu dynasty!
O Lord rAma – who has curly ringlets!
O Lord rAma – of the form which is beyond all qualities!
O Lord rAma – bundle of virtues!
O Lord rAma – who has Sun and Moon as Eyes!
O Lord rAma – reclining on the blessed SEsha!
O Lord rAma – who is soft spoken!
O Lord rAma – who donned garb of lovely form (of rAma)!
O Lord rAma – worshipped by this tyAgarAja!
O Lord rAma – found in the assembly of devotees!

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
May You Sleep (jO jO) O Lord rAma! O Pure (ghana) Bliss (Ananda)!

caraNam
caraNam 1
May You Sleep (jO jO) O Lord rAma - Son (bAla) of King daSaratha!
May You Sleep (jO jO) O Lord rAma – Consort (lOla) (literally enamoured by) of sItA – daughter of Earth (bhUjA)!

caraNam 2
May You Sleep (jO jO) O Lord rAma – the Most Eminent (tilaka) of the raghu dynasty (kula)!
May You Sleep (jO jO) O Lord rAma – who has curly (kuTila tara) ringlets (alaka) (tarAlaka)!

caraNam 3
May You Sleep (jO jO) O Lord rAma – of the form (rUpa) which is beyond all qualities (nirguNa)!
May You Sleep (jO jO) O Lord rAma – bundle (kalApa) of virtues (suguNa)!

caraNam 4
May You Sleep (jO jO) O Lord rAma – who has Sun (ravi) and Moon (SaSi) as Eyes (nayana)!
May You Sleep (jO jO) O Lord rAma – reclining (Sayana) on the blessed (vara) SEsha – the snake (phaNi)!

caraNam 5
May You Sleep (jO jO) O Lord rAma – who is soft (mRdu tara) spoken (bhAsha)!
May You Sleep (jO jO) O Lord rAma – who donned garb (vEsha) of lovely (manjuLa) form (of rAma)!

caraNam 6
May You Sleep (jO jO) O Lord rAma – worshipped (arcita) by this tyAgarAja (tyAgarAjArcita)!
May You Sleep (jO jO) O Lord rAma – found in the assembly (samAja) of devotees (bhakta)!

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)

References
1 - bhakta samAja – found in the assembly of devotees. The following famous verse of bhajana sampradAya is relevant –

Lord said -
nAhaM vasAmi vaikuNThE na yOgi hRdayE ravau |
madbhaktaH yatra gAyanti tatra tishThami nArada ||

“O nArada! Neither I live vaikunTha nor in the hearts of yOgi. I am indeed there where my bhaktas are singing (my praises).

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