pallavi
karuNA samudra nanu
kAvavE SrI rAma bhadra
anupallavi
SaraN(A)gata hRc-chidra
Samana 1nirjita nidra (karuNA)
caraNam
nA pApamu nAtOn(u)NTE
SrIpa nI biruduk(E)mi bratuku
E pApula SApamO
enduk(I) calamu tyAgarAja nuta (karuNA)
pallavi
karuNA samudra nanu
kAvavE SrI rAma bhadra
O Ocean (samudra) of mercy (karuNA)! O Excellent (bhadra) Lord SrI rAma! Please protect (kAvavE) me (nanu).
anupallavi
SaraNu-Agata hRc-chidra
Samana nirjita nidra (karuNA)
O Lord who gives solace (Samana) (literally calms) to broken (chidra) (literally torn asunder) hearts (hRt) (hRcchidra) of those who have sought (Agata) refuge (SaraNa) (SaraNAgata)! O Lord who has conquered (nirjita) sleep (nidra)!
O Ocean of mercy! O Excellent Lord SrI rAma! Please protect me.
caraNam
nA pApamu nAtOnu-uNTE
SrIpa nI biruduku-Emi bratuku
E pApula SApamO
enduku-I calamu tyAgarAja nuta (karuNA)
O Consort (pa) of lakshmI (SrI) (SrIpa)! If my (nA) sins (pApamu) remain (uNTE) with myself (nAtOnu) (nAtOnuNTE),
then of what (Emi) purpose (bratuku) (literally livelihood) Your (nI) appellation (biruduku) (birudukEmi) (‘patita pAvana’ – ‘Redeemer of Fallen’)?
I do not know which (E) sinners’ (pApula) curse (SApamO) is this.
Why (enduku) this (I) (endukI) obstinacy (calamu)?
O Lord praised (nuta) by this tyAgarAja! O Ocean of mercy! O Excellent Lord SrI rAma! Please protect me.
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
References
1 - nirjita nidra – Though the Lord is beyond all guNA – sAtvic, rAjasa, tAmasa - this specific reference may be to the two groups of incantations (mantra grAmaM) known as ‘balA’, ‘ati balA’ bestowed on SrI rAma and lakshmaNa by sage viSvAmitra. By chanting these one would be able to overcome sleep, hunger and thirst. These mantra are considered as daughters of brahmA. (SrImad rAmAyaNa – bAlakANDa – Chapter 22) –
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