pallavi
niravadhi sukhada nirmala rUpa
nirjita 1muni SApa
anupallavi
Saradhi bandhana nata sankrandana
Sankar(A)di gIyamAna sAdhu mAnasa su-sadana (nira)
caraNam
mAm-ava marakata maNi nibha dEha
SrI maNi lOla Srita jana pAla
bhIma parAkrama 2bhIma kar(A)rcita
tAmasa rAjasa mAnava dUra
tyAgarAja vinuta caraNa (nira)
pallavi
niravadhi sukhada nirmala rUpa
nirjita muni SApa
O Lord who confers (da) unceasing (niravadhi) comfort (sukha) (sukhada)! O Lord of blemish-less (nirmala) form (rUpa)! O Lord who removed (nirjita) (literally win) the curse (SApa) on ahalya pronounced by sage (muni) gautama!
anupallavi
Saradhi bandhana nata sankrandana
Sankara-Adi gIyamAna sAdhu mAnasa su-sadana (nira)
O Lord who built causeway (bandhana) on the Ocean (Saradhi)! O Lord saluted (nata) by indra (sankrandana)!
O Lord, sung about (gIyamAna) by Lord Siva (Sankara) and others (Adi) (SankarAdi), abiding (su-sadana) in the hearts (mAnasa) (literally mind) of pious people (sAdhu)!
O Lord who confers unceasing comfort! O Lord of blemish-less form! O Lord who removed the curse on ahalya pronounced by sage gautama!
caraNam
mAm-ava marakata maNi nibha dEha
SrI maNi lOla Srita jana pAla
bhIma parAkrama bhIma kara-arcita
tAmasa rAjasa mAnava dUra
tyAgarAja vinuta caraNa (nira)
Please protect (ava) me (mAm) (mAm-ava), O Lord whose body (dEha) resembles (nibha) the precious stone (maNi) emerald (marakata)!
O Lord who is enamoured (lOla) by the precious (maNi) lakshmI (SrI)! O Nourisher (pAla) of the people (jana) dependent (Srita) on You!
O Lord whose prowess (parAkrama) is terrifying (bhIma)! O Lord worshipped (arcita) by the very hands (kara) (karArcita) of Lord Siva (bhIma) (OR O Lord worshipped (arcita) by mighty (bhIma) men (nara) (narArcita))!
O Lord who is far removed (dUra) from the people (mAnava) who are given to (qualities of) inertia (darkness) (tAmasa) and passion (action) (rAjasa)! O Lord whose feet (caraNa) are praised (vinuta) by this tyAgarAja!
O Lord who confers unceasing comfort! O Lord of blemish-less form! O Lord who removed the curse on ahalya pronounced by sage gautama!
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
2 – bhIma karArcita – bhIma narArcita : Meanings of both versions are given.
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References
1 – muni SApa – For episode of ahalyA, please refer to SrImad vAlmIki rAmAyaNa, bAla kANDa, Chapters 48 and 49.
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Comments
2 – bhIma - 'bhIma' is one of the eleven forms of rudra – EkAdaSa rudra –"The names of eleven rudras vary considerably in different books"
Incidentally, 'EkAdaSa rudra' is a festival celebrated in the island of Bali – Indonesia. EkAdaSa rudra festival-1; EkAdaSa rudra festival-2
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