Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
⁵ – cira jIvitvamu – ciranjIvitvamu. According to Sanskrit Dictionary ‘cirajIvin’ is the correct word. However, as per Telugu dictionary, both ‘cira jIvi’ and ‘ciranjIvi’ are correct.

⁷ – mOkshamu – saukhyamu. If ‘saukhyamu’ is correct, then ‘nirjara vara saukhyamu’, would mean ‘heavenly comfort’. In my opinion, it is doubtful whether SrI tyAgarAja would ever commend ‘heavenly comfort’ as a goal. The word 'nirjara' generally means 'celestials' (please see comment below). Therefore, taking 'nirjara' in that sense (celestials), 'mOkshamu' seems to have been interpolated as 'saukhyamu'. Therefore, ‘mOkshamu’ seems to be the appropriate word.

⁸ – baragE – baragu.
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References
¹ – oka mATa – one word – satya sandha – true to one's word. Please refer to statement of SrI rAma Himself – vAlmIki rAmAyaNa, ayOdhyA kANDa, Chapter 18 –

tad brUhi dEvi rAjnO yad-abhikAnkshitam |
karishyE pratijAnE ca rAmO dvir-nAbhi-bhAshatE || 30 ||

Addressed to kaikEyi –
"Therefore, speak out what you have got to say, O glorious lady! I shall do that which is coveted by the king and give my plighted word for it. Know that rAma does not speak twice."

Please also refer to - vAlmIki rAmAyaNa, ayOdhyA kANDa, Chapter 18

Comments
² – oka bANamu – please also refer to kRti 'evariccirirA' – madhyamAvati, wherein SrI tyAgarAja praises the bow and arrows of SrI rAma - 'okaTEsi padi nUrai veyyai cekapikalADi Satrulanu aNacenaTa' - one (arrow) shot by You, multiplying into tens, hundreds and thousands, subdued Your enemies by confounding them;

oka bANamu (one arrow) - may be interpreted as ‘single aim’ or ‘never failing in one’s aim’.

³ – oka patnI – One of the reasons for which SrI rAma is called ‘maryAda purushOttama’ is his vow for single wife. This is one of ‘limits’ (maryAda) set by SrI rAma as opposed to even his own father – daSaratha – who is stated to have had 60,000 wives other than 3 queens.

As per uttara kANDa (whose authenticity is disputed) (Chapter 91), SrI rAma, after banishing His wife to the forest, installed a golden statue of sIta for aSvamEdha yajna (Horse sacrifice); He did not remarry.

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⁴ – oka cittamu – ‘cittamu’ also means ‘will’. In vishNu sahasra nAma, one of the names of the Lord is ‘siddha sankalpa:’ (253)

“Siddhasankalpah -Sankalpa means “intellectual willing and wishing”. One who gains all that He wishes for, or One who immediately gains what He wills is called Siddha-sankalpah. Ordinarily we fail to gain what we demand because of the disintegration within ourselves. The Lord, the Perfect, is One who instantaneously gains all that He wishes; hence the Upanishads define Him as the Satya Sankalpavaan.” – vishNu sahasra nAma - Meanings

The very act of consecration of vibhIshaNa with the Lordship of lankA, even before the commencement of war effort, indicates this unfailing will - 'oka cittamu' of rAma.

⁵ – cira jIvitvamu nirjara vara mOkshamu – AnjanEya is called ciranjIvi. SrI tyAgarAja seems to mean ‘bhukti’ and ‘mukti’ here.

⁶ – nirjara – non-ageing - Generally this word is translated as 'celestials'; however, here this word qualifies 'mOksha' – and indicates the non-decaying state of liberation.

⁹ – tyAgarAja nutuDu – this may either be joined to 'dhara baragE dEvuDE' or to the pallavi. However, the former version is more appealing.

General – the word endings 'E' – vratuDE, galavADE etc. – is the feminine addressing form. In many kRtis, SrI tyAgarAja addresses his mind like that.
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