Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
pAhi rAma candra rAghava harE mAm
pAhi rAma candra rAghava

Please protect (pAhi) me, O (harE) Lord rAma candra! O Lord rAghava! Please protect (pAhi) me (mAm), O Lord rAma candra! O Lord rAghava!

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caraNam
caraNam 1
janaka sutA ramaNa kAvavE gati nIvu
ganuka nannu vEga brOvavE (pAhi)

O Consort (ramaNa) of sItA – daughter (sutA) of King janaka! Please protect (kAvavE) me; as (ganuka) You (nIvu) are my refuge (gati), please protect (brOvavE) me (nannu) quickly (vEga);
Please protect me, O Lord rAma candra! O Lord rAghava! Please protect me, O Lord rAma candra! O Lord rAghava!

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caraNam 2
enta vEDukonna nIku nAyandu isumu-
anta daya lEka-uNDunA (pAhi)

Is it possible (uNDunA) that, no matter how much (enta) I entreat (vEdukonna) You, there would not be (lEka) (lEkayuNDunA) even (anta) a little (isumu) (literally grain of sand) (isumanta) mercy (daya) towards me (nAyandu) in You (nIku)?
Please protect me, O Lord rAma candra! O Lord rAghava! Please protect me, O Lord rAma candra! O Lord rAghava!

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caraNam 3
kashTamulanu tIrca-aNTini nIvu
nAku-ishTa daivamu-anukoNTini (pAhi)

I entreated (aNTini) (literally asked) You to relieve (tIrca) (tIrcamaNTini) my troubles (kashTamulanu) because I considered (anukoNTini) You (nIvu) to be the Lord (daivamu) (daivamanukoNTini) of my (nAku) liking (ishTa) (nAkishTa);
Please protect me, O Lord rAma candra! O Lord rAghava! Please protect me, O Lord rAma candra! O Lord rAghava!

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caraNam 4
ambuja-aksha vEga jUDarA nI
kaTAkshambu lEni janmamu-ElarA (pAhi)

O Lotus (aksha) Eyed (ambuja) (ambujAksha)! Please attend (jUDarA) (literally look) to me quickly (vEga) because what is the use (ElarA) of life (janmamu) (janmamElarA) bereft (lEni) of Your grace (kaTAkshambu) (literally side glance)?
Please protect me, O Lord rAma candra! O Lord rAghava! Please protect me, O Lord rAma candra! O Lord rAghava!

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caraNam 5
ATalu-anucu tOci-unnadO lEka nA
lalATa likhita marmamu-eTTidO (pAhi)

Does my appeal seem (tOciyunnadO) to You to be (anucu) a plaything (ATalu) (ATalanucu)? Otherwise (lEka), what could be the nature (eTTidO) of my (nA) fate (marmamu) (literally secret) (marmameTTidO) - writing (likhitamu) on the fore-head (lalATa)?
Please protect me, O Lord rAma candra! O Lord rAghava! Please protect me, O Lord rAma candra! O Lord rAghava!

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caraNam 6
SOdhanalaku nEnu pAtramA rAma
yaSO dhanulaku nuti pAtramA (pAhi)

Am I (nE) worthy (pAtramA) of Your tests (SOdhanalaku), O Lord rAma – worthy (pAtramA) of praise (nuti) by those highly reputed (yaSO dhanulaku) (literally rich in fame)!
Please protect me, O Lord rAma candra! O Lord rAghava! Please protect me, O Lord rAma candra! O Lord rAghava!

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caraNam 7
nIvu nannu jUDa vELarA kanna kanna
tAvula nE vEDa jAlarA (pAhi)

It is time (vELarA) for You (nIvu) to attend (jUDa) (literally look) to me (nannu), because I (nE) am not inclined (jAlarA) to beg (vEDa) (literally beseech) at any and every (kanna kanna) place (tAvula);
Please protect me, O Lord rAma candra! O Lord rAghava! Please protect me, O Lord rAma candra! O Lord rAghava!

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caraNam 8
nannu brOcu vAru lErurA rAma nI
kanna daivamu-endu lEdurA (pAhi)

There are no (lErurA) protectors (brOcu vAru) for me (nannu), O Lord rAma and nowhere (endu lEdurA) is a God (daivamu) (daivamendu) better than (kanna) You (nI);
Please protect me, O Lord rAma candra! O Lord rAghava! Please protect me, O Lord rAma candra! O Lord rAghava!

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caraNam 9
rAja rAja pUjita prabhO harE tyAga-
rAja rAja rAghava prabhO (pAhi)

O Lord (prabhO) worshipped (pUjita) by Emperors (rAja rAja)! O (harE) Lord (prabhO) rAghava – ruler (rAja) of this tyAgarAja!
Please protect me, O Lord rAma candra! O Lord rAghava! Please protect me, O Lord rAma candra! O Lord rAghava!

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