Transliteration Scheme

rAma rAma nIvAramu - rAga Anandabhairavi

Tamil Version
Language Version

pallavi
rAma rAma nIvAramu gAmA rAma sItA
rAma rAma sAdhu jana prEma rArA

caraNam
caraNam 1
merugu cElamu 1kaTTuka mella rArA rAma
karagu bangAru sommulu kadala rArA (rAma)

caraNam 2
varam(ai)naTTi bhakt(A)bhIshTa varada rArA rAma
2marugu jEsukonu(n)aTTi mahima rArA (rAma)

caraNam 3
meNDaina kOdaNDa kAnti meraya rArA kanula
paNDuvaga(y)uNDu 3uddaNDa rArA (rAma)

caraNam 4
ciru navvu gala mOmu jUpa rArA rAma
karuNatO nann(e)llappuDu kAva rArA (rAma)

caraNam 5
kandarpa sundar(A)nanda kanda rArA nIku
vandanamu jEseda gOvinda rArA (rAma)

caraNam 6
Ad(y)anta rahita vEda vEdya rArA 4bhava
vedya nE nIvADan(ai)ti vEga rArA (rAma)

caraNam 7
suprasanna 5satya rUpa su-guNa rArA rAma
apramEya tyAgarAjun(E)la rArA (rAma)

Meaning - Gist
  • O Lord rAma! O Lord sItArAma! O Joy of pious people!
  • O Wearer of glittering garments! O Lord whose might seems to be screened!
  • O Bestower of the desires of devotees which are like boons!
  • O Lord holding raised kOdaNDa who is a feast to the eyes!
  • O Handsome Lord like cupid who is the root of bliss! O Lord gOvinda!
  • O Lord known in the vEdas, who has no beginning or end!
  • O Lord known (or regarded) by Lord Siva!
  • O Lord rAma who is - tranquility-personified, embodiment of Truth and virtuous!
  • O Immeasurable Lord!

    • Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

    pallavi
    rAma rAma nIvAramu gAmA rAma sItA
    rAma rAma sAdhu jana prEma rArA

    O Lord rAma! O Lord rAma! Are we not (gAmA) Your's (nIvAramu)? O Lord rAma! O Lord sItArAma! O Lord rAma! O Joy (prEma) (literally love) of pious (sAdhu) people (jana)! please come (rArA).

    caraNam
    caraNam 1
    merugu cElamu kaTTuka mella rArA rAma
    karagu bangAru sommulu kadala rArA (rAma)

    O Lord rAma - wearer (kaTTuka) of glittering (merugu) garments (cElamu)! please come (rArA) slowly (mella);

    please come (rArA) as the pure (karagu) golden (bangAru) ornaments (sommulu) sway (kadala);

    caraNam 2
    varamu-ainaTTi bhakta-abhIshTa varada rArA rAma
    marugu jEsukonu-aTTi mahima rArA (rAma)

    O Lord rAma - bestower (varada) of the desires (abhIshTa) of devotees (bhakta) (bhaktAbhIshTa) which are like (aTTi) boons (varamu) (varamainaTTi)! please come (rArA);

    O Lord whose might (mahima) seems to be (aTTi) screened (marugu jEsukonu) (jEsukonunaTTi)! please come (rArA);
    caraNam 3
    meNDaina kOdaNDa kAnti meraya rArA kanula
    paNDuvaga-uNDu uddaNDa rArA (rAma)

    Please come (rArA) to the glow (meraya) of abundant (meNDaina) lustre (kAnti) of kOdaNDa;

    O Lord holding raised kOdaNDa (uddaNDa) (literally staff) who is (uNDu) a feast (paNDuvaga) (paNDuvagayuNDu) to the eyes (kanula)! please come (rArA);
    caraNam 4
    ciru navvu gala mOmu jUpa rArA rAma
    karuNatO nannu-ellappuDu kAva rArA (rAma)

    O Lord rAma! Please come (rArA) to show (jUpa) your smiling (ciru navvu gala) face (mOmu);

    please come (rArA) to protect (kAva) me (nannu) with compassion (karuNatO) for ever (ellappuDu) (nannellappuDu);
    caraNam 5
    kandarpa sundara-Ananda kanda rArA nIku
    vandanamu jEseda gOvinda rArA (rAma)

    O Handsome (sundara) Lord like cupid (kandarpa) who is the root (kanda) of bliss (Ananda) (sundarAnanda)! please come (rArA);

    O Lord gOvinda! I pay obeisance (vandanamu jEseda) to You (nIku); please come (rArA);
    caraNam 6
    Adi-anta rahita vEda vEdya rArA bhava
    vedya nE nIvADanu-aiti vEga rArA (rAma)

    O Lord known (vEdya) in the vEdas - who has no (rahita) beginning (Adi) or end (anta) (Adyanta)! please come (rArA);

    O Lord known (or regarded) (vEdya) by Lord Siva (bhava)! I (nE) have become (aitini) Your's (nIvADanu) (nIvADanaitini); please come (rArA) quickly (vEga);
    caraNam 7
    suprasanna satya rUpa su-guNa rArA rAma
    apramEya tyAgarAjunu-Ela rArA (rAma)

    O Lord rAma who is - tranquility-personified (su-prasanna), embodiment (rUpa) of Truth (satya) and virtuous (suguNa)! please come (rArA);

    O Immeasurable Lord (apramEya)! please come (rArA) to govern (Ela) this tyAgarAja (tyAgarAjunu) (tyAgarAjunEla);

    Notes

    Variations - (Pathanthara)
    1 – kaTTuka –gaTTukO : 'kaTTuka’ seems to be appropriate.

    4 – bhava vEdya – bhava vaidya. If the latter version is correct, it will be translated as ‘the physician (vaidya) to heal the disease called Worldly Existence (bhava)’. Top

    References
    2 – marugu jEsukonunaTTi – In this regard, the following verse of vAlmIki rAmAyaNa, yuddha kANDa, Chapter 117 (sItA’s fire ordeal) refers –

    AtmAnaM mAnushaM manyE rAmaM daSarathAtmajaM |
    sO(a)haM yaSca yataScAhaM bhagavaMstad bravItu mE || 11 ||

    “I account myself a human being, rAma (by name), sprung from the loins of (Emperor) daSaratha. And (yet) let the glorious lord (brahmA) tell me that which I as such (really) am and whence I have come.”
    However, the acts of SrI rAma in redeeming ahalyA, emancipating jaTAyu and Sabari could not be accounted for by this yardstick. Therefore, SrI tyAgrAja states ‘whose might seems to be screened’. Top

    Comments
    3 – uddaNDa – One who holds a raised staff or stalk; here it refers to raised kOdaNDa held in the Lord’s hand.

    5 – satya rUpa – This may be understood in two ways (1) as paramAtmA – whom tyAgarAja in some kRtis calls as ‘satta mAtramA’ – the ‘sat’ (Being or Existence) of ‘sat-cid-Ananda’; (2) as rAma – the embodiment of Truth’.Top