O Lord rAma! O Lord reclining on the couch of SEsha! O Redeemer of the fallen! O Protector of the Universe! O Lotus Eyed! O Protector of this tyAgarAja! O Lord of virtues!
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pallavi
rAma rAma rAma rAmA-aninanta
rAjapu jUpu-ElarA O rAma
The moment (anta) I call (anina) You ‘rAma, rAma, rAma, rAmA’ (rAmAyaninanta), why (ElarA) that royal (rAjapu) look (jUpu) (jUpElarA), O Lord rAma?
caraNam
caraNam 1
ETi janmamu-idi ETiki bratuku rAma
Emi-encukonnAvO O rAma (rAma)
What (ETi) kind of life (janmamu) is this (idi) (janmamidi)? What for (ETiki) is this livelihood (bratuku), O Lord rAma? I do not know what (Emi) You have in mind (encukunnAvO) (EmencukonnAvO), O Lord rAma!
O Lord rAma! The moment I call You ‘rAma, rAma, rAma, rAmA’, why that royal look?
caraNam 2
ATalaina nAdu pATala vinucu
mATalADavu-endukO O rAma (rAma)
I don't know why (endukO) You wouldn’t talk (mATalu ADavu) (mATalADavendukO) to me while listening (vinucu) to my (nAdu) playful (ATalaina) songs (pATala), O Lord rAma!
O Lord rAma! The moment I call You ‘rAma, rAma, rAma, rAmA’, why that royal look?
caraNam 3
sarivArilO nannu karuNa jUci nAdu
karamu paTTavu-endukO O rAma (rAma)
I don't know why (endukO) You wouldn’t hold (paTTavu) (paTTavendukO) my (nAdu) hand (karamu) amidst my peers (sarivArilO) by showing (jUci) mercy (karuNa) on me (nannu), O Lord rAma!
O Lord rAma! The moment I call You ‘rAma, rAma, rAma, rAmA’, why that royal look?
caraNam 4
Asakonna nAdu gAsi tIrpa lEka
vAsi-Emi kalgenO O rAma (rAma)
I don't know as to what (Emi) kind of comfort (vAsi) (vAsiyEmi) has come about (kalgenO) You that You couldn't relieve (tIrpa lEka) grief (gAsi) of mine (nAdu) – one who has loved (Asakonna) You, O Lord rAma!
O Lord rAma! The moment I call You ‘rAma, rAma, rAma, rAmA’, why that royal look?
caraNam 5
dayatO nanu SEsha Sayana indarilOna
nayamu sEya takkuvA O rAma (rAma)
. O Lord reclining (Sayana) on the couch of SEsha! Will it be demeaning (takkuvA) to You to show kindness (nayamu sEya) to me (nanu) among these people (indarilOna), O Lord rAma?
O Lord rAma! The moment I call You ‘rAma, rAma, rAma, rAmA’, why that royal look?
caraNam 6
patita pAvana nIku hitulaina vAri
jata-gUDaka pOtinA O rAma (rAma)
O Redeemer (pAvana) of the fallen (patita)! Did I fail to join the company (jata-gUDaka pOtinA) of those (vAri) who are dear (hitulaina) to You (nIku), O Lord rAma?
O Lord rAma! The moment I call You ‘rAma, rAma, rAma, rAmA’, why that royal look?
caraNam 7
nATi bhaktulu nIku-ETi vAvulO konca
pATi lEka pOyenA O rAma (rAma)
What kind of (ETi) relatives (vAvulO) (literally blood relations) were Your earlier (nATi) devotees (bhaktulu) to You (nIku) (nIkETi)? Isn't there (lEka pOyenA) even a little (konca) consideration (pATi), O Lord rAma?
O Lord rAma! The moment I call You ‘rAma, rAma, rAma, rAmA’, why that royal look?
caraNam 8
ala nADu nI vAru kolicina-aTula nAdu
talapu gAka pOyenA O rAma (rAma)
Have my (nAdu) thoughts (talapu) failed to be (gAka pOyenA) like (aTula) those of Your people (nIvAru) who extolled (kolicina) (kolicinaTula) You earlier (ala nADu), O Lord rAma?
O Lord rAma! The moment I call You ‘rAma, rAma, rAma, rAmA’, why that royal look?
caraNam 9
brOci brOvakanu jUci jUDakanu
EcuTakE tOcenA O rAma (rAma)
Did it occur (tOcenO) to You only to deceive (EcuTakE) me by pretending to protect (brOci brOvakanu) (literally as if protecting, but not indeed protecting) and pretending to look (jUci jUDakanu) (literally as if looking but not indeed looking) at me, O Lord rAma?
O Lord rAma! The moment I call You ‘rAma, rAma, rAma, rAmA’, why that royal look?
caraNam 10
O jagad-avana sarOja nayana tyAga-
rAja rakshaka suguNa O rAma (rAma)
O Protector (avana) of the Universe (jagat) (jagad-avana)! O Lotus (sarOja) Eyed (nayana)! O Protector (rakshaka) of this tyAgarAja! O Lord of virtues (suguNa)! O Lord rAma!
O Lord rAma! The moment I call You ‘rAma, rAma, rAma, rAmA’, why that royal look?
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
1 – rAma rAma rAma rAmA – rAma rAma rAma rAma (vowel not elongated at the end).
2 – rAjapu – rAjApu.
3 – ETiki bratuku – ETi bratuku.
4 – kalgenO – kaligenO.
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Comments
2 – rAjapu jUpu - SrI tyAgarAja seems to imply that the looks of the Lord is not benign. This word has been used in the kRti ‘parama pAvana’ rAga pantuvarALi, caraNa 9 also.
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