pallavi
raghu patE rAma rAkshasa bhIma
anupallavi
bhRgu suta mada haraNa muni bRnda vandita caraNa (raghu)
caraNam
caraNam 1
sarasI-ruha nayana sajjana hRdaya nikEtana
dharaNI dhara dhIra sItA manO-hara
niravadhi sukhad(A)pramEya nirupama nArada sugEya
kara dhRta Sara jAla nIla ghana varN(A)mara pAla (raghu)
pallavi
raghu patE rAma rAkshasa bhIma
O Lord raghu pati (raghu patE)! O Lord rAma! O Terror (bhIma) of demons (rAkshasa)!
anupallavi
bhRgu suta mada haraNa muni bRnda vandita caraNa (raghu)
O Destroyer (haraNa) of arrogance (mada) of paraSu rAma – son (suta) of sage bhRgu lineage! O Lord whose holy feet (caraNa) are worshipped (vandita) by sages (muni bRnda)!
O Lord raghu pati! O Lord rAma! O Terror of demons!
caraNam
caraNam 1
sarasI-ruha nayana sajjana hRdaya nikEtana
dharaNI dhara dhIra sItA manO-hara
niravadhi sukhada-apramEya nirupama nArada sugEya
kara dhRta Sara jAla nIla ghana varNa-amara pAla (raghu)
O Lotus (sarasI-ruha) Eyed (nayana)! O Lord residing (nikEtana) in the hearts (hRdaya) of virtuous people (sajjana)!
O Brave One (dhIra) who bore (dhara) the Earth (dharaNI) as varAha! O Lord who has stolen the heart (manO-hara) of sItA!
O Lord who bestows (da) unceasing (niravadhi) happiness or comfort (sukha) (sukhada)! O Immeasurable Lord (apramEya) (sukhadApramEya)! O Peerless Lord (nirupama)! O Lord well-sung (sugEya) by sage nArada!
O Lord who wields (kara dhRta) (literally holds in hand) multitudes (jAla) of arrows (Sara)! O Lord who is dark-blue (nIla) hued (varNa) like rain-cloud (ghana)! O Protector (pAla) of celestials (amara) (varNAmara)!
O Lord raghu pati! O Lord rAma! O Terror of demons!
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
3 – nara vara vEsha sugEya tAraka nAma-dhEya – nara vara vEsha tAraka nAma-dhEya.
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Comments
1 – paripUrNAvatAra – Generally kRshNAvatAra is considered as pUrNAvatAra; but SrI tyAgarAja would like to call rAmAvatAra as pUrNAvatAra.
2 – parASara – Father of sage vyAsa.
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