Word Division - Word-by-word meaning
pallavi
SrI raghuvara dASarathE rAma
O Lord SrI raghuvara! O Lord SrI rAma – son of daSaratha (dASarathE)!
caraNam
caraNam 1
vandita sura muni bRnda parAtpara
mandara dhara SrI sundara rAma (SrI)
O Lord worshipped (vandita) by celestials (sura bRnda) and sages (muni bRnda)! O Lord who is beyond everything (parAtpara)!
O Lord who bore (dhara) mandara mountain on His back! O Handsome (sundara) Lord SrI rAma!
O Lord SrI raghuvara! O Lord SrI rAma – son of daSaratha!
caraNam 2
SrI-kara kOTi vibhAkara bhAsa
sudhAkara vadana ghRNAkara rAma (SrI)
O Lord who causes (kara) prosperity (SrI)! O Lord who is resplendent (bhAsa) like a crore (kOTi) Suns (vibhAkara)!
O Moon (sudhAkara) Faced (vadana)! O Merciful Lord (ghRNAkara) SrI rAma!
O Lord SrI raghuvara! O Lord SrI rAma – son of daSaratha!
caraNam 3
sArAt-sAra pura-ari nuta-agha
vidAraNa SrI raghuvIra harE rAma (SrI)
O Lord who is essence (sAra) of essence (sArAt)! O Lord praised (nuta) by Lord Siva – enemy (ari) of the triad of fortresses (pura) (purAri)! O Destroyer (vidAraNa) of sins (agha) (nutAgha)!
O Lord SrI raghuvIra! O Lord (harE) SrI rAma!
O Lord SrI raghuvara! O Lord SrI rAma – son of daSaratha!
caraNam 4
pAlita su-jana viSAla nayana
gOpAla vidhRta Sara jAla harE rAma (SrI)
O Lord who nurtures (pAlita) pious people (su-jana)! O Lord with large or wide (viSAla) eyes (nayana)!
O Lord gOpAla! O Lord (harE) SrI rAma, wielder (vidhRta) of arrows (Sara jAla)!
O Lord SrI raghuvara! O Lord SrI rAma – son of daSaratha!
caraNam 5
agaNita guNa gaNa vigaLita mOha
vihaga rAja vara turaga SrI rAma (SrI)
O Lord who possesses countless (agaNita) virtues (guNa gaNa)! O Lord who is free (vigaLita) of delusion (mOha)!
O Great (vara) Lord SrI rAma who speeds (turaga) on garuDa - king (rAja) of birds (vihaga)!
O Lord SrI raghuvara! O Lord SrI rAma – son of daSaratha!
caraNam 6
kAyaja janaka vinAyaka nuta vara
dAyaka SrI raghu nAyaka rAma (SrI)
O Father (janaka) of cupid (kAyaja)! O Lord praised (nuta) by Lord vinAyaka! O Bestower (dAyaka) of boons (vara)!
O Lord SrI raghu nAyaka! O Lord SrI rAma!
O Lord SrI raghuvara! O Lord SrI rAma – son of daSaratha!
caraNam 7
bhAvaja damana vibhAvita danuja-
bhAva mahAnubhAva harE rAma (SrI)
O Lord cherished (vibhAvita) by Lord Siva – the destroyer (damana) of cupid (bhAvaja)! O Lord who annihilated (abhAva) the demons (danuja) (danujabhAva)!
O Noble Minded (mahAnubhAva) Lord (harE) SrI rAma!
O Lord SrI raghuvara! O Lord SrI rAma – son of daSaratha!
caraNam 8
sanaka-Adi vinuta kanaka-ambara dhara
ina kula tilaka janaka sutA rAma (SrI)
O Lord praised (vinuta) by sages sanaka and others (Adi) (sanakAdi)! O Lord who wears (dhara) golden (kanaka) garments (ambara) (kanakAmbara)!
O Most Eminent (tilaka) (literally auspicious mark on fore-head) of the Solar (ina) dynasty (kula)! O Lord sItA rAma – sItA – daughter (sutA) of King janaka!
O Lord SrI raghuvara! O Lord SrI rAma – son of daSaratha!
caraNam 9
rAkshasa gaNa mada Sikshaka
dEva-adhyaksha sArasa daLa-aksha harE rAma (SrI)
O Lord who punished (Sikshaka) the demons (rAkshasa gaNa) for their arrogance (mada)! O Head (adhyaksha) of celestials (dEva) (dEvAdhyaksha)!
O Lotus (sArasa) Petal (daLa) Eyed (aksha) (daLAksha) Lord (harE) SrI rAma!
O Lord SrI raghuvara! O Lord SrI rAma – son of daSaratha!
caraNam 10
Sankara sakha niS-Sanka mukha jita
SaSa-anka suguNa sItA-anka harE rAma (SrI)
O Friend (sakha) of Lord Siva (Sankara)! O The Doubt-less One (niS-Sanka)! O Lord whose face (mukha) vanquishes (jita) the moon (SaSa anka) (SaSAnka)!
O Lord of virtues (suguNa)! O Lord (harE) SrI rAma – in whose lap (anka) sItA (sItAnka) is seated!
O Lord SrI raghuvara! O Lord SrI rAma – son of daSaratha!
caraNam 11
rAja-anala dina rAja su-nayana
virAjita tyAgarAja nuta rAma (SrI)
O Lord who has moon (rAja), fire (anala) and sun – king (rAja) of day-time (dina) – as (three) eyes (sunayana)!
O Shining (virAjita) Lord SrI rAma praised (nuta) by this tyAgarAja!
O Lord SrI raghuvara! O Lord SrI rAma – son of daSaratha!
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
4 – Sikshaka – Sikshita.
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References
2 – sarAt-sAra – essence of essence - The following verses from bRhadAraNyaka upanishad are relevant –
..... tasyOpanisat – satyasya satyam-iti;
prANo vai satyaM, tEshAm-Esha satyaM || II. i. 20 ||
prANasya prANaM cakshushaS-cakshuruta
SrOtrasya SrOtraM manasO yE manO viduH |
tE nicikyur-brahma purANam-agryaM || IV. iv. 18 ||
“..... Its secret name (upanishad) is ‘the Truth of truth.’ The vital force is truth, and It is the Truth of that.”
“Those who have known the Vital Force of the vital force, the Eye of the eye, the Ear of the ear, and the Mind of the mind, have realised the ancient, primordial Brahman.” (Translated by Swami Madhavananda.)
5 – rAjAnala dina rAja sunayana - Moon, Fire and Sun eyed - narasiMha is said to have three eyes like Siva – sun, moon and agni (sOma-sUryagni-lOcanaH) as mentioned in SrI deSika stotra 'SrI kAmAsikAshTakam-1 and SrI deSika stotra 'SrI kAmAsikAshTakam-2
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Comments
1 – sura muni bRnda – celestials and sages – the word ‘bRnda’ is common for both ‘sura’ and ‘muni’.
3 – danujabhAva – This is how it is given in all the books. As it stands this does not seem to convey any meaning with reference to praise of SrI rAma. In my humble opinion, this should be split as ‘danuja+abhAva = danujAbhAva’ – One who annihilated (literally nullified) the demons. However, in such a case, the joining vowel ‘a’ needs to be elongated. Such elongation is not found in any book.
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