Word Division - Word-by-word meaning
pallavi
SrI rAma rAma jagad-Atma rAma
SrI rAma raghurAma pAhi paramAtma
O Lord SrI rAma! O Lord rAma! O Lord rAma - the Indweller (Atma) of (everything in) the Universe (jagat) (jagadAtma)!
O Lord SrI rAma! O Lord raghurAma! O Supreme Lord (paramAtma)! Deign to protect (pAhi) me.
caraNam
caraNam 1
jyOtirmaya-akhaNDa rUpa rAma
bhUta-ISa vinuta-apahRta bhakta tApa (SrI)
O Lord rAma who is effulgence-natured (jyOtirmaya) undifferentiated (akhaNDa) (jyOtirmayAkhaNDa) universal form (rUpa)!
O Lord praised (vinuta) by Siva – Lord (ISa) of (evil) beings (bhUta) (bhUtESa)! O Remover (apahRta) (vinutApahRta) of the suffering (tApa) of devotees (bhakta)!
O Lord SrI rAma! O Lord rAma! O Lord rAma - the Indweller of (everything in) the Universe! O Lord SrI rAma! O Lord raghurAma! O Supreme Lord! Deign to protect me.
caraNam 2
sarva graha-AdhAra bhUta rAma
gIrvANa muni vandya sujana-ishTa dAta (SrI)
O Lord rAma - the supporting (AdhAra) principle (bhUta) (literally element) of all (sarva) planets (graha) (grahAdhAra)!
O Lord worshipped (vandya) by sage (muni) bRhaspati –preceptor of celestials (gIrvANa)! O Dispenser (dAta) of the desires (ishTa) of pious people (sujana) (sujanEshTa)!
O Lord SrI rAma! O Lord rAma! O Lord rAma - the Indweller of (everything in) the Universe! O Lord SrI rAma! O Lord raghurAma! O Supreme Lord! Deign to protect me.
caraNam 3
yOgi jana hRdaya-abja mitra rAma
bhOgi SAyi ghRNA rasa pUrNa nEtra (SrI)
O Lord rAma - the Sun (mitra) who blossoms the heart (hRdaya) lotus (abja) (hRdayAbja) of ascetics (yOgi jana)!
O Lord reclining (SAyi) on SEsha – the snake (bhOgi)! O Lord whose eyes (nEtra) are brimming (pUrNa) with feeling (rasa) of compassion (ghRnA)!
O Lord SrI rAma! O Lord rAma! O Lord rAma - the Indweller of (everything in) the Universe! O Lord SrI rAma! O Lord raghurAma! O Supreme Lord! Deign to protect me.
caraNam 4
SrI dAnta SAnta nirvANa phalada
vEdAnta vEdya-avanI-sura trANa (SrI)
O Auspicious (SrI) Lord who bestows (phalada) (literally giving fruits of) liberation (nirvANa) to ascetics (dAnta) (literally restrained) and tranquil-minded (SAnta)!
O Lord who is the (real) knower (vEdya) of vEdAnta (philosophy)! O Protector (trANa) of brahmaNas (avanI-sura) (vEdyAvanI)!
O Lord SrI rAma! O Lord rAma! O Lord rAma - the Indweller of (everything in) the Universe! O Lord SrI rAma! O Lord raghurAma! O Supreme Lord! Deign to protect me.
caraNam 5
tvAM vinA na-anyatra jAnE rAma
tvAM vinA kO gatir-jAnakI jAnE (SrI)
O Lord rAma! I do not (na) know (jAnE) anything (anyatra) (nAnyatra) other than (vinA) You (tvAM);
what (kO) would be my fate (gatiH) without (vinA) You (tvAM), probably Mother jAnakI (gatir-jAnakI) knows (jAnE).
O Lord SrI rAma! O Lord rAma! O Lord rAma - the Indweller of (everything in) the Universe! O Lord SrI rAma! O Lord raghurAma! O Supreme Lord! Deign to protect me.
caraNam 6
dhIra bhava sAgara-uttaraNa rAma
sAratara SrI tyAgarAja nuta caraNa (SrI)
O Brave (dhIra) One! O Lord rAma who enables crossing (ut-taraNa) the ocean (sAgara) (sAgarOttaraNa) of Worldly Existence (bhava)!
O Excellent One (sAratara)! O Great (SrI) Lord whose feet (caraNa) are praised (nuta) by this tyAgarAja (tyAgarAja)!
O Lord SrI rAma! O Lord rAma! O Lord rAma - the Indweller of (everything in) the Universe! O Lord SrI rAma! O Lord raghurAma! O Supreme Lord! Deign to protect me.
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
1 – ghRNA – karuNA.
3 – uttaraNa – uttaraNI.
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2 – SrI dAnta SAnta nirvANa phalada – This is how it is given in all the books. In keeping with the meaning given in the books, this has been taken as a single epithet meaning ‘one who bestows liberation to the ascetics and tranquil-minded. However, there is some doubt whether this could be taken as three epithets – ‘SrI dAnta’ – ‘SAnta’ – ‘nirvANa phalada’ (Great ascetic – tranquil-minded – one who bestows liberation).
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