pallavi
SrI raghu kulam(a)ndu 1puTTi
sItanu 2ceyi konina rAma candra
anupallavi
ArAmam(a)ndu 3munula
kOrikal(I)DEra sEya pUnu-konna 4rama (SrI)
caraNam
vara ratna pITham(a)ndu 5majjanamu
6puDami surula cEta gaikonna rAma
parama bhaktulanu pAlanamu sEyu
sAkEta vAsa tyAgarAja nuta (SrI)
pallavi
SrI raghu kulamandu puTTi
sItanu ceyi konina rAma candra
O Lord SrI rAma candra who, having born (puTTi) in (andu) the auspicious (SrI) raghu dynasty (kulamu) (kulamandu), married (ceyi konina) (literally got hold of the hand) sItA (sItanu)!
anupallavi
ArAmamandu munula
kOrikalu-IDEra sEya pUnu-konna rama (SrI)
O Lord SrI rAma who vowed (pUnu-konna) to fulfill (IDEra sEya) the demands (kOrikala) (kOrikalIDEra) of the ascetics (munulu) living in (andu) the forest (ArAmamu) (ArAmamandu) (literally grove)!
O Lord SrI rAma candra who, having born in the auspicious raghu dynasty, married sItA!
caraNam
vara ratna pIThamandu majjanamu
puDami surula cEta gaikonna rAma
parama bhaktulanu pAlanamu sEyu
sAkEta vAsa tyAgarAja nuta (SrI)
O Lord SrI rAma who accepted (gaikonna) holy ablution (majjanamu) in (andu) the sacred (vara) precious stones-studded (ratna) throne (pIThamu) (pIThamandu) by the hands (cEta) of brAhmaNas (puDami surula) (for consecration of the crown – paTTa abhishEka)!
O Lord abiding (vAsa) in ayOdhyA (sAkEta) who governs (pAlanamu sEyu) great (parama) devotees (bhaktulanu)! O Lord praised (nuta) by this tyAgarAja!
O Lord SrI rAma candra who, having born in the auspicious raghu dynasty, married sItA!
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
1 – puTTi – puTTi nIvu.
2 – ceyi – cE.
4 – rAma – rAma candra.
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References
3 - munula kOrikalIDEra sEya pUnu-konna – vowed to fulfill the demands of ascetics - Please refer to SrImad-vAlmIki rAmAyaNa, AraNya kANDa, Chapter 6 (23 – 25).
5 - majjanamu - holy ablution - Please refer to SrImad-vAlmIki rAmAyaNa, yuddha kANDa, Chapter 128 (63, 64) (rAma paTTAbhishEka).
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Comments
6 – puDami surulu – vaSishTha and others.
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