pallavi
varAl(a)ndukomm(a)ni nAyandu
vancana sEya nyAyamA
anupallavi
sur(A)sura vinuta rAma nA manasu
su-bhaktini kOri(y)uNDaga nanu (varAlu)
caraNam
caraNam 1
manasuna nijamuga nammina vAri
manasu konca phalam(A)sincaga
rAd(a)nucu ghanuni jEsina nI biruduku
kanaka kaSipu sutuDu sAkshi kAdA (varAlu)
pallavi
varAlu-andukommu-ani nAyandu
vancana sEya nyAyamA
Is it fair (nyAyamA) to deceive (vancana sEya) me (nAyandu) (literally towards me) by tempting (ani) (literally asking) me to seek (andukommu) boons (varAlu) (varAlandukommani)?
anupallavi
sura-asura vinuta rAma nA manasu
su-bhaktini kOri-uNDaga nanu (varAlu)
O Lord rAma, praised (vinuta) by celestials (sura) and asura (surAsura)!
While my (nA) mind (manasu) is (uNDaga) aspiring (kOri) (kOriyuNDaga) for true devotion (su-bhaktini) (towards You),
is it fair to deceive me by tempting me (nanu) to seek boons?
caraNam
caraNam 1
manasuna nijamuga nammina vAri
manasu konca phalamu-Asincaga
rAdu-anucu ghanuni jEsina nI biruduku
kanaka kaSipu sutuDu sAkshi kAdA (varAlu)
Isn’t (kAdA) prahlAda – son (sutuDu) of hiraNya (kanaka) kaSipu – witness (sAkshi) to Your (nI) appellation (biruduku) of making (jEsina) him an eminent person (ghanuni),
because (anucu) minds (manasu) of those (vAri) who have truly (nijamuga) trusted (nammina) You mentally (manasuna),
will not stoop (rAdu) (literally come) (rAdanucu) to desire (Asincaga) trivial (konca) results (phalamu) (phalamAsincaga)?
Therefore, is it fair to deceive me by tempting me to seek boons?