Rama Daivama
From Sahityam
[edit] Lyrics
[edit] Pallavi
rAma daivamA 1rAka rAka lObhamA Show Details | O Lord Rama! Are You gradually becoming stingy? |
[edit] Anupallavi
mOmu jUpumA jagan-mOhana-karamA (rAma) Show Details | O Lord who has mesmerised the universe! Deign to show Your face. |
[edit] Charanam
1. doGga jADalEla illu baGgArAyenA Show Details2raGgaDA vibhISaNuniki 3paGga nAmamiDina rIti (rAma) 2. venna tA bhujiJci 4gOpa kanya mukhamuna tinnaganalandinaTTu dIna rakSakA sItA (rAma) 3. nErpu jUpumA aGgalArpu bApumA Orpu galgu tyAgarAju oka pAri zaraNaNTE (rAma) | 1. Why these stealthy signals? Has Your house become golden? O Lord Rama! Are You gradually becoming stingy in the same manner as Lord Ranganatha deceived that Vibhishana? 2. O Protector of the humble! O Lord Sita Rama! Are You gradually becoming stingy in the same manner as You, having consumed butter, smeared it (butter) nicely on the faces of maindens of cow-herds? 3. Deign to display Your skills; please relieve my distress; while this patient Thyagaraja has sought Your refuge once and for all, O Lord Rama! are You gradually becoming stingy? |
[edit] Variations
- 1rAka rAka lObhamA – in all the books this has been translated as ‘are You (of late) gradually becoming stingy?’. However, the proper word for ‘gradually’ is ‘rAnu rAnu’.
- 4 gOpa kanya – gOpi kanya
[edit] References
- 2raGgaDu – Please refer to Sthala Purana of Sri Rangam [Sri Rangam]
[edit] Commentary
- 3paGga nAmamu – this is a colloquial expression to indicate 'deception'; literally it means ‘the mark applied by Vaishnavaites on their forehead'.
