Rama Lobhamela
From Sahityam
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[edit] Pallavi
rAma lObhamEla nanu Show DetailsrakSiJcupaTla nIkinta zrI | Why so much miserliness for You with regard to protecting me? |
[edit] Anupallavi
sOmArka lOcana suguNa Show DetailssutrAmAdulella navvarA | O virtuous one, who has Moon and Sun as his eyes! Won’t Indra and all others deride? |
[edit] Charanam 1
zaraNanukonna kAkAsuruni1 Show DetailsrAvaNuni sOdaruni2 brOva lEdA saraguNa karini gAcina zrI | Didn't You protect Crow-Demon and Vibhishana who sought Your refuge? O Lord Sri Rama who protected Gajendra! |
[edit] Charanam 2
gati-lEni vELa draupadi3 vEgamE Show DetailskRSNAyana ati prEmatO vEJcEsina mati nEDendu pOyenO | Where has that mind vanished today which condescended to come quickly, with much love, when Draupadi, left with no other resort, called ‘Krishna’? |
[edit] Charanam 3
DEgakai4 mEnosaGgu Show DetailsrAghavAnvayamuna bAga janmiJcina tyAgarAjanuta zrI | Sri Rama, praised by Tyagaraja, well-born in the dynasty of Raghu (whose King) offered his own body to the falcon! |
[edit] Commentary
1 kAkAsura – zrImad vAlmIki rAmAyaNa – sundara kANDa – Chapter 38 refers.
2 vibhISaNa – zrImad vAlmIki rAmAyaNa – yuddha kANDa – Chapter 18 refers.
3 draupadi – mahAbhArataM - Book 3 – vana parva - draupadi haraNa parva – Chapter 261 refers.
4 DEgakai – The following verse from zrImad-vAlmIki rAmAyaNa, ayOdhyA kANDa, Chapter 12 refers –
zaibya: zyEnakapOtIyE svamAMsaM pakSiNE dadau |
alarkazcakSuSI dattvA jagAma gatimuttamAM || 43 ||
- kaikEyi spoke to King dazaratha -
“In the course of dispute between hawk and a dove (who were no other than Indra, the ruler of Gods, and the God of fire respectively) the ruler of the zibis gave away his own flesh to the bird (which would not be satisfied otherwise); and, parting with his own eyes, King Alarka attained to the highest destiny.”
- The story is also found in mahAbhArataM – vana parva – tIrtha yAtra parva – Chapters 130, 131. where it refers to King uzInara and not ‘zibi’. For full story, please visit the following sites:
- In zrImad vAlmiki rAmAyaNa, the name of ‘uzInara’ or ‘zibi’ is not found in the raghu dynasty chart read out by sage vasiSTha before the marriage of zrI rAma (bAlakANDa – Chapter 70 refers). However, zrI rAma mentions a different story of falcon and dove as an example in support of his decision for accepting vibhISaNa’s surrender. (yuddha kANDa – Chapter 18, verses 24-25 refers). Link
- In zrImad bhAgavataM, the name of King zibi is mentioned as one of great bhAgavata – ibid – Book 2 – Chapter 7, verse 45.
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Categories: Darbaru | Kriti | Tyagaraja | Telugu
