Sri Rama Dasa Dasoham
From Sahityam
[edit] Lyrics
[edit] Pallavi
1zrI rAma dAsa 2dAsOham ana Show DetailsnIraja nEtra nIkEla 3sandEhamu | When I declare 'I am the servant of devotees of Lord Sri Rama', O Lotus Eyed! why should You have doubt? |
[edit] Charanams Combined
1. gaTTu kAna rAni guNTA rAma Show Details4paTTuka dATa nI pEru teppaNTa (zrI) 2. 5kAmAdi nakra bAdha tIrpa rAmayya nI cEti cakramu lEdA (zrI) 3. cala 6cittamanu alalaku rAma celagu nI vAma hastamu vairiyagunu (zrI) 4. mada matsaramulanu gajamulaku nI pada kamalAGkuza7 rEkha aGkuzamu (zrI) 5. zOkAdulanu parvatamulaku nI karAGkita vajra rEkha vajaramu (zrI) 6. ahamanu jaDatvamaNaci brOva sahajamau nI cEti zaramulu lEvA (zrI) 7. 8duS-karmamanu koNDalegaya 9sEya niS-kalmaSa 10pavanajuDuNDu 11sadaya (zrI) 8. janana maraNamanu 12suDini nilpa ghanamaina nIyAjna kAdanu 12vaDini (zrI) 9. jAtikokaru 13kUDinAramu prIti cEta telusukoNTimi nAma 13sAramu (zrI) 10. pannuga bhavamati 14ghOramu rAma ninnu vinAnya 14daivamulanu kOramu (zrI) 11. varaguNa rAjAdhi rAja rAma parama pAvana pAlita tyAgarAja (zrI) | 1. O Lord Rama! The Worldly Existence is an ocean, the banks of which could not be seen; Your name is said to be the raft for fording it (the ocean) resolutely. 2. O Lord Ramayya! In order relieve us from the troubles of the alligators of desire etc., isn't there the discus of Your hand? 3. O Lord Rama! For the waves called the fickle mindedness, Your shining left hand is the enemy. 4. For (control of) the elephants called arrogance and envy etc., the curved line(s) (OR outlines) of Your Lotus feet is/are the goad or hook. 5. For (shattering) the mountains called the grief etc., the well-marked strong (OR curved/forked) line(s) of your hand is/are the thunder-bolt(s). 6. In order to protect us by sub-duing the idiocy called egotism, aren't there the natural arrows of Your hands? 7. O Merciful Lord! In order to make the mountains called wicked actions to fly away, the blemish-less Anjaneya – son of Wind God is there. 8. In order to stop the vortex called birth and death, isn’t there Your powerful rule over time? 9. One from each caste or creed have assembled together and have lovingly understood the essence of Your name. 10. O Lord Rama! The nice (looking) Ocean of Worldly Existence is (indeed) very frightening; we shall not beseech any God other than You. 11. O Chief of Kings! O Lord Rama with blessed Qualities! O Supremely Holy Lord! O Protector of this Thyagaraja! |
[edit] Variations
- General – the ordering of Charanas vary in the books.
- 2dAsOham ana – dAsOham
- 3sandEhamu – sandEham
- 4paTTuka – paTTukO
- 5kAmAdi – kAmAdulanu
- 6cittamanu alalaku - cittamanu alalakunu
- 8duSkarmamulanu - duSkarmamanu
- 9sEya - rAma
- 10pavanujuDuNDu - pavanujuDuNDa
- 13kUDinAramu – sAramu : kUDinAram - sAram
- 14ghOramu – daivamulanu kOramu : ghOram – daivamu kOram
[edit] References
[edit] Commentary
- 1zrI rAma dAsa dAsOham – this may be also taken as ‘disciple of Bhadrachala Ramadasa’; Sri Thyagaraja mentions the Sri Ramadasa’s name in the Kritis ‘bRndAvana lOla’ – raga tODi and ‘kSIra sAgara zayana’ – rAga dEva gAndhAri
- 5kAmAdi - kAma, krOdha, lObha, mOha, mada, mAtsarya
- 7aGkuza rEkha – This may either refer to the curved lines of the feet of the Lord or the outline(s) (rEkha) of the Lord's feet which generally resembles a hook.
- 11sadaya – this may also be attached to the word 'pavanajuDuNDu' to mean 'Anjaneya is there mercifully'.
- 12suDi - vaDini : suDi-vaDi - is whirl-pool. However, as ‘vaDini’ is given separately and in the noun form, it has been translated as ‘time’. However, the exact meaning of the word is not clear.
