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KSHIRASAGARA " (Dévagandhari)
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Lord reposing on the milk-ocean !
Oh! Should you subject me to worries! I have heard
of your having promptly and swiftly come to protgct
Gajéndra: I have long ago heard of your having blessed
Draupadi with sarees: I have also heard of your having
released from bondage the firm Ramadas. I have heard
further of your fame in having crossed the ocean for the
sake of Sita. Oh Lord of redeeming name! Protect me
with mercy:
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ELA NIDAYA" (Atana)
Why do I not get your grace ? Why this indifference?
This is not the time for such attitude. Come, Oh Supreme
Lord ! :
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" PRANANATA BIRANA " (Sülini)
Oh Lord of my soul come quick and protect me!
Have you not similarly blessed sixteen thousand Gopies
with the melody of your flute ? You have also, as the
lovely boy Krishna of divine beauty graciously fed all the
young boys that had the fortune to come your way, with
butter, cream ????, in a sporting manner
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“ MARAKATA MANIVARNA " (Varali)
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Oh My beloved brother! The bright emerald-hued
Rama! Pray, do not forget me. Bless me soon: I have
taken refuge in thee.
Vouchsafe to me the affection and love which Siti bore
for you.
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“JE JE SITA RAM "
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Hail Oh auspicious, beautiful and
merciful Rama! I have sincerely believed in you: Pray,
protect me !
Is ita great thing for you to save a helpless
one like myself ? Should you be so indifferent tome? 1
have firmly believed that you are the God and have solely
relied on your holy name. Is it possible even for Brahma
and other gods to know the truth behind you, Oh Rama,
who are, however, within reach of true devotees |
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" PAHI MAM SRI RAMACHANDRA” (K&pi)
Protect me, Oh Ramachandra! Ihave earnestly taken
refuge at your feet: Why this indifference ? You are the
only saviour; and I have been praying to you. Affection~
ately lift me up and bless me: Show me your enchanting
face oncee You are immanent in all: Who is there to
surpass you? From my early days. I have been seeking
you; protect me. ? have always been praising you: For-
give and protect me! Oh Protector of the distressed !
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"RAMA RAMANA" (Sankarabharanam)
Come, Oh Rima, Come! Who is there to equal you?
Listen to my appeal: Can even Adisesha adequately praise
your glory ? Pray, fulfil my heart's desire and show me
your enchanting face! I shall stand by you and serve you
Your holy feet will enable me to cross the ocean of
Samsara. Can't you bless me promptly ?
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DASARATHA NANDANA" (Asávéri)
Oh Dasaratha Nandana! Protect me, with your grace
Enough of this trickery. With my heart drawn to women, 1
go about freely preaching your path: I try to propitiate the
rich to maintain my body in comfort. I cast wistful eyes on
women and indulge in back.biting.
lam a forlorn creature; pray, come near me, redeem
me and sanctify me:
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You are everything: You never come. I have dropped
my haughtiness. Quickly protect me; I love you. Why do
you hesitate ? I cannot bear, Oh Lord!
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Oh Sita Rama! Pray, listen to my appeal and vouch*
safe to me deep devotion to your holy feet and protect mel
My sins are nothing to you.
You have been familiarly talking to me for sometime:
If you do not do so now, will I leave you ?
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Think deeply of the traditions of your race and bless
me |
I have been singing your praises often and appealing to
you: Why should you not converse with me in a lively
manner? Without placing my faith in the people of the
world, I have installed your bleseed feet in my heart for
long now. Why do you look askance at me ?
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PAHI PARAMATMA " (Varali)
Oh Supreme Being! Protect me always.
What is the
use of a life without irue love for your holy name ? Of what
worth is he who does not constantly turn his mind to you
and meditate on you? That man is indeed an asura who
neglects to develop devotion to your sacred feet, which is
not easily obtainable: There is none else who could save
me from my six internal enemies and treat me lovingly.
Have I had one thing at heart and another in speech ? Is
my humility only a show ?
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" RAKA SASI VADANA” (Takka)
Are you still indifferent towards me? That disposition
ill becomes you,
Having given assurances to your true devotees, should
you forget them ?
Should you not cast a kindly glance on me at least once
- with your lotus eyes ?
Is this the way you bless those who rush to you with
ceaseless longing day after day ?
Pray come and bless me: Trusting that you yourself
will know my mind, I have been worshipping your holy
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MARIYADA GADAYYA" (Bhiravi)
It is not an act of respectability on the part of one like
you; the repository of all mercy, to hold me to ridicule
among my compeers. What is your reason for not protect-
ing me? You alone, the greet one, have the reputation of
discriminating between those who are of you and others: It
is not at all fair that you should forsake me who is holding
fast to you.
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“INDUKA BUTTINCHITIVI" (Bhairavi)
Is it for this that you have created me—for me to toss
about and for you to enjoy the fun at my expense; to get
angry with you for constantly besetting me with dangers
and distress at the hands of those nearby, to develop in
me unrighteous desires for property, wife and children and
inordinate greed for wealth, to be insensitive to wrong, and
to associate with imposters ?
Can you not glance at me soon with your beautiful
eyes ?
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YUKTAMUGADU " (Sri)
Oh! the beloved of the devotees, redeemer of the
fallen and Lord of three Saktis! Itis not proper on your
part not to protect me.
Is it because your reputation for undoing the effects of
past evil deeds has got shaken ?
Is it because your fame for not going back on your
word has got tarnished ?
Is it because your compassion refuses to avail you now
to bless your devotees, known and unknown, as of old ?
Is it because your capacity to save Bhaktas has got
exhausted with the number so far saved ? Tell me.
Is it because Sit& who is always with you advised you
not to respond to my prayer ?
Or is it bacause Lakshmana (who has conquered sleep)
in a fit of anger asked you " Why worry about him ?
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Is it because your eyes got blinded with tears of joy at
the sight of sweet Bharata ?
Is it because Anjaneya, holding your feet fast, implored
you not to go to my rescue ?
Is it because Brahma uttered the untruth that I have no
devotion to you ?
Is it because Saraswati protested much that it is beyond
her (to commend Ty&garaja) ?
Is it because Tyágarája himself forgot to keep you in
his heart ?
Or is it because your sister, Parvati dissuaded you
from associating with me? Pray, let me know.
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NANNUBROVA” (Abhógi)
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Why tarry like this to protect me ? Pray, tell me what
my faults are. From my childhood, have I not longed for
your company and prayed for it ? Are you not born with |
brothers who are true servants and have you not begotten
sons and brought them up ?
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MARUBALKA KUNNAVEMIRA (Sriranjani)
How is it that you do not speak in response? Havel
sung to the praise of lewed and dishonest people ? You
are everywhere - far and near - and have also taken abode in
the lotus of my heart. I have now known the way and have
been feeling exultant over it:
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ORAJÜPU" (Kannada Gowla)
Oh! Foremost of the Raghus ! Is it just and proper for
a saviour like you to be indifferent towards me ? Pray make
clear to me what is the relationship that subsisted before,
between you and your devotees: What is the reason that a
sense of honour did not worry you? You the embodiment
of Punya! the protector of the distressed, you who regard
those who have taken refuge in you as your progeny, you
who are ever fond of music!
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YOCHANA KAMALA LOCHANA“ (Darbar)
Why do you still hesitate to bless me ? Oh lotus-eyed
One that surpasses a myriad suns in brilliance? Have you
come to understand that I am going about begging unima-
ginative people ? Is it to delude me that you have all this
reputation of destroying the sins of all your real devotees ?
You have coronated even Sugriva, a monkey.
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KARUNAJALADHI "
Ocean of compassion!
TYAGARAJA KIRTANAS
(Kédara Gowla)
If without listening to
my appeal you continue to be hesitating, I cannot put up
with it. Oh lotus-eyed Lord who kept well his father's word,
you are my wealth. You will not lose your patrimony if
you deign to show your mercy to me: Why this disputation ?
It is notin my power to bear this any longer.
This is the
time for you to vouchsafe to me devotion to your holy feet.
I cannot beg of people who are infatuated with wealth, My
mind is getting turbulenb
(of mine) is yours.
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I appeal to you as this body
RAMA DAIVAMA " (Surati)
Oh! Lord Rama! Are you gradually becoming
miserly ? Pray, show me your world-enchanting face,
Why all these deceitful ways ? Has your house become
a golden one thereby? You are treating me even as
Rangan&tha duped Vibhishana and even as you yourself
smeared the Gopies' faces with butter after eating it, Show
your skill and remove my distress. I am patient and remain
a refugee of yours. Oh Redeemer of the tallen!
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SAKSHI LEDANUCHU" (Bang&la)
Oh -you of truthful: word, the protector of devotees
do not try to establish that there were no human
witnesses (to your declaration that you will protect all those
who take refuge in you); You who belong to the Race of the
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Sun, who is the witness of the whole Universe. If you do
go, will not onlookers laugh at you ?
Have you not got abundant prowess? [s not Parásakti
Herself under your protection ?
Is it not possible for you to know the genuine devotion
of Tyàgaràja who has renounced all sense-enjoyments ?
NIJA MARMAMULANU " (Um&bharanam)
Oh Rama! Why should you harass even those who
know the real Truth, viz that it is you that have created
the various minor divine manifestations and set up lilas
appropriate to each of them, that it is you that have created
the followers of six systems of faith, based upon Vedas’
Sastras and Puránas, those whose creed is to seek salvation
through the recital of your Name and Kings on earth, and
that it is you who have made also all these deluded men:
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EMINERAMU " (Sankarabharanam)
What guilt of mine prevents you from coming to my
protection guickly and do you feel any great burden on my
account ? Have you not had the reputation of having saved
Gajendra ? Men of knowledge have sung in praise of your
high qualities that you are the friend of the distressed, the
God of all Gods, the incomparable Great one and
Dharmátma;
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ENTUKU PEDDALAVALE " (Sankarabharanamu)
Why don't you bless me with the real wisdom such as
the great ones have as the result of their knowledga of the
Vedas, of S&stras, of their inner meaning, of non-differsnti-
ating Vedanta and of the secrets of Nada Vidyà ? Where
aml to go? 1 have been crying aloud restlessly like
common folk, but the fruit is still beyond my reach.
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EDUTA NILICHITE " (Sankarabharanam)
If you come and stand before me, will you lose all your
wealth ? Is it possible for me to transgress my fate?
Should I, knowing this, (sit quiet and) be deceived ?
Why do you weigh the pros and cons? You must
know my situation. I cannot ask for boons. Consider my
prayer; This is the time to bless me: Icannot pray to
other gods. How isit that you do not know my mind ?
Why this wanton obduracy again and again ? This indif-
ference towards me cannot find a precedent in the annals
of your race, and Suras and Asuras will not applaud you
for itt Why this intractability on your part now ?
"MADILONA YOCHANA " (Kóláhalam)
Oh! King of Kings! Has not the question of protect-
ing me come up tor consideration in your mind ? I have
always regarded your Rama Avatar (role) as the best of your
ten avatars. Probably, Sita during her conversation with
you did not ask you to do your utmost for me. What
impression did my crying make in your mind ? Protect me.
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"VALLAGADANAKA " (Sankarabharanam)
Do not say that it is not possible for you to protect me.
Why has the history of the Bhaktas of old been written ? In
every Yuga, there have been instances of such happenings.
Concealed in the pillar (in the case of Prahlida,) hidden
behind the tree (in the case of Sugriva), and lying in the
lap of Yasoda as a baby (in the case of the dandy Muchu-
kunda) you have been saving them all and also several
yogis.
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NAMORALAKIMPAVEMI" (Dévagándhari)
Why do you not listen to my plaintive appeal though
you know me to be your devotee, ardently worshipping
you, without a gap, like beads closely strung together, and
having no other desire ? Having heard of your great glories,
I have absolutely relied on you. When a monkey; unable
to bear the torment of his brother, took refuge in you, you
gave him protection; if it was due to the fact that he had a
fine neck (Sugriva), do not I also have a similar claim (1
have a fine voice) ?
When a Rákshasa sought your refuge unable to put up
with the rebukes of his brother, you gave him protection.
If it was due to the fact that he had command of sweet
words (like those of a parrot) are my words íearíul
(Vibhishanamà) ?
" CHÀLA KALLALADU " (Arabhi)
Of what pleasure is it to you to speak untruth to me?
Time may pass; but words spoken will remain for ever.
You have given me words of assurance several times that,
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as you are my father and mother, I need not have any fear
whatsoever; you have shown me special grace among my
compeers in the world and have commended me to great
ones.
“ATTA BALKUDU " (Atana)
Oh! Rima! You are capable of saying one thing at
one time and another thing at another times Whatcan 1 do
under these conditions? You will rock the baby in the
cradle and also pinch it as you like. You know how to
punish persons and how to make them immortal also.
You bless them, taking due consideration of their true
iniention.
NIKEVARI BODHANA” (Suddha Savéri)
Who has instigated you? Youdo not freely talk to me:
your mind has changed.
TANAVARI TANAMU ? (Bégada)
Have you no special consideration for me as being your
own P Can we ever find such a trait in the kings of the
Solar Race ? Have you not voluntarily called your devoted
servants and made presents to them of necklaces P Have
you not given monkeys the honour of your company while
taking 1??? P Pray do not annoy me and delay your
blessing ?
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"ENNALLU URAKE"™ (Pantuvarali)
Let us see how long you are going tobe silent. Is there
none to question you? Did you not reign over the city of
Saketa for some time ? Did you not fulfil the desire of the
sages ?
Did you not, at the instance of your wife, protect innu:
merable devotees ? Have you not declared that it was your
firm resolve to vouch salvation to the wise.
Have I not reposed implicit faith in it ?
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" PARIPURNA KAMA “ (Pirvakalyarf
Oh the most merciful one! Have we ceased to keep
you in our mind ? It does not look that you have the mind
_ to give us your Darsan and protect us. What equity is this ?
Is it possible to bear the annoyance caused by low class
human beings who are votaries of Kali ?
NIDASANU DASU” (Hamir Kalyani)
No doubt I am known well as the humblest of your
devotees; but of what good is it ?
You have no love for the poor and the holy:
You have slighted me among my compeers: While not
showing me your grace, you callously dispose of me by
attributing my difficulties to my Karma. A
| Have you not in the least any feeling of indignation ?
All sweet words have abandoned you. Still they say that
you protected devotees in the past.
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MANAMU LEDA " (Amir Kalyani)
Have you no self-respect? Have you no interest in
your own people ? Such 4??? like you devoid of attach-
ment can hardly be seen; you are the father of Kusa and
Lava, and me who has taste for music! When Sugriva
Spoke to you taunting words, you, with a sense of wounded
dignity, made him a king, you who are worshipped by your
servant Tyagaraja !
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ANUPAMA GUNAMBUDHI" (Atana)
I have placed my entire faith in you and followed you
believing that you are a matchless repository of all good
qualities: But you do not lift me up even a little and show
your grace: Tell me, pray, through whom should I make
my application.
You are the son-in-law of Janaka, do not be inert and
unmoving like your mother-in-law, the earth Enough of
your trickery: Why this duplicity ? Without seeing you in
person, I have been doing my prayerse I am, no doubt,
seeing you in my dreams, Oh Lord of the Universe! I have
heard of your having protected Droupadi by an endless
supply of sarees:
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“RAMA RAMA RAMA SITA" (Huséni)
Oh Rama! Which friends’ dissuasion is this that you
are not coming near me ? Whose unbounded solicitude is
it? Do you so unduly gloat that you have put me to
torments ? Do you feel joy and pride that there is no other
saviour than yourself ?
Does it redound to your credit that you should harass
me? Canlbearit? Why this famine of words, disabling
you even from giving an assurance that you wil bless me
with your grace? Or is it a burden for you to do so?
While I am crying for you, is not your mind moved ? Is
your heart made of iron that it remains unmoved by all my
appeals ? Pray, listen to me:
Are there not great souls to represent to you my for-
lorn condition ? Even if they are, are they of the same
mould like you ? Or do they treat my case callously asa
child's play ?
Is all this due to my karma or your hesitance ?
Having affectionately sung your praises, should I have
in the end to say all these things ?
Are you born of a race which is incapable of protecting
people ? Are you worried over it ?
I cannot stand this.
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DHARMATMA“" (Kedara Gowla)
While I am appealing to you as a Dharm&tma, is it right
for you to reply dubiously ?
Having earned the reputation of being the redeemer of
the fallen, is it good on your part not to duly realise its
implication ?
When I seek your protection as a forlorn one, is it
proper for you to ba unfavourably disposed ?
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When I am eagerly desiring to have ten thousand eyes
to see and enjoy your glorious form, is it right on your part
that you should mortify me by denying it? I am guileless
and have sought refuge in your blessed feet; 18 it fair that
you should find fault with me ?
Why vex me with your trickery ? Is it fair that you
should not come to my succour ?
I appealed to you to make good your past promises ; is
it proper that you should keep silent ? Is it fair that you
should forget me ?
KUVALAYA DALA NAYANA" (Natakuranji)
Oh Lotus-eyed one! Protect me. I have been passion-
ately loving you. Where am Ito go? I stand meditating
on your bewitching face and pining; but you won't look
at me. What virtue is this? Though knowing my mind
well, you have forgotten me, but still you pretend to be
remembering me. Is it due to fear of Kali (this iron
age) that you don’t come down to the Earth ? Or is it that
you are a God devoid of glory? I have been singing
constantly with all my heart that you are supreme among
Devas, I do not know other religions. I have done Bhajana
with a pining heart. I have positively given up the world
(and if you don't show your grace to me) will you not earn
the bad name of being meritless ? Give me wisdom, stand
by Ty&gar4j and accept his worship.
OH RAMA RAMA" (Naga Gandhari)
Oh Supreme One! Repository of Mercy! Why this
deceit ? As the Vedas in all solemnity proclaim their belief
that you alone are God, I placed my faith in you. Contacting
with the wise, I have come to believe in Truth heartily: |
realise that you are the most precious of relations, that you
are the ocean of mercy and that you are an unfailing
upholder of Truth.
You were immensely moved in narrating to Lakshmana,
the glorious life of Bharata whom you blessed ; you derived
considerable delight in hearing about Sità from Hanuman
and even embraced him for it; you have blessed several
devotees in response to their prayers.
Still, there is this delay on your part to protect Tyága-
raja. I cannot bear this, Is it fair ?
CHESINADELLA " (Todi)
Oh! Incarnation of Love! You have made me-
one who is passionately devoted to you-restlessly tossing.
Have you forgotten all that you did (to your devotees) be-
fore? Have you forgotten how you unhesitatingly made
friends with a Vanara, Sugriva for the sake of your wife,
Sità-your loving Bhakta (Devotee) ;
how you counselled your brother Lakshmana to afford
protection to Vibhishana and how true to your word you
fulfilled the promise made to Vibhishana to make him the
king of Lanka ;
how you conferred on Anjaneya, who brought you
Sita's message, Brahma Pattam (Kingdom of Brahma) ?
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Oh! Prop of the helpless! Why does not your grace
flow to me?
Have you forgotten me in the bustle of your glory and
splendour ? Or, are you not here ?
You must have seen me time and again restlessly tossed
about like a drop of water on a lotus leaf, frightened by
utter inability to bear the pangs of endless Samsara.
You must have also seen me reduced to half my size,
struggling to avoid the friendship of those always addicted
to vicious sense~enjoyments:
This ig not the time for delaying. If given up by you,
say where is the other refuge for me: I see no other way
for salvation.
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GARAVIMPA RADA“ (Ghantá)
Could you not show some regard to me? Why don't
you come to me when 1 call you? Should you not respond
even asa formality? Am I not taunted by my own compeers ?
Knowing that, are you not moved by compassion ? Is your
response a matter to be disputed about? Have I not fixed
my faith unshakably in you? Does not the babble of the
child delight the parents? At this stage could you not say
something (in appreciation) with your charming voice in
regard to my songs on you? Is a screen to stand between
us? A wife purchased for money, however beautiful she
may be, cannot have such a lasting relationship with the
husband as one who has been chosen for her virtues. I am
afraid your indifference is getting chronic.
NAGUMOMU GANALENI" (Abhéri)
Can you not realize the distress I am undergoing for
not having been privileged to see your smiling face, and
bless me ? Your attendants, who regularly put you in mind
of what you have to do, are not at all likely to be partial and
interested:
Garuda obey your orders and act promptly ? Or does he
say that the Earth is too far for him from Vaikuntam ? Oh
Lord of the whole Universe! To whom am I to appeal ? No
more cunningness! I cannot stand it. Come and bless me.
Have they forgotten their duty ? Does not
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SRI RAGHUVARA™ (Bhairavi)
Oh Raghuvara! Why this indifference which is quite
foreign to your race P Why should you not bless me ? Why
this disputation ?
You have by your side Mother Sità (to commend me
to you); Why should you not understand my heart's desire
and forgive me for my sins and failings and take me by the
hand for protection ?
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ANYAYAMU SEYAKURA" (Kapi)
Oh! Rama! Pray, donot be unfair to me, treating
me as a stranger. Ch best of Kings! You have forgiven
many people who have done innumerable misdeeds. Did
not Jadabharata take pity on the youngling of a deer
and remove its distress ? Did not a tortoise save a
mountain from sinking into the ocean? Did not Dharmaràj
go to the rescue of Duryodhana who was ireacherous to
Pandavas ? Do notsay that it will not be possible for you
to protect me in my middle age from the troubles and
tortures of my elder brother.
RAMA LOBHA MELA " (Durbar)
Sri Rama! the protector of Gajendra! and who took
birth in the race of one who gave up his body for the sake
of a hawkl
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Why this want of compassion in the matter of protecting
me ? Will not the Devas laugh at this? Have you not
blessed Kak&sura and Vibhishana who sought your refuge ?
How has the mentality, which prompted you so lovingly to
respond and go to the rescue of Draupadi who prayed to
Krishna in a moment of distress and despondency, deserted
you now ?
Will not Indra and other Gods laugh at this ?
MARI MARI NINNE" (KAàmbhóji)
Oh All Pervading one! Though I have been incessantly
crying out for you, your mind has not been moved by
mercy: What was the reason for your rushing to the rescue
of Gajandra on the bare hearing of appeal P I have heard
of the story of your having presented yourseli before Dhruva
with all love. What was the secret of your having taken the
form of Narasimha for the sake of Prahlada, the son of the
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Enemy of Devas ? Pray, tell me of the glory of your having
blessed Sugriva who had been guilty of having forgotten
the promises he had made:
It is not possible for me to bear this neglect any more.
I shall not hereafter listen (to any reason for such attitude),
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INKA DAYA RAKUNTE" (Narayana Gowla)
If I do not get your grace even now, how can I bear it?
When I am so passionately longing for you, why don't you
come frequently to protect me? Why not now at least?
Aiter all is this treatment of me becoming of you? To
whom can I appeal? Are there no Devas here? But will
they be equal to you? Iam convinced that you are the
Lord. Sri Raghu Rájal You are the destroyer of all fear:
EVARURA NINUVINA (Móhana)
Oh Sitapati! Ever-cheerful one! Who is there, besides
you, for my refuge?
Will not your grace be made available to me? Won't
you hear me? Won't you be kind enough to speak tome?
Is this proper? Why dispute with me? Am I a stranger to
you? Is it right that you should annoy me without coming
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tome? Are you still indifferent? Am I such a loathsome
object to you? Ihave desired you, Oh beautiful Rama!
Pray, sustain me. You have not understood my inclination.
Oh Light of my life! you are effulgent. Why this
stiffness? I cannot stand this delay on your part. Are you
feeling any delicacy to come to my succour ?
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RAMA RAMA RAMA”. (Móhana)
Oh! Rama! When I approach you with familiarity and
call you endearingly Rama-Rama-Rama, why do you accost
me with your Royalty ?
What life is this? What existence is this? I don't know
what you are thinking of:
Hearing my delightful songs, why is it that you do not
speak tome? Why is it that you don't show compassion to
me and take me by the hand ?
Without removing the distress of one like me, who have
been longing for you, what glory can you have ?
Would it compromise your position in any way, if you
deign to treat me fairly among my compeers ?
Have I failed to keep company of those who are dear to
you ?
What close relationship did the Bhaktas of old bear to
you? Could you not have the least consideration for me ?
Has my disposition towards you differed much from
that of those who served you in the past and whom you
regarded as your own ?
Have you; after all, decided to deceive me by appear-
ing to protect me and not protecting me, and by appearing
[? see me and not seeing me ?
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OH RAMARAMANA” (K&düra)
Oh Ramáramana! I cannot bear this. ] heartily believe
in you. Come near me, only to be served by me, My
crying has not moved you. My faith in you has only brought
me more concern and worry. What is there left in this
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world for distressed people ? You have made me restless
and have exposed my frailties in the market; and you do not
choose to take me by the hand: Did your own people, who
had sought refuge in you as a great hero, struggle in such
an ocean of misery ? I don't know due to whatold score of
anger of the great Sarasvati, I am suffering my present lot
among my compeers. 1 have implored you for a gift, believ-
ing you to be a generous patron. I didn't find any one
equal to you, nor can [ find one in future also: This is my
solemn affirmation: Should it not be a matter of concern to
you as to what is to become of Yoga Siddhas ?
450 TYAGARAJA KIRTANAS
" SRI RAMA SRI RAMA JITARAMA " (Varali)
Oh Sri Rama! Where am I to go? Will you not come
quickly to protect me? I can't bear this: Have I not
reposed my faith in you ? Would you not treat me lovingly ?
Does this become you? Who is there besides you to ward
off the inner six enemies ? No more disputation. I have
no way of redemption» How long am I to pray to have my
worries removed ? The like of this cannot be seen in this
world. Is it not true? Don't act against your family
tradition and don't forget me. 1 won't leave you without
your protecling me quickly.
451
RAMA RAMA RAMA NÀPAI" (Kalyan!
Oh Rama! Is it proper that you should withhold your
grace from me? 18 there a mother in any community
in the world not protecting her own son ? Is there any rich
man who deceives himself in the use of his own wealth ?
Is there any place in the Universe where you are not ? Are
there parents who become rancourous at the words of their
own son ? Is one, who is firmly fixed in Brahman, capable
of infamous deceit? Is there any one who can escape the
result of his past actions ? Is there any possibility of finding
any one among the wordly-minded people, who is free
from desire for gold and women ? Is there any one else
for Tyágarája but you ?
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