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" RAMABHIRAMA “ (Saveri)

Oh Rama! Why do you tarry? Should you show all

enmity to me? You won't give up your tricks. I have not

asked you for your wealth. I have no desire for this world,

which is full of deceit. Oh Protector of Devotees! I have

not any other refuge than you. Who is there equal to you

in this world ? Iam caught in your net. I cannot give up

my desire for you. Does it befit you to forget me ? To forsake

me isa sin. Can you have the mind to doso? Give me

your hand ! Take me across the ocean of Samsára and give

me salvation.

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“PARAKU NIKELARÀ RAMA“ (Kirandvali)

Why should you, who are immanent in the movable

and the immovable, be indifferent where I am concerned ?

Have I treated you with scant courtesy like Sabari who

gave you the leavings of fruits after she had tasted them, or

have I, like Guha, given you a bed of leaves without realis-

ing your status ?

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“FT! YOCHANALU JESETURA " — (Kiranávali)

Why hesitate to bless me ? There is none to raise his

voice against you. Among the crores of Devatas, you are

the most supreme. You ought not to go back on your word.

Great Rishis say that you, among heroes, would never

retract, as you are aman of one word only and as you

uphold all the innumerable worlds.

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" NADADINAMATA " (Janarajani)

Oh my father, Sri Rama! You should not go back on

the assurance you gave me a year ago, that you would

certainly protect me and never abandon me. You then

said in all seriousness that you would avert any danger that

might confront me (what threatens the head will be made to

carry away only the turban that covers it), that you would

allow yourself to be caught in the net of a really loving

devotee, and that you would make me swim the ocean of

devotion.

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" NEPOGADAKUNTE " ` (Désyatódi)

What do you lose if your praises are not sung by a

mere boy like me ? I have now indeed known your mind.

For worshipping you, there are Suka, Prahlada, Narada,

Paramesa, Rudra and other celebrated Bhaktas ; for feeding

you, there is your consort; for chanting your praises, there

are samájams of wise men. You have your brothers,

Hanuman, Brahma, Indra, and other gods to claim kinship

with you.

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“SRI RAMACHANDRA" (Savéri)

Sri Rámachandra! You alone are the prop of the

Universe. Pray, protect me! Come before me. I have not

been able to see a God like you. Where am I to go ? Why

this aversion to me, when my name is mentioned ?

Though the mother may beat the boy, will he forthwith

let go his hold of her feet?

Does not my distress catch your attention ? Has my

case become a matter of ridicule to you ?

When the husband is angry, does not his chaste wife,

know how to conduct herself ?

You are the redeemer of the sins of true devotees.

Why hesitate to protect me ?

You are stainless and the repository of all good

gualities. Don't iry to play false with me.

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PAHIRAMACHANDRA RAGHAVA" (Yadukulakámbhoji)

Oh Rághava! Protect me! You are my refuge. Theres

ore, come to my protection soon. Though I prayed to you

much, it is a wonder that you do not show even a particle

of mercy to me. Ihave appealed to you as my chosen deity

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to redress my troubles. Without your grace, of what use is

my existence ? You probably regard these as a child's play.

Am Ia fit person for your test? Is it becoming of great

persons to behave like this ? This is the time for you to turn

your eyes on me. Icannot go and beg everywhere. I

have none else to protect me and there is no God higher

than you. You are worshipped by king of kings. You are

the Lord of Tyágarája.

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“NE MORABETTITE" (Rüpavali)

Oh! Destroyer of sins and iniquities of the Kali age !

If 1 break off from the ordinary run of people who seek

the company of the dregs of society, and appeal to you,

why should you get annoyed ? Have I made any penance

and asked fora gift? Have I indulged in any hypocritical

talk ?

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" NAMMINA VARINI MARACHEDI" (Bhairavi)

Is it fair for you to forget one who has been solely

relying on you? Oh! Rama! I have been, from my early

days, acting in close consonance with your will; have been

doing countless services and worship with fervent desire ;

have installed you in the core of my heart; have been

praising your glory with exultation; and even when

enjoying pleasures have had my mind resting in you.

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"SANÀTANA PARAMAPAVANA" (Phalamanjeri)

How is it that you, God Himself, do no? show any love

for, or interest in, one who is your own ? Oh! the foremost

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of the dynasty of Emperors! Who will prevent you, if you

yourself deign to bless me? Why don't you come and

save me ?

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" ADA MODI GALADA“ (Charukési)

Can there reasonably be any room for hesitation

in the matter of speaking to me, when I have sought you

as my only friend and held fast to your holy feet with

devotion ? True, when the learned and loving Hanum4n,

himself Siva’s Amsa, approached you, you instructed

Lakshmana to talk to him.

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" KONIYADEDU NÀYEDA" (Kókiladhwani)

Though I have been, at all times, ceaselessly and

devoutly singing in praise of your blessed life-story and

have been genuinely adoring you with unbounded love,

enraptured by your beauty, why do you still bargain. You are

fully aware that Iam not the man to seek other religions

or other paths:

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" SAKETA NIKETANA” (Kannada)

Have you not promised that you would bring me up ?

I have accordingly rivetted all my affection in you alone.

Why then this indifference ? I have been panting for your

arrival. Pray, do not plead any excuse: I will be obliged

to reproach you.

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“ KADDANUVARIKI” (Todi)

The wise declare that for those who consider that He

is, He is. Will such words of the great become false

today ? I have developed in mea sublimated desire to see

your beautiful face shining like mirror. Why don't you then

grant it and come to me ?

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"IDINIKU MERAGADURA” (Punnága Varali)

Your disposition is not favourable to me. This is not

proper on your part. My mind is very much upset over it.

I have always worshipped you with devotion. I have

implicitly and always taken refuge in youas the sole saviour,

as a repository of infinite mercy, and run to you with devout

prayer. I have wept before you with tears in my eyes that

I have not been able to secure your grace. I have always

regarded myself as your own; You are ever blissful. You

are everywhere. Are you not aware of my condition, does

not your heart melt at it ? Can you not forgive me ? Would

it not be an act of punyam 107 you to do so ?

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" BROVABHARAMA " (Bahudári)

Oh! Karunákara! Is it a heavy burden for you to

protect a single soul like me ? You are the whole universe

itself and, as Krishna showed it all to be in your stomach.

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Have you not lovingly borne for the sake of Devas the whole

weight of Mount Mandhara when the ocean was churned,

and have you not lifted the mount Govardhan for the sake

of Gopis ?

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“MATI MATIKI DELPAVALENÀ" (MGhanam)

Oh peerless Rama, worshipped by hoary sages!

Should I be reiterating my prayers frequently ? Should

not one direct appeal be sufficient? Should you not

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respond and remove my distress quickly ? As an all-perva-

ding God, are you not aware of the condition of my mind ?

Oh Ocean of Mercy, Qh.Rerfect One! Why this indiffer-

ence towards one who has: supplicated to you in the belief

that you are unmatched by Devas? Of the potful of rice,

only one grain is taken for test to see whether rice is

boiled.

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“SRI RAMA SRI RAMA SRI MANOHARAMA " ' (Sahána)

How is it that I do not get even a particle of your

grace ? Is this (trial) not sufficient ? Oh Merciful one! I

cannot bear it. It looks that you will not come to my rescue

now. Sometime in futuré you may think of protecting me.

When, alas? And yet you are reputed to be merciful. Is

all this still to be secret ? Is it fair for you? Pray, treat

me well. Idon't know the effect of what past old sins.of

mine is this, my present lot, or of whose curse. Or was it

occasioned by anger in the past? How long am 110 bea

forlorn one ? Does it redound to your credit ? You are

reputed to be truthful and perfectly calm and to be the

protector of devotees. [t is proclaimed that you are every-

thing, the embodiment of Truth and model of detachment.

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" ATUKARADANI PALKA " (Manóranjani)

Should you not show at least this much solicitude for

me? How can I bear this? Show me your grace. When

I, who am well-versed in Vedas and Sastras and who tread

the right path, am accused, should you not intervene and

find out which Devata is responsible for the accusation and

tell him directly ‘it cannot be that’?

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" LOKÁVANA CHATAURA" (Bégada)

Oh Lord of the Universe! Bless me!

indifferent? If you do not come to me, can I bearit? I

seek you alone and will not covet anything else. lam your

own.

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Why are you

Appear before me so that I may have an idea of your

wonderfully beautiful form of blue hue. Apparently, you

do not have the mind to bless me.

this. Is it fair for you who have taken the ten incarnations ?

Oh Rama! All the same, I am holding fast to your glorious

feet as my only refuge.

I can no longer bear

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"NIKU TANAKU" (Bégada)

It is said that there is no predestined tie of relationship

between you and me. Or can it be that you yourself have

no mercy ? In spite of the fact that you have taken abode

in my heart for, a long time, my desire remains unfulfilled ;

in spite of the promise made when I took refuge in your

lotus feet that you would bless me, you turn your eyes away

from me now; and in spite of having accepted my worship

in this birth, you forget me.

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“SRI KANTA NIYADA” (Bhavapriy)

Oh Srikanta! Were you not equipped with the famous

astra mantras, Bala and Atibala? Was not their glory

demonstrated by you on several occasions? Further, did

you not convert a blade of grass into Brahmástra to kill

Kákásura ? With all this prowess, how is it that you are

not worried about the plight of Dvijas who do not know the

right path ?

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“ È RAMUNI NAMMITINO " (Vakulàbharanam)

In which Rama have I fixed my faith ? With what

flowers have I worshipped him ? Is it not the Rama that

unfailingly destroys the enemies of true Bhaktas? Is it not

that Saketapati, who losing patience, let go his arrow at

Kakasura, without any misplaced compassion, and deprived

him of one of his eyes, for his misdeed against Sita,

when she was lulling him (Rama) to rest ?

Is it not that Sri Rama who killed Vali for having

deprived Sugriva of the company of his wife and children

and made him run to the mountains ?

Is it not that guiltless Tyàgaràja's protector who

destroyed the arrogance of the wicked Ravana for having

administered harsh and cruel words to his brother, Vibhi-

shana, who, unable to bear them, had toseek Rama's refuge ?

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"PÁLINTUVO PALIMPAVÓ " (Kantamani)

I do not know whether, after all, I will be protected

by you with sympathy and good words or not. In whatever

way I might have found fault with you, you need not attach

any blame to me. I have closely followed the teaching of

my Guru, that the true path to salvation is the Bhakti

marga, being the most comprehensive one.

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" RAMA NI VADU KONDUVO " (Kalyani)

I do not know whether you will come to my rescue or

not, nor am I aware of the result of my worship.

Though I wildly wander, my mind and my faith are

devotedly and lovingly fixed in you.

Knowing the real significance of Vedas and Sastras, I

rest contented to repose my faith in you and you alone, in

order to ward off the torments of samsára and avoid the

company of evil-doers.

I have spent my time solely in meditating upon your

form of exquisite beauty, relying on the adage of the great

people that everlasting bliss will surely be the reward for

sincere and earnest devotion.

Not the material wealth of the world, but the repetition

of your holy mantram is the prop of my life. Pray, forgive

me for my faults.

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“ EDARI SANCHARINTURÀ " (Kantámani)

Which path should I follow ? Pray, tell me! If 1 follow

the path that regards one's self as every thing it will be

hard for you. On the other hand, if 1 appeal to you for

protection as a Dása, You say that I am a Dvaitin.

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"DVAITAMU SUKHAMA” (Ritigowla)

Which conduces to bliss, Dvaita or Advaita? Pray,

instruct me Clear my doubt. You have, in this Universe

of Pancha Bhiitas, vouched happiness to gods like Siva

Brahma, Indra, etc. and to great devotees.

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" ADAYA SRI RAGHUVARA" (Ahiri)

Oh Raghuvara! You had initiated me, with affection,

into the secrets of devotion and sublime life and protected

me always. Where is all that mercy gone now, Oh ocean

of mercy ?

You have assured and consoled me, saying that all the

abuses, molestation and cruelty to which I had been

subjected, were all thine and not mine.

You had asked me to put up patiently with innumerable

insults.

You had nourished my body with the necessary

sustenance. `

You had made me firmly believe that you were my

father and mother.

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“PARITAPAMU GANI” (Manóhari)

Have you forgotten the words of assurance, which you,

seeing my distressed condition, lovingly expressed, when

you were in the golden boat on the Sarayü river in the

company of incomparable Sita, that you would take me to

you in another five days ?

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“SITAPATI” (Khamas)

Oh Ramachandra! You had with a loving heart,

condescended to reveal to meall your glory and in the

presence of Anjaneya and others gave me words of assu-

rance. "Why should you be afraid in this world? " These

words I have cherished in my mind as a sacred charter.

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“ENTA VEDU KONDU RAGHAVA” (Saraswati Manohari)

Ihave reposed my faith entirely in you and believe,

with joy, that the greatest happiness consists in seeing you

in one's heart.

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“RAMA RAMANA” (Vasanta Bhairavi)

Oh Lakshmipati! Is it a burden to you to protect me?

Oh the best of men, the matchless one! Are you going to

tell me that there is not enough manhood in you to

shoulder it ?

I feel proud that you are peerless. Unlike ordinary

people who fail to develop faith in you, being ignorant of

the secret of your greatness, 1 have significantly heard and

understood your glory. I have accordingly sought refuge

in you so that you may take me in your hand and bless me.

As a result of my inner awakening, I have declared

before common folk that in you they will find the Supreme

Being that protects all, and have proclaimed with unchal-

lengeable authority your glories. Pray, uphold with mercy

the truth of my words. limplore you and prostrate before

you. Why so much hesitation in supporting me ?

Iam fully aware that you do not respond to pretensions

and formalities. If I goto you in all sincerity in a forlorn

condition to unburden to you without reserve my difficulties,

why should you pounce at me like a puffed rice from the

frying pan? Listen to me! You have graced my house with

your presence; and I am not going to give up your

Japam and Worship:

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“ENNADO RAKSHINCHITE” (SowrAshtram)

To infuse confidence in the people of the world that he

will surely appear to dispel the darkness which enve-

lopes it and remove their distress and inaction resulting

therefrom, does not the Sun, out of compassion, send Aruna

to herald his advent and thereby cheer them up?

To delight the hearts of all good people who, feeling

the want of water, eagerly look along the river-bed for it

and tc assure them that she would really bless them, does

not the Kaveri, sharing their concern, send in advance the

western wind and start the springs ?

In prospect of granting Lankadhipatyam to Vibhishana,

did you not magnanimously offer in advance, through the

all-knowing Lakshmana, assurance of protection to Vibhi-

shana who sought refuge under you, unable to bear the

torments of the arrogant Ravana?

Should you, in variance with your behaviour as detailed

above, having once before favoured me with your grace,

act in this manner now (withholding actual protection

from me) ?

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"INNALU DAYARAKUNNA” (Narayana Gowla)

What is the matter that your Grace has not been made

available to me all these days ? Pray, tell me at least now.

From my childhood I have reposed my faith entirely in you,

and in none else. In the past did you not faithfully stand

by Sugriva and remove his distress? Did you not show

him a sample of your prowess only to convince him ? Did

you not put up with his failings, overlooking them, make

friends with him and vouchsafe to him in the end devotion

to your holy feet ?

Did I ask you to give me gold, wealth, horses and

elephants and did I ever utter an untruth? I have never

forgotten you: I have always cherished you in my mind as

my family treasure.

I have always regarded you wholeheartedly as my

father, mother and brothers: I have been worshipping your

blessed feet with flowers.

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? EVIDHAMULANAINA " (Sankarabharanam)

Won't you have the mind to bless me somehow ?

However deeply I may consider the matter, can I find any-

body except you to protect me who panted only for the

worship of your holy feet? Are there any Dévatas who can

protect holy people with mercy as you can ? I have always

firmly believed that you are the friend of the distressed and

have constantly prayed to you. Who is there who could

live without your grace ? You are the witness of the whole

Universe.

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? ANATHUDANU GANU” (Jingla)

Oh Rama! Iam not a destitute. I have heard the

ancients, well-versed in the Vedas, say that you are the

Supreme. The silly folk of the world, seeing that I have no

support of man, call me destitute.

"NINNE BHAJANA" (Nata)

Oh Protector of the Universe! I meditate on and

worship you alone. I cannot bring myself to approach

others. You bestow happiness on those who do snàna, japa,

tapa, yoga, dhyana, and samadhi.

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“NIPADA PANKAJAMULE” (Bégada)

Oh Life of Sages! Ihave always reposed implicit faith

in the lotus of your holy feet. You have broken the bow

of Siva to put down the arrogance of kings. You have

relieved Ahaly& of the distress she had been undergoing

in the form of a stone as the result of the curse administered

to her by the wrathful sage Gautama. You have driven

away the fear that took possession of the mind of Sugriva

who was unable to bear the torment of his brother, Vali, by

casting to the winds the body of Dundubhi.

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“NINNE NERA NAMMINANURAÁ" (PantuvarAli)

From my early days, convinced that everything in the

world is unreal, I have placed my implicit faith in you and

you alone, Oh Rama! I have seen people learned in Vedas,

Sàstras and Puranas stand bewildered at the undeter-

mined religious controversies. I have seen people roam

restlessly performing Yagas passionately for worldly

enjoyments. I have come to the conclusion that unless one

obtains your grace, one cannot thrive in life in this world.

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" NINNÉ NERA NAMMINANU " (Arabhi)

Realising the futility of seeking protection of all and

sundry, 1 have reposed my entire faith in you. Pray,

protect me.

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? NAMMAKANE MOSAPODU" (Asavari)

Oh Jewel of Raghu race! Would I allow myself to be

deceived without reposing my faith in you. Who would drive

away from my mind all evil propensities, and make me

regard wealth, family etc. of the toy house as not my own,

and would free me from restless and ceaseless births and

deaths, giving quietitude to the senses by your charming

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"INTAKANNA DELPATARAMÁ " (Sávéri)

Oh Lord of the Universe! Isit possible to say more

than this? Am Ia stranger to you ?

Just as water is essential for the sustenance of lotus,

faith in you is imperative for my life. To me you comprise

the earth and the heaven.

Mine is the life reposing faith in you just as the Chátaka

bird eagerly longs for the cloud. I have been keeping my

sinful heart in ardent expectance of you.

Just as the lily blooms at the sight of the moon, so do

I on seeing your charming face.

Your grace is my royal fortune and to be full of you is

the highest happiness. Oh R&aghave, Tyágarája's fame is

that he is yours.

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" RAMA NINNE NAMMINANU " (Huséni)

Oh Rama!

embodiment of grace and compassion.

and bless me with devotion to your holy ieet

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"SITÀ NAYAKA” (Riti Gowla)

Oh Sit&nayaka! Protector of refugees! Raghukula

Tilaka !

Have you got upon the mountain unable to bear the

worries caused by destitute devotees ?

Have you run away to Sri Rangam and comfortably laid

yourself down there, to prevent devotees approaching you

with harrowing appeals ?

Have you started going yourself abegging of Bali

Chakravarti, seeing that you are likely to be troubled by

devotees by begging of you ?

Have you joined the company of monkies to keep out

the devotees who, attracted by the beauty of your person,

rush to you to have your company ?

Have you stolen the sarees of the Gópis, seeing that

Küchela (in tattered clothes) is approaching you for help to

remove his poverty ?

Have you become the blessed Lord to protect me with

a melting heart, truly realising my condition ?

I have now understood your real nature.

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" KULABIRUDU " (Dévamanohari)

Sri Rama! Save the family trait of your Solar Race.

You are the prop of all the pious souls of the world and of

the D&vàs. You are pervading the Vedas and Agamas. Do

not do unbecoming acts. You will earn for yourself eternal

prosperity.

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“ EVARAMADUGUDURA " (Kaly&ni)

Oh Rama! What boon shall I ask you? I could not

have even the privilege of worshipping and meditating

upon your holy feet.

The determination not to give up, on any account, the

task of carrying out the work that you think of, nor to give

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up your blessed feet themselves, has become the monopoly

of Anjanéya.

The supreme happiness of looking after the welfare of

hosts of your devotees, and doing it as well as you would

do, has been appropriated by the youngster—your brother

Satrughna.

The ecstatic loving devotion which longs only to hear

of your glories, which desires ever to chant your holy name

and which seeks to see diligently the footprints of your

blessed feet on the earth, has become the sole possession

of Bharata.

The rare fortune of incessantly serving you, knowing

fully and following closely the trend of your mind and

giving up food and sleep, has exclusively gone to Laksh-

mana.

The bliss of identity with you, transceding body-con-

sciousness, discarding evil tendencies and realizing you

always in the heart as the Lord Himself, has been solely

reserved for Sita.

I shall not ask in this life for the comforts of this world

or even for the status of Indra. If the royal path of Devotion

is vouchsafed to Tyagaraja, that will be a real triumph for

him.

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“BADALIKA DIRA" (Ritigowla)

Oh Lord of the Universe! 85??? Rama! To get

refreshed pray, lay yourself down in the lotus of Tyágarája's

heart after cleansing it of impurities of sin. Moved by

compassion at the distress of Brahma, you took your birth

in the Solar race, went to the forest with Siti, killed

Maricha in the form of deer, conquered the wicked

Rakshasa, Ravana, gave Lanka to Vibhishana of firm faith

and afforded protection to the gods.

"ÉMIDOVA BALKUMA " (Saranga)

Oh Sri Rama! Pray, tell me what way is there for me

to follow ? Where could I go? Had I been like Ramadas,

Sità Devi would have spurred you on to go to my succour.

When Rávana and his reserve forces were destroyed by

you, Trümürties were superbly praising you, while Lon the

other hand gave you only a faint praise, considering you to

be only a king's son. How can I, therefore, expect any kind

and considerate treatment at your hands ?

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" NAMORALANU VINI“ (Arabhi)

Oh Rama! Having heard my plaintive appeals, should

you forget me among these worldly rustic people ? Did

my appeals appear to your mind as sharp weapons like

Thomara and Nárácha? Still you are the redeemer of

devotees of their sins. What heavy bribe did Gajéndra give

you, what did Draupadi give you when her modesty was

about to be outraged in the open court? You are known as

the over alert one, the protector of the good and real

devotees, specially of those, whose devotion is heightened

by their knowledge of music.

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“ DARIDAPULEKA " (55080)

I do not know why I could not get your grace when Í

pray to you helplessly.

Probably you will show mercy to and protect one, if he

had wealth at his command. In the past, you protected

Prince Prahlada, though he was the son of your inveterate

enemy. But when I have clung to your holy feet with true

devotion, did it ever occur to you to bless me with a boon ?

"RAMACHANDRA NIDAYA" (Surati)

Oh R&émachandra!

Why does not your grace come

to me ? When I call you with affection and love, why should

you not come before me ?

Can the reason be fatigue of forest life, anger on Kaiki

or my misdeeds ?

vexed at my very sight ?

Is it fair that I should be teased like this ?

or my own sins or want of your capacity? Can it be in-

dignation at your having been called a woman, or the

starvation forced on you in the past, or forced cotlage life,

Can it be false friendship ? Or, are you

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“MAMAVA RAGHURAMA" (Saranga)

i cannot myself get rid of my sins, and you will not

have the mind to destroy them. Has your store of mercy

been washed away by the ocean. Is your arrow broken in

the battle-field ? Have you left off in the forest your truth-

fulness ? Having taken a human form, superb though, have

you lost your divinity ? Pray, protect me.

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? ADIGI SUKHAMU ” (Madhyamàvati)

Who has enjoyed pleasures by asking you for them, Oh

Primordial Power and Lord of the Universe ? Destroyer of

sins! i

Sità, who was so closely attached to you, had to go to

the forests.

When Sürpanakà expressed her desire to marry you,

you had her nose cut off instantaneously.

When Narada wanted to know the Lord's Maya, he was

himself transformed into a woman:

When Dürvàsa asked for food, he not only lost his

hunger, but became dull with a full stomach, loathing food.

When Dévaki desired to enjoy the plays and pranks

of a son, you let Yasoda have it.

When gópis desired to have you as their Lord, you

made them leave their own husbands. Oh! What a

mystery! Your ways are now clear to me.

You yourself must take compassion on me.

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" EDIN] BAHUBALA " (Darbar)

Have not the troubles of the pious and the devout

reached your ears and set you indignant ? Should you not

in response to their piteous cries stop your YOganidra and

show them your face (to comfort them) ? Are you not aware

that low men have begun to indulge in unrighteous conduct ?

Oh Lord! It is enough! Stop the fearless depreda-

tions of these men. Your true devotees are panting to gee

you. The world has not seen your martial prowess in action

for long. Have not your shining bow and arrow become

hungry ? Have they not been blood-thirsty too long? Is

this a matter for disputation ? Do come soon.

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? ETAVUNA NERCHITIVO « (Yadukula K&mbhoji)

Where did you learn this drama which you enact with

Sita, Lakshmana, Bharata, Satrughna and Anjanéya? For

what purpose are you taking all this trouble ? Did your wife

ask of you diamond ornaments, or did your brothers and

parents want food ? Did your pious devotees invite you ?

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“ BHUVINI DASUDANE " (Sriranjani)

Well-treated or ill-treated by my compeers, I have

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uttered anything false in the great desire of being your

servant ?

See above pages 292—293

“ NIVE NANNEDA JESITE” (Sowrashtram)

If, knowing my mind, you yourself abandon me, to

whom could 1 appeal ?

I have taken a resolve that I should always keep the

company of the pious and the good, and chant Thy holy

"RAMA NINNU VINA" (Sankar&bharanam)

Rama! Idon’t see any one else but you who could

protect me. Ihave been regarding you at heart as my

father, mother, brother, and my very God and have been

seeing you in everything. Ihave been cherishing to you

deep devotion, which saves people and vouchsafes salva-

tion. This, Oh Lord of Lakshmi; I solemnly affirm in your

presence.

Great men in the past have worshipped you in the

Satvic way. By following that path, I have understood the

truth that you alone are the means with which to cross the

ocean of Samsára.

Worldly-minded people look at your true dovotees

with feelings of envy. They will ruin themselves if they

abuse you. You fulfil the desires of devotees. I have

accordingly approached you and sought your refuge.

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