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CHENTANE SADA" (Kuntalavarali)
Oh Rama! Pray keep me always near you just as you
had with you the famous Hanumán and Bharata. 1 shall
intelligently grasp your behests even as you think of them
and carry them out with heart and soul and feel blessed
thereby. There will be no need for you to give expression
to them or repeat them.
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“ MAKELARA VICHARAMU " (Ravichandriks)
Srl Ramachandra! Why should 1 feel any concern,
when you hold in your hands the leading strings of all the
dolls in the drama which you conduct so unerringly and to
the delight of the whole Universe ?
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"NI CHITTAMU NA BHAGYAMU" (Vijayavasantam)
Oh Lord! I am yours and your will is my fortune.
| Realising that it is ineffective to be brooding, I have once
for all taken refuge in you; Whenever I see or think of
other gods, I only see you shining in them. Treat me with
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RAGHUNAYAKA” (Hamsadhwani)
Oh Raghunayaka! Protector of refugees! Giver of
transcendental bliss!. Ican never give up your blessed
lotus feet. Are you not the only being that can destroy my
sins and protect me ? Unable to cross the ocean of Samsara
and having suffered untold misery, I have taken shelter
under you.
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“NAYADA VANCHANA SEYAKURA” (Nabhómani)
Pray do not play false with me. I have not reposed my
faith in you to please others. Have I joined the company of
the wicked and'wandered about arrogantly ?
In spite of the opposition of my cousins I had been
praying to you as your steadfast devotee
When a boy is teased by his playmates and accosted
with insulting words like, ‘Who are you, fellow ?' ‘Stop,
. have you no sense *' do not the boy's parents come to his
rescue, hug and caress him ? Do I not stand in the position
of this boy ? Pray, bless and protect me.
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RAMA RAMA RAMA" (5508116)
Oh Lord of Lords, of unsurpassed beauty even among
Devas, come to the swing! My darling, my race treasure,
you are the fruit of my worship in the past and have come
down to the earth as the wealth of the Solar race. Why do
you not come tome in a sprightly mood? Tell me, are
you hungty ? What is the trouble with you ?
Your playmates invited you for play. When you had
come, they asked you to go away. They found fault with
you and asked you not to come.
They played the hide and seek game. They complained
that you had eyes too large for being covered by the hand.
Why should my beloved's eyes, which are as soft as lily
petals, be excited and reddened ? Lest they should close
your charming eyes, my friends warned you not to go. Why
all this trouble and perspiration ? Tell me the whole story.
Your hiding may be due to concern (about devotees),
while their hiding may be due to their difficulty in facing
your splendour. How is it that your pearl-necklaces have
got entangled and how is it that your anklets have pressed
on your legs, leaving a mark?
When I catch you with joy they surround me, crowding
like birds perching on a tree (to release you). How did
they call you ? And what did they take you for ?
They have asked you to come as " Sakshi” and enqui-
red whether you are really God adored by Tyágarája.
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ENDUDAGI
(Todi)
Where has he hidden himself? When will he have the
mercy to go to me ? Oh mind! Why worry? As in the past,
the Lord must have hidden himself only for the purpose of
protecting his devotees. Did he not, in days of old, out of
supreme compassion, hide himself in a pillar for the sake
of protecting Prahlada who had been subjected by his
father, Hiranyakasipu to innumerable cruel torments? In
the same way he must have concealed himself now also.
But where ?
Did he not before, with similar solicitude, take his stand
unseen behind a palmyra tree to protect Sugriva who
had been brutally belaboured by Vali? In the same way
he must have concealed himself now also. Certainly, con-
cealment must be to destroy the six inward enemies, Kama,
Kródha etc., and to undo the evil consequences of my sins
in previous births as well as to protect true and firm
Bhaktas of the world including Tyagardj. But where cen
be his hiding place ?
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ENTAPAPINAITI" (Gowlipantu)
Oh Rama! What a sinner have I become that the Lord
whom I used to worship with ecstatic love is not with me
now? What shall Ido? How can I bear ? Having once had
darsan of Sri Hari, the dispeller of all sorrows, can any one
bear separation from him ? Having treated me before with
affection, is he now set with a deceitful mind? Was it
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oning my hopes? Ido not find my beloved Lord. I have
been regarding service to Him as my life’s sustenance. My
fate has come to this.
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EMANI VEGINTUNE " (Huséni)
Oh Rama! My beloved Lord has forsaken me. How
can I live and how long am Ito endure it? Has it struck
your mind as fair to forsake me after’ treating me so long
with endearing affection, embracing me often, and cheering
me up? The sweet words you administered to me and the
way in which you previously took me by the hand and rid
me of my troubles, have so infilled my heart that I have till
now considered myself unequalled.
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NANNU VIDACHI" (81? Gowla)
I cannot bear your separation even for half a minute.
Do not leave me alone and go.
I have found you just as a diver dives deep into the
sea and holding his breath fast secures the pearl. Now I
feel I have come under the shade of the Kalpataru from
the unbearable heat of the sun. I have come by you, asa
man who digs the earth finds pure gold buried deep. It is
something like the breaking in of a hail storm in the midst
of hot summer.
Pray keep me well protected. This body is after all
your property.
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CHELIMINI JALAJAKSHU” (Yadukulakámbhóji)
Oh devotees! Kindly tell me if you have seen my
Lord. I bow to you. He shines with bow and arrows in hand;
His eyes beam with compassion; tosee Him is ?? get
captivated by His charm; He is an expert in holding
conversation with devotees, understanding the disposition
of their minds. Owing to separation from Him I am reduced
much in body. My mind was lost in Him when 1 stood
before Him. Iam not in a position to give expression to the
distrees of my heart. Pray, tell me the secret of finding
Him. I regard Him as my friend. Pray, help in removing
my troubles.
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SRI RAMA JAYARAMA" (Madhyamávati)
Oh Rama of captivating beauty! Bless me graciously
with your affection. Why do you not take cognisance of my
suffering? When will you be pleased to talk to me heartily?
When will be that blessed day when you will make me
happy ? I cannot bear any more delay. Is your hesitancy
due to my forcing my affection on you ? Can anybody have
this happiness and blessedness anywhere else ? Can he
have the vision of this beauty elsewhere? Is it my faulty
penance or have I offended you ?
You are my prosperity For whom is my beauty?
Separation from you even for a minute makes life useless.
How many days can 1 spend without satisfying your
mind ? My mind does not go after worldly comforts. By
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Sit by me, remove my troubles and protect me. I beg you.
I am in your hands.
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ANDUNDAKANE “
Swear to me in the presence of the sea
that you will promptly come to me whenever needed. If
you should forget me in the company of your chosen, what
could 1 do?
If you do not come when I want to have your
vision, tears will roll down my cheeks in streams, my
whole house will look empty and every minute will appear
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to me a Yuga. When I get bewildered at your not respond-
ing to my prayers, I shall be only the laughing stock of
others and my life and devotion will surely get under
demoniac sways.
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RAMABHIRAMA RAMANIYA NAMA” (Darbar)
Ramábhiràma! I have been restless to get at you; but
you have not been compassionate to me at heart. What is
the use of all this trouble ? The maid of my mind is in deep
love with you, but you do noi respond by taking her by the
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hand. While I have been serving you lovingly, your ways
have been quite different. I don't know what my destiny is.
I have provided for you a comfortable bed (in my heart)
but you, without accepting it and thereby making me
happy, are giving me trouble. While I have reposed
implicit faith in you, deeming you as my sole refuge, you
have been scanning me closely to find out my excesses and
shortcomings. What is the merit in doing so?
You of your own accord should feel compassion for me
and protect me.
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ETI JANMAMIDI" (Varli)
Oh Rama! What a life is this ? Why did I have it at all
and how long am I to bear it? Life will be useless and the
heart parched up, if it is not given to one to have frequent
vision of the peerless and beautiful Lord, with shining
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ornaments and radiant face, and to have talks and embraces
with him who has abundance of sense of propriety and
love for music.
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PALUKAVEMI NA DAIVAMA " (Pürna Chandrika)
Oh my Lord! Why isit that you do not talk to me
though I have always danced to your tune ? What is the
reason for your being angry with me ? Is it fair that others
should laugh at me ?
My parents gave me devotion and protected me:
others tormented me much. Knowing all this, how long
are you going to keep quiet ?
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? PATTIVIDUVA RADU “ (Manjari)
Having taken me by the hand, you should not now give
me up. From my very birth, you have blessed me with true
devotion and protected me, helping me to lead arespectable
life. You have taught me how to discriminate between the
permanent and the evanascent, between worthy and
unworthy actions. You have revealed io me that-you are
the absolute Supreme Being and have accepted me as your
servant.
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CHANI TODITEVE " (Harik&mbhóji)
Oh maid of my mind! Go and bring quick my Lord.
Seek him eagerly and lead him to me with due respect. I
want to enjoy happiness for long with him. I want the one
who has the reputation of redeeming the fallen, the disciple
of Vasishta who lived the life prescribed by the Vedas, who
surpasses in beauty myriads of Manmathas, who graces the
heart of his devoted servant Tyágar&ja.
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PALUKU KANDACHAKKERANU” (Navarasa Kannada)
Oh Ladies! behold how sweet is the speech of Sri
Rama; sweetness of sugar candy is nothing before it. His
affectionate talk to his attendants in the Durbar Hall; and
his appreciative conversation with Tyagaraja about the
merits of the dance and music of the celestial women and
dancing girls, adepts in handling Sringara Rasa, are ins"
tances in point.
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RAMA RAMA RAMACHANDRA " (Ghanta)
Oh Ramachandra! What else is there for me to aspire
for when you take me by the hand and cast your benign
look on me ?
When my look and your look fitin with each other
properly, who can know the happiness that 1 then will
derive ?
When you are there to indicate to me what is wise, why
should I need other Devatas for the purpose ?
If youdo not take me by the hand, my forlorn con-
dition will be no less than that of an unmarried virgin.
Whom else does this royal demeanour befit but you,
Oh the protector of Tyagaraja ?
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DAYA SEYAVAYYA" (Yadukulakambhéji)
Vouchsafe to me, Oh Merciful One, your grace and
a little of that joy, which the expectant 916 had on the
assurance given to her that Rama will come, when she felt
concerned at the incoming of the unwanted kings and at
the doubt whether Rama will come at all; the happiness,
which Sita had, when Rama presented himself before her,
while she, troubled in mind whether his absence might be
due to his attention being claimed by other women like
herself, was praying for his advent; the pleasure which
Siti derived, when Rama put up his full stature to her very
eyes and drove away her mental torment that he with his
small form might not be able to bend the bow of Siva; the
high elation which Siti experienced when Sri Rama tied
the Mangalyam and took her by the hand. Vouchsafe also
to Tyagaraja the protection which you by your deportment
conveyed to the audience assembled at the marriage
function that you would similarly bless all those who desired
you as Sit& did.
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CHINNA NADE NA” (Kalánidhi)
You have taken me in your hand from my early days,
made me do service in a large measure and promised
protection. I cannot understand why you should at a time
like this waver whether to give me up or prop me. Pray, do
save me.
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NERAMA RAMA RAMA“ (Sowr&shtram)
Is it an unpardonable offence on my part, Oh the
prop of my life, if I had been forgetful in my mind fora
short while ? The fact was that in my ardent worship, I was
dazzled by the effulgence of your blessed lotus feet and was
at a loss toknow whether I should hug them to my bosom or
press them to my eyes, and overpowered by Supreme Bliss,
lost control over myself for the time.
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NINNUVINA SUKHAMUGANA " (Todi)
Oh the All-merciful One! Lover of music! Tyágarája's
fortune! Ido not find happiness in anything but you, the
Lord who sublimates my mind with bliss and makes the
body thrill. Even my senses find the object for their
pleasure in you and in your various aspects*~your beautiful
form, powers, your mellifluous speech and sweet conver
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TALACHI NANTANE" (Mukhari)
Oh Lord adored by Siva, Brahma and other devas!
My whole body becomes thrilled with joy the moment I
contemplate on: (i) your divine sports like the one by which
you allówed yourself to be bound to the mortar; (ii) your
qualities which transcend those of the Trinity ; (iii) your divine
form which surpasses the beauty of myriads of Manmathas';
(iv) your prowess which removes the difficulties and distress
caused by samsára; (v)your life-history admired by Brahma,
Rudra and other gods; (vi)your holy name, which is the
essence of Vedas.
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NIDAYACHE RAMA NITYANANDU” (Yadukulskámbhóji)
Oh Rama! Through your grace, I have attained
eternal Bliss. Your physical constitution is of the essence of
the Supreme Bliss of Nada. You are yourself sweet and soft-
worded. Your ornament is pure musical sound and you are
surrounded by the garment of sweet words of Tyagaraja.
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NINNUVINA NAMADI ENDU” (Navarasa Kannada)
My mind does not dwell nor rest upon anything other
than you, Sri Hari, My eyes are fully captivated by your
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beauty; my ears are full of your stories; my mouth feels
blessed only in uttering your holy name; Wherever I see,
I see you and you alone; to me even distasteful and deceitful
words have become relishable. Verily you are the fruit of
all my penance and meditation.
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GIRIPAI NELAKONNA " (Sahana)
Unerringly I have seen Sri Rama, who is installed on
the hill, with his attendants vieing with each other in fanning
him with flower fans and otherwise serving him, and who
promised to give me salvation after five days. My body was
thrilled and tears of joy rolled down my cheeks and I
merely mumbled, not being able to give expression to my
thought.
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NANU PALIMPA " (Mohana)
Oh Lord of my life! Have you come walking all the way
io bless me, knowing fully the unexpressed secret longing
of my heart, that to have a vision of your lotus-eyed face
is the sole purpose of my life? You have been gracious
enough to appear before me with a body resplendently
blue coloured, adorned in the chest with strings of pearls,
with shining bow and arrows in hand and accompanied by
Sita.
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RAMA NIPAI TANARU" (Kédáram)
Rama! Ican never give up my love and affection for
you, I do not know what illusion you have cast on me for my
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mind always to seek your holy feet, for my eyes always to
long to see your beautiful form, for my ears always to pant
to hear your holy name. All this is due to your grace.
The words, that one utters daily, that you alone are
father, mother, friend and other, wealth, gold, guru, and
devas are my ornaments.
Even when I enjoy sense pleasures my mind is well
fixed in you. Just as it is when my heart is full of
Brahmanandam. My love for you will never forsake me.
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KANUGONTINI" (Bilahari)
I have to-day found Sri Rama, the Lord of Sri Sita Devi,
the gem of the solar race, with Bharata, Lakshmana and,
Satrughna doing service to him, with Anjaheya holding his
feet, with heroes like Sugriva singing his praise.
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SAMIKI SARI" (Bégada)
When my mind is fixed on my friend and protecter
Rama, I cannot bring myself to consider other gods or
devatas as equal to him. There is no need for any thinking.
Each one gets his own desires. If the Lord talks 10 me, that
will b2 a wealth to me. To my eyes his form and his benign
looks are exquisitely beautiful, and he also treats me with
alfection.
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SITÀA MANOHARA” (Rama Manóhari)
I feel blessed to hear people say that 1 am your own.
It is probably the result of my worship in the past, or it may
be the effect of your own grace. It is not accidental that my
mind is firmly possessed by your blessed form. 1 have
been supremely fortunate in that. `
By your grace, pray, make me firm in my devotion,
hold me always by the hand and protect me.
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ENTA BHAGYAMU" (S&ranga)
How blessed am I that have got you by my side! Oh
peerless one in the three worlds! You have come close to
me, spoken to me with affection, dispelled all my sorrow
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and protected me in the same way as you protected the
great sages of old by conferring on them the Animádi
siddhis.
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NI VÀDA NEGANA” (S&ranga)
Since Iam your own, Oh Upholder of the universe !
Can I bear your separation even for a minute? You are
truth, you are eternal, you are prowess itself in the
battlefield. You are exquisite beauty, extraordinary
strength, ever in festivity, I speak only the bare truth when
I say that I am your truly devoted servant.
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PAHI RAMA RAMA YANUCHU " (Kharaharapriya)
Sing in chorus ' Pahi Rama Rama’ (bless, Oh Rama!)
When, filled with affectionate devotion, I had darsanam of
Sitákànta, he spoke to me endearingly to the delectation
of my heart. At that time, Lakshmana smartly dressed
stood by lovingly and Sri Rima cast his benign look on
him; while Bharata was then standing beside brimming
with ecstacy, the Lord held him by the hand and embraced
him ; when mighty Satrughna was absorbed in deep medit-
ation of the :unmanifested, Sri Rama felt elated; when
Hanuman with the true understanding of the Lord's mind,
associated himself with the party, the Lord spoke to him in
aliectionale terms.
When will it be given to me to be blessed with the
grace of all these and to sing the praise of the Lerd with
deep devotion ?
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Should I be blessed with this, where is the need for
the four Purushárthas, (Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha)
or for Indra's status which by itself does not help one in
knowing the truth ?
When will the Lord condescend to show Ty&qaraja His
grace, take him by the hand and protect him ?
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ENÀTI NOMU PHALAMO “ (Bhairavi)
Oh Primordeal one! Blessed Redeemer! Idonot know
as the result of what charity or sacred duty of mine, I am
privileged todo service to you, to have your close company
and your support and to worship you, keeping you in my
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lap. I feel I have really become your property. I have thus
been enobled to enjoy real happiness. All my long cheri-
shed desires have been fulfilled.
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DAYA RANI DAYA RANI" (Mohana)
Let your grace flow to me. The bliss which I enjoy
will be beyond description. When I think of you, my whole
body becomes thrilled. When I have your darsan, tears of
joy roll down from my eyes. When I embrace your feet, I
forget my body. When you are by my side, worries abandon
me. When the desire for you comes up in me, the whole
universe looks a trifle as a blade of grass. You alone are
the friend of Tyagaraja.
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TANAMIDANE " (Bhüshavali)
You havé been speaking to me with affection some-
times and harshly at other times. I should only blame
myself for this change in you; there is no room for accusing
you. 1, too, had been lovingly worshipping you with
flowers, but occasionally was angry with you and had been
abusing you.
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NINNUBASI" (Balahamsa)
How do pure-minded ones bear a separation from you?
Oh Sinless one, the Best of devas, the Ajl-merciful ! You
provide feasts for all my senses; my eyes delight in your
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vision, my ears get filled with nectar; my sense of hearing
gets pleasing thrill, my mind happiness, and my body bliss.
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RAMA PAHI MEGHA SYAMA” (Kapi)
Oh Rima ! I have approached you in the faith that you
are unequalled in the three worlds. Without trusting the
people of the world, I have surrendered myself to you
alone. Ihave always been regarding you as the God of
Gods—my prop. [always believed that you alone are real
and everything else is unreal. The moment I think of you,
my body gets thrilled with hair standing on its end and I
lovingly feel that I am yours. I have counted upon your holy
name as the effective lion’s roar to drive away the wicked.
My mind has ever been conceiving new and beautiful forms
of yours. I have realised that, in the samsára, relationship
between members is unreal. All my good deeds 1 have in
truth surrendered to you. Teke my word as truth. Here-
after at least, Oh Ocean of transcendental Bliss, enjoyed
by Sankara, Suka and Brahma! Pray, bless me.
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RARA RAGHUVIRA” (Atána)
Oh Raghuvira! Merciful one! Come with me! Every
day I visualise you in my mind and get transported with joy.
I see a concourse of pious people praising you and feel
elated and delighted. I have freed myself from all sorts of
vicious sense pleasures. I have at every step realised that
this is wisdom and felt happy over it. I have seen your
bewitching face shining with Tilakam, and pined in estacy.
Avoiding the whirl of samsára, I have devoted myself to
your service.
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NAPALI SRI RAMA" (Sankar&ábharanam)
Oh my Saviour, Sri Rama! This is the time to protect
me: Pray, give me your holy feet so that I may apply the
auspicious saffron tint. I have always believed that you are
the fruit of the devotees’ worship. Your exquisite beauty,
which can be matched only by myriads of Manmathas, has
firmly implanted itself in my mind. And I have consequently
been passionately loving you. As an indigent man comes
by a precious treasure, I have got at you and thus secured
the privilege of serving your holy feet. This is probably
the result of my past worship of you. Is it possible even for
Brahma to understand you? If you do not deign to protect
me what other refuge have I got? I prostrate before you.
Pray, bless me soon.
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ETLA DORIRITIVO " (Vacanta)
When I have no sympathetic and loving friend any-
where near me, how did I get at you? Is it by the greatness
of your holy feet or as the effect of the blessings of the
Great ones, or as reward for the pure music of mine ?
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“RAMA SITA RAMA“ (Balahamsa)
Just like a creeper twines round Kalpa Taru (the divine
tree), my mind is inseparably attached to you and will not
leave you even for ages. This gives me bliss as in advaitic
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JNANA MOSAGARADA “ (Shadvidhamiargini)
Oh the Perfect One! Oh the immaculate, Oh the
giver of perennial supreme bliss! Now that my mind has
been purified by the chanting of your holy name, can't you
bless me with the divine wisdom which will enable me to
realise that Iam myself Paramátma, Jivatma, the fourteen
worlds and the species of inhabitants thereof and sages like
Narada.
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INTAKANNA YANANDAMEMI™ (Bilahari)
Is there any bliss greater than this—to deem it suffi-
cient» to dance, to sing divine music, to pray for His
presence and to be in communion with him in mind—
to deem it sufficient to forget oneseli, body and senses,
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with him,—and to realise at the time of worship and medita-
tion that He is the whole Universe ?—and this is admitted
by all the Bhakta Goshti.
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"SIGGUMALI NAVALE" (Kédara Gowla)
Really, my heart is not after leading a worldly life like
others. I have not realized in my heart that Thou art my-
Self.
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"NIKE DAYA RAKA™ (Nilàmbari)
Will a Jnàni who does not realize identity with the
Lord, but retains the sense of I and Thou, attain happiness?
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NADA YOGA
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MOKSHAMU " (S&ramati)
Is it possible for any but the realised souls to attain
salvation? Is it possible for one who is devoid of real
devotion and knowledge of divine music, to attain salvation?
Vital force contacting with 178 produces Pranava (Om)
and the Seven notes. People do not generally know the
secret of Lord Siva deriving immeasurable pleasure from
music of Vina.
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NADOPASANACHE “ (Begada)
Sankara, Narayana, and Brahma have attained their
distinctive glory throug
h Nadopasana and have thereby
become the upholders of the ?????. They even transcend
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the Vedas and {ill the whole Universe. They impart life to
Mantras, Yantras, and Tantras. They are free souls and
revel in being experts in Swara, Raga and Laya and live for
countless ages.
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NADA LOLUDAI" (Kalyana Vasantam)
Oh mind! Attain the highest bliss, by losing yourself
in Nada, which is associated with varieties of Ragas, them-
selves the manipulations of the Seven notes, and which
fulfils all: righteous disires. The Trinity, all the gods and
the great sages have followed this path. Tyagaradja knows
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VIDULAKU" (Máyámàlava Gowla)
I make obeisance to all those grest beings who are
well-versed in the divine music of Vedas and oí the Seven
Notes, with Nàda as their soul and dive deep into the ocean
of highest happines.
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ANANDA SAGARA” (Garudadhvani)
Rama! The body that does not float on the ocean of
the ineffable Bliss of Brahman called Sangitajnàna, which
abides in all the Vedas, is a burden tothe earth. Have
not the holy Trinity and other sacred persons worshipped
it? Lord of Lakshmi, sung by Ty&gar&ja who adores
melody and rhythm with true understanding !
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SITAVARA SANGITA" (Devagàndhàri)
Oh Rima! One must be blessed by Brahma with the
gift of Sangitajnàna to be qualified to be a Jivanmukta
which is the goal of the Gita and all Upanishads.
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"SANGITÀ SASTRA JNANAMU” (Salaga Bhairvi)
Music, when it has for its theme the blissful ocean of
Ràmakathà, is capable of securing for one Sárüpya, the
Lord's grace, glory and wealth.
See above page 107
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“SVARA RAGASUDHA"™ (Sankarüábharanam)
To know and realise the nature of Nada, originating
from Mülàdhàra, 1s itself bliss and salvation. A true
devotee, who has knowledge of ragas, becomes a Mukta
forthwith.
See above pages 109—110
RAGASUDHARASA " (Andélika)
The nectar of Rigas gives one the beneficient
results of Yaga, Yoga, Ty&ga (Sacrifice) and Bhoga
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(enjoyment). Drink itand delight, Oh Mind! Tyágarája
knows that, those who have knowledge of Nada, Omkara
and Svara which are nothing but Sadásiva Himself are
realised souls.
VARARAGALAYA" (Chenchukambhoji)
People have been bragging and deceiving the world
that they are great proficients in Raga and Laya without
realising the significance of Svara, subtle Mirchan& and
their variations. Nada, which emanates from the body
is of the form the sacred Pranava.
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" SRIPAPRIYA" (Atana)
Oh Mind! Worship the music which, is dear to Sripati
who moves among the seven Svaras and is sung by Tyagaraja
who knows the glory that every melodious Rága has incar-
nated as a graceful form and with tinkling anklet carries
on its enchanting dance.
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SOBHILLU SAPTASVARA" (Jaganmóhini)
Worship the beautiful goddesses presiding over the
seven svaras, which shine through navel, heart, throat,
tongue, nose etc. and in and through Rik and Sima
Vedas, the heart of the Gayatri Mantra and the minds of
gods and holy men and Tyágarája.
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ADUGU VARAMULA” (Arabhi)
" Ask for favours, I will grant; I am mindful of you at
every step and I am overjoyed with your wonderful
devotion. With love I shall grant you gold and wealth,
wife and children and beautiful houses. Why do you
entertain any doubt ? Why strain and emaciate yourself ?
Killing all the atrocious Rakshasas and putting down all
your dilficulties, I will, with valour, and in a grand praises
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worthy manner, grant you the kingdom of Brahma and
Indra. I cannot bear for a moment without presenting you
gem-bedecked ornaments and horse-drawn carriages and
elephants.
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INTA TÄMASAMAITË” (Saveri)
If you delay like this, how long can I bear and what
can I do, Oh Rama? Oh father of Manmatha! If you make
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fun of me, will not others laugh at you, Lord of Sita! Oh
lotus-eyed Lord! Why not bestow mercy on me? Why
should you not make peace and come to me? You are my
sole life; you are the sole prop of my life! Oh you of
beautiful form! Why do you not show mercy on me? Where
shall I go? Iam devoted to you but where are you? Why
do you doubt? Where can yoube seen? What is the
prestige you are standing on? Am Inot fit for being
purified, Oh you who abide in the hearts of sages! Why
do you not appear before me, at least now, in a loving
manner to honour TyAgarája ?
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KASICCHEDE” (Gowlipantu)
The kings in this Kali age are vainglorious in giving a
pie to the devotees; they have not cared for their future life;
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they become merciless towards the devotees of God 107
they do not serve them.
Oh Lotus-eyed one, destroyer of the sins of the good,
and worshipped by Tyagaraja! Which of these conduces
to happiness to the kings, — protecting the people of four
classes according to the science of polity, or the Rajasic
negligence born of the ignorance of the right path ? Donot
the life-long devotees of yours enjoy happiness ? This is
all your Miya.
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“RAMA NINU NAMMINANU" (Mohanam)
Oh Rama! have we not reposed faith in you? You are
the honey bee in the lotus-hearts of the Saints. Why this
delay in coming to me gracefully? Why do you not show
yourself to us? Why this forgetfulness? Why do you not
make up your mind to protect us now itself? You are the
protector of devotees. I do not know anything except that
you are my refuge. Why don’t you come before us and
favour us with constant devotion at your lotus-feet? You are
worshipped by Lord Siva. Our devotion to your lotus-feet.
Protects us. Oh the prop of all sages! Why don’t you
come always to our-protection? You are the wind that
clears the clouds of sins.
Oh Lord dwelling in the heart of Ty&garàja! Ibis not
fair for you that I, without complete faith in you and without
realising the worthlessness of Samsara, should suffer like
this.
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“RAMA BANA TRANA" (Savéri)
Oh my mind! How can I describe the saving valour of
Rama's arrow, the arrow that killed the army of Ravana
who desired Siti; when Lakshmana lay senseless on the
battlefield and Ravana rejoiced and Indrajit exhorted and
his hosts rose up to attack at that opportune moment, Rama
aimed that arrow with the thundering noice of the bow-
string, and saw his brother Lakshmana getting up with his
senses restored.
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