Sri Rama Sri Rama Sri Manoharama
From Sahityam
Lyrics
Pallavi
zrI rAma! zrI rAma! Show DetailszrI manOharamA! | Sri Rama! Sri Rama! O stealer of Lakshmi's heart! |
Charanams
| 1. | ElarA nI daya Show Detailsintaina rAdaiya1 | Why do you not have even a little compassion, Lord? |
| 2. | cAladA sadaya Show DetailssAmi2 tALadaiya3 | Is this [delay] not enough, Kind-hearted one! It is impossible to bear [anymore], Lord! |
| 3. | ippuDE lEdaTa Show Detailsikanu brOtuvaTa | (You say) You wouldn’t show mercy now itself; (You say) You would protect later on. |
| 4. | eppuDO kaTa kaTa Show Detailsika dayALuvaTa | Alas! I do not know, when; yet You are called Merciful Lord. |
| 5. | iGkayI marmamA4 Show Detailsidi nIku dharmamA (zrI) | Why this secrecy even now? Is it justified for You? |
| 6. | paGkaja vadanamA! bAguga jUDumA Show Details | O Lotus-faced one! Please look at me well. |
| 7. | E janma pApamO Show Detailsevvari zApamO | My sins of which birth, I wonder. Whose curse this is, I wonder. |
| 8. | EnATi kOpamO Show Detailsneriya5 nA pApamO | This is anger lingering from when, I wonder. Or is this from my many sins, I wonder. |
| 9. | ennALLI dInata Show Detailsidi nIku yOgyatA | For how long this piteousness? Does it behoove you? |
| 10. | paliki boGkavaTa parama zAntuDavaTa (zrI) Show Details | You are stated not to fail in Your word; You are stated to be very tranquil. |
| 11. | bhakta kAntuDaTa padma nEtruDaTa (zrI) Show Details | You are stated to be the husband of the devotees; You are stated to be Lotus Eyed. |
| 12. | sarvamu nIvaTa satya rUpuDaTa (zrI) Show Details | You are stated to be everything; You are stated to be embodiment of truth. |
| 13. | rAga virahita tyAgarAja nuta (zrI) Show Details | O Lord bereft of desires! O Lord praised by this Thyagaraja! |
Variations
- 1rAdaya – rAdayA
- 2sAmi – svAmi
- 3tALadaya – tALadayA
- 4marmamA – karmamA
Commentary
- 5neriya – there is doubt about this word. This should be ‘neraya’ meaning ‘much’