Deva Rama Rama - Tyagaraja Kritis (Eng)

Pallavi

dēva rāma rāma mahā- dēva rāma rāghuvara dēva rāma rāma mahādēva rāma rāghuvara

O Lord! O Lord Rama! O Lord Rama! O Great Lord! O Lord Rama! O Lord Raghuvara!

Anupallavi

bhāvajāri rūpa khēla bhāva pāvanāva mahā(dēva) bhāvaja-ari rūpa khēla bhāva pāvana-ava mahā(dēva)

O Lord who is of the form of Siva – enemy of cupid! O Lord who is of the divine sporting nature! O Holy One! Protect me, O Mahadeva!

Charanam

śaṃkara karuṇākar- āniśam kara dhṛta śara bhakta vaśaṅkara 1danujāhava niśśaṅka 2rasika tyāgarāja (dēva) śaṃ-kara karuṇākara-āniśam kara-dhṛta śara bhakta vaśaṅkara danuja-āhava niśśaṅka rasika tyāgarāja (dēva)

O Lord who causes of auspiciousness! O Merciful Lord! O Lord who ever wields (bow and) arrows! O Lord who attracts the devotees! O Lord who offers the demons in the oblation! O Lord who is beyond all doubts! O Lord who enjoys music of this Thyagaraja! (OR O Lord who enjoys music! O Lord of this Thyagaraja!)

Variations

• ¹danujāhava – danuja hara

References

• ¹danujāhava – The act of destroying the demons is like offering them in oblations. The following Sloka of Kathopanishad is relevant –

  • 
    yasya brahma ca kṣatraṃ ca ubhē bhavata ōdanaḥ |
    mṛtyuryasyōpasēcanaṃ ka itthā vēda yatra saḥ || 1. 2. 25 ||

  • "How can one know thus as to where It (the Self) is, for which both the brahmana and the kshatriya become food, and for which death takes the place of a curry?" (Translation by Swami Gambhirananda)

Commentary

• ²rasika tyāgarāja – ‘rasika’ may be translated separately also; ‘tyāgarāja’ may be joined to the pallavi as ‘Lord of Thyagaraja’ (Both versions are given).