rAmuDu rAghavuDu - kAnaDa

Annamaiah, in this song, narrates Rama's story and says that Rama is the essence of knowledge and philosophy and that Venkatesa is the incarnation of Rama on Venkatadri.

P rAmuDu rAghavuDu ravi kulu DitaDu
bhoomijaku pati yayaina purusha nidhAnamu||
Rama or Raghava is the wealth of mankind, born in the Sun dynasty. He became the husband of Sita the daughter of the goddess earth.
C1 araya putra kAmEshTi yandu paramAnnamuna
paraga janinchina para brahmamu
surala rakshimpaga nasurula Sikshimpaga
tiramai udayinchina divya tEjamu ||
He is the supreme spirit born from payasam (porridge) taken after the great austerities performed for children by his father Dasaratha. He is the divine effulgence dawned to destroy demons and save Devatas.
C2 chintinchE yOgeendrula chitta sarOjamulalO
satatamu nilichina sAkAramu
vintalugA munu lella vedakinayaTTi
kAntula jennu meerina kaivalya padamu ||
He is the spiritual form that the great sages kept in their lotus like conscience. It is the effulgence that great hermits search and see. It is blissful position called emancipation.
C3 vEda vEdAntamula yandu vijnAna Sastramulandu
pAdukonna palikETi paramArthamu
pOditO Sree vEnkaTAdri bonchi vijaya nagarAna
Adiki nanAdi yaina archAvatAramu ||
He is the root and essence of the Vedas, philosophy and science. Rama incarnated himself as Venkatesa. He has neither beginning nor end. He is the most worshipped incarnation..