by Damodara Rao Dasu

P	indirA ramaNu dechchi iyyarO mAkiTuvale pondi eetani poojincha poddAya nipuDu ||	Please bring Sri Venkatesa the consort of Sri Lakshmi. It is time to worship him now.
C 1	dhAruNi mairAvaNu danDinchi rAmu dechchi nErupuna minchina anjanee tanaya ghOra nAga pASamula koTTivEsi eetani kAruNya mandinaTTi khagarAja garuDA ||	O Anjaneya the son of Anjani, you punished Mairavana and brought back Rama very skillfully. Oh Garuda the king of birds, you annihilated abhorable serpents and earned Maha Vishnu's mercy.
C 2	nAnAdEvatalaku narasimhu kambamulO pAnipaTTi choppinaTTi prahlAduDA mAnavuDai krushNa mahimala viswarupu pooni banDi nunchukonna pOTu banTA arjunA ||	Oh Prahlada,You have shown Narasimha to all gods in a pillar. Oh valiant Arjuna, Krishna showed 'Viswarupam' to you on your chariot.
C 3	Sree vallabhunaku aSEsha kainkaryamula Sree venkaTAdrivaina SEsha mooritee kaivaSamainayaTTi kArtaveeryArjunuDA dEvuni nee vELa niTTe techchi mAku niyyarE ||	O lord of Lakshmi, here are various services to you. Oh lord of Venkatadri, as Parasurama you defeated Kartaveeryarjuna. Oh Gods, please bring our deity today.

P	uyyAla bAlu noochedaru kaDu noyya noyya noyyanuchu ||	Young women are singing and swinging Sri Krishna in cradle gently.
C 1	bAla yavvanalu pasiDi uyyAla bAluni vadda pADEru lAli lAli lAllemma lAli lAli lAlanuchu ||	Young women are singing for the child in golden cradle.They hum soothing words "lali lali".
C 2	tammi rEku kanu dammula navvula pammu joopula pADEru kommalu maTTela gunukula naDapula dhimmi dhimmi dhimmanuchu ||	They are singing for the smiling Krishna whose eyes are like lotus petals. The beautiful women's toe rings are sounding rhythmically 'dhim,dhim'.
C 3	challu joopula javarAnDlu rE palle bAluni pAdEru balliDu venkaTapati chErandelu ghallu ghallu ghallanuchu ||	The young women are singing for the boy of Repalle showering affectionate looks. They are close to the Almighty Venkatapathi. Their anklets are resounding with tinkling sound 'ghallu, ghallu'.

P	E kulajuDEmi evvaDaina nEmi AkaDa nAtaDe hari nerigina vADu ||	One who truly knows Hari is above caste and status.
C 1	paragina satya sampannuDaina vADE para ninda sEyu tatparuDu kAni vADu arudaina bhoota dayAnidhi yagu vADE parulu tAnEyani bhAvinchu vADu ||	A person whose wealth is truth, who desists from abusing others, a person who is compassionate to all beings and a person who identifies himself with others, truly knows Hari.
C 2	nirmaluDai Atma niyati galugu vADE dharma tatpara buddhi tagilina vADu karma mArgamulu kaDavani vADE marmamai hari bhakti maralani vADu ||	A person who is unblemished, who has self discipline, who adheres to Dharma, who crosses the path of rituals, who does not turn away from devotion to Hari, truly knows Hari.
C 3	jagati pai hitamuga chari inchu vADE paga lEka mati lOna bratikina vADu tegi sakalamu nAtma telisina vADE tagili venkaTESu dAsuDaina vADu ||	A person who lives for the good of others, one who lives without enimity to others even in his mind, one who is detached, one who knows that every thing else manifests in the Self and one who surrenders himsef to Sri Venkatesa truly knows Srihari.

P	Edi tuda deeni kEdi modalu pAdukonu hari mAya paragu jeevuniki ||	Where is the end and where is the begining for the one who is engulfed in delusion.(Vishnu Maya)
C 1	enni bAdhalu tanaku enni lampaTamulu enni vEdanalu mari enni dukhamulu enni paritApambulenni talapOtalu enni choochina mariyu nennaina kalavu ||	How many afflictions and how much involvement? How much agony and how many sorrows? How much remorse and how many worries? The more you confront with the more they are.
C 2	enni koluvulu tanaku nenni yanucharaNalu? enni yASalu mariyu nenni mOhamulu enni garvamulu tana kenni dainyambu livi anniyunu talapa mari ennaina galavu ||	What a number of occupations and how many he follows? How many ambitions and how much fascination? What a pride? What a humiliation? If you ponder deeply , you'll find endless sorrows.
C 3	enniTiki chintinchu nennintiki harshinchu nennitiki nAsinchu nenniTiki dirugu inniyunu tiru venkaTESu leelalu kAga enni joochinanu tAnevvaDunu kADu ||	How many problems can a person think of? How many things he is happy with? How many desires? How many struggles? All of them are Venkatesa's leelas. Which ever way you probe, you realise that you are only instrumental.