by Damodara Rao Dasu

P	nija dAsa varada akhila jagadAnanda ||	Oh Srirama , you are bestower of boons to devotees. You are the cause of universal happiness.
AP	bhujagAdhipa Sayana bhumijA ramaNa aja purandarAdi vinuta sukhyAta ||	You recline on Adi Sesha the king of serpents. You are the consort of Sita the daughter of Goddess Earth. Brahma, Indra and other Devatas adore you. You are glorious.
C	kouSika yAgAri tATakAdi samharaNa goutama sati SApa mEgha sameeraNa eeSa kOdanDa khanDana dhureeNa ina vamSaja Sree venkaTESa||	You are destroyer of demon Tataki and other demons who are enemies of Yagas.You redeemed Ahalya the pious wife of sage Goutama of her curse. You are the hero that broke Siva's bow. Oh Venkatesa (Rama), you belong to Sun dynasty.

P	manasA vrudhA garvamETikE maharAjulaina manujulEgadA ||	Oh my mind, why are you elated with useless pride? Are't even emperors just human beings?
AP	manasAra sAkshuni krupa lEka mana sAmardhyamEmunnadi ||	What after all is our ability without divine mercy?
C	mana sAhasa yuddhamu jEyananta mana sAdhyamu lEdani pAnDavulu manasAra venkaTESa SaraNamana sAradhiyai vachchi brOva lEdA ||	Realising their inability to fight, Pandavas surrendered to Lord Krishna. Did not Lord Krishna himself become their charioteer and save them ?

P	saraseeruhAnana SrirAma ||	Sri Rama's face is beautiful like lotus flower.
AP	dharaja manOhara Sankha chakra dheera Sreekara dAnavahara ||	He captivated the heart of Sita the daughter of Goddess Earth. He is warrior wielding discus and conch. He is bestower of prosperity. He destroyed demons.
C	vAsavAdi poojita vara charaNa vAraNArti bhanjana nipuNa karuNa vAsudEva padmanAbha surESa varada venkaTESa sarvESa ||	Indra and other Devatas worship his holy feet. He skillfully dispelled agony of Gajendra mercifully. He is Vasudeva. He is Padmanabha. He is bestower of boons to Indra the lord of Devas. He is Venkatesa the lord of all.

P	dhanyuDevvaDO dASaradhE ||	Oh Sri Rama, who is blessed soul ?
AP	anyamandu chittamandiyyaka brahmAnandAmruta pAnamujEsE ||	One whose mind is not distracted, one who drinks nectar of supreme bliss is really the blessed one.
C	vara maddela tAlAdi tambura veeNa vAdyamula jErchukoni swara Suddhamu tO sukhamu Sree varada venkaTESwarunibhajinchE ||	One who sings devotedly in perfectly tuned swaras, accompanied by mrudangam, tambura and veena , the praise of benevolent Venkatesa is indeed the blessed soul.