by Damodara Rao Dasu

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rAmanAmamE - kAmbhOji - Adi

P rAma nAmamE jeevanamu
bhaktAvanamu patita pAvanamu ||
Rama's sacred name itself is my life. It protects devotees. It redeems sinners.
C 1 haridAsula jata gooDudamu vAri
nanudinamu koniyADudamu
raghuvaruni satkadhalella pADudamu
Sreedharuni kolvani vArini veeDudamu ||
Let us join Hari's devotees. We will praise them always. Let us sing his glories. We will avoid those who don't worship Sridhara.
C 2 rAmuDE dorayani palukudamu
itara rAjasEvakula alukudamu
bhakti prEma janula meeda chilukudamu
bhuvi pAmarulanu joochi yalukudamu ||
Let us declare that Rama only is our lord. We will avoid others. Let us propagate devotion and pity for the ignorant.
C 3 ghaTamasthiramani chATudamu
yamabhaTula dooramuna mATudamu
eecharula samsArAbdhi dATudamu
okka chiTikene aghamula meeTudamu ||
Let us declare that this body is temporary like a pot and keep the servants of Yama the death god at a distance. Let us cross the ocean-like worldliness dispelling clouds of sins.
C 4 SEshaSAyi gani mrokkudamu
raghuveeru kadhalu vini hekkudamu
durvishayAdula tega chekkudamu
mari vibudha hitula pondu dakkudamu ||
We shall prostrate before the lord who reclines on Adisesha. Let us be excited to listen to stories about Hari. We will get rid off wickedness. We will try to be in the company of schholars and our well wishers.
C 5 siri sampadalu viDa jimmudamu
narasimhAvanuni neda nammudamu
bhadragiri nAdhunaku dEhamammudamu
antara yOgamuna nunTa nammudamu ||
Let us get rid off attachment to wealth. We shall whole heartedly keep faith in the protector of Narasimhadasu. Let us dedicate ourselves to Bhadrachala Rama .