by Damodara Rao Dasu

P	Asa puTTenE SreerAmulatO AhA puTTanaitini raghurAmulatO ayyO puTTanaitini SreerAmulatO puTTi sEvalu chEyanaitini ||	I wish that I was born when Rama was born. Then I would have served him well.
C 1	daSaradha nanduDai dASaradhi rAmulu vaSamuga bAluratO varaduDai yADanga vanajanAbhunaku nE bhaktuDanai bhaya bhakti prEmalatODa SreerAma rAma ||	When Rama the son of Dasaradha played happily with other boys I would have become Rama's devotee and enjoyed his play.
C 2	sakala sEvalu salupuchu muriyuchu akaTa naluguratO ADukondunu gada ayOdhya nagarilO achyutuDu veDali rAganu || ||	I would have rendered services to Rama in Ayodhya and played with him and his friends.
C 3	nATyamADuchu nanu rakshimpu mandunu viSvAmitruni venTa pOgAna pOdunu janakuDu jAnakini penDli sEyaga vAriddariki netti biyyamu nEDettunu ||	I would have gone with him and Visvamitra to see Rama's marriage with Sita at King Janaka's place. i would have supplied Talambralu rice for their marriage.
C4,C5	ammaku hariki nAkulu maDichi ittunu narulAra ataDE nArAyaNuDani jATudunu mandalanu rakshinchE mAdhavuDu vachche nandunu managati mundu nEmandunu || prabhu daSaradhuni nE bratimAludunu gada kaikEyini gAdanudunu gada rAmulakai pOri rAjyamittunu gada prabhuvai Elaga panulu jEtunu gada ||	I would have offered tasty 'Tambulam' to Mother Sita and Sri Rama. I would have proclaimed in public that Rama is Maha Vishnu who descended on the earth to protect us. I would have disuaded King Dasaradha from listening to Kaikeyi. I would have fought for making Rama the king of Ayodhya.
C6,C7	aDiviki pOga nanTi pOdugada guhunitO kooDuka kooDi muriyudugada khara yuddhambuna kAgalintunugada || kanaka mrugamu rAgA temmanTE hA nirdayurAla ayyO pOtirE A mrugamu techchi ammakittunugada harini nE bOvaladanudunu gada ||	I would have stopped Rama from going to forest. I would have been happy like the boatman Guha. I would have helped in war with Khara. When Sita requested Rama to catch golden deer I would have fetched it for her stopping Rama.