by Damodara Rao Dasu

P	adi kAdu bhajana manasA ||	Oh my mind, that is not sincere devotional singing?
AP	edalO nenchuTokaTi payyedalO galginachO nokaTi ||	Some people have something in their minds but their actual behavior is different.
C	goppatanamunakai yAsa kuchchita vishaya pipAsa meppulakai bahu vEsamiDi uppatilledaru tyAgarAja vinuta ||	Some crave for name and fame but they are thirsty of doing wicked things. They derive pleasure in bogus actions to win approbation falsely. Oh Rama, Tyagaraja worships you.

P	Sri rAmA rAma rAma sitAhrut jalanidhi sOma ||	Oh Sri Rama, you are like the moon to the ocean-like Sita's heart.
C1	nee padamula bhakti ninDAraga nosagi kApADu nA pApamEpATi rAma ||	Oh Rama, when you bestowed me with full devotion to your feet, is not my sin a trifle for you ?
C 2	paliki konnALLipuDu palukakunTE viDutunA kulamarmamula nella dalachi nanu brOvavayya ||	Having talked to me for some days , if you stop, would I leave you? Please think of the righteous tradition of my lineage and protect me.
C3	palumAru ninu bADi pADi vEDukunnAnu kalakalamani nAtO baluka vEmayyA ipuDu ||	I sang your praise several times begging for your grace. Why are you not talking to me freely now?
C4,C5	lOkula nera nammukOka neepadamu lin dAkanu madi nuncha kreeganTa juDavEmi || rAjaSEkhara dEvarAja rAjiva bhava pujArha Sri tyAgarAjuni morAlinchu ||	I kept your feet in my mind all the while but never relied on others. Why don't you glance at me from the corner of your eye? Oh Sri Rama, you richly deserve adoration by Sankara, Indra and Brahma. Please listen to Tyagaraja's lamentation.

P	rAma rAma rAma mAm pAhi ||	Oh Rama, Oh Rama, please protect me.
C 1	vanamunajani munijana gaNamunu ganu goni nenaruna ghanamuga bAlinchina ||	You went to forest and met a host of sages. You blessed them magnanimously out of affection.
C 2	vanaja nayana ninu manasuna dina dina munu ganugona nanu anaghuni sEyavE sarasijanAbha surapati vandita pada purahara nuta pAlita tyAgarAja ||	Oh lotus eyed Rama, I've been meditating upon you every day. Please make me sinless. Brahma the lotus borne and Indra the lord of Devas worship your feet. Siva adores you. Oh Rama, please protect Tyagaraja.

P	kOri sEvimpa rArE kOrkeleeDEra ||	Oh devotees, come whole-heartedly to worship Lord Sundareswara (Siva) and get your wishes fulfilled.
AP	Sri ramaNeekaramou kOvuri sundarESwaruni ||	You come to worship the most beautiful Sundareswara at Kovuru.
C	surulu vEyi vanne bangAru virulachE pujimpaga bhu| surulu sanakAdi mouni varulunu nutimpaga| sirulittunani koluvai yunDE sri soundaryanAyikA| varuni Sri tyAgarAja varaduni paramAtmuni haruni ||	Celestials worship him with the purest gold flowers in thousand hues. Priests, sage Sanaka and other eminent sages worship him. Lord Sundareswara with his beautiful consort Goddess Parvati are the presiding deities to bestow us prosperity. He is Hara the Supreme Soul. He bestows boons to Tyagaraja.