by Damodara Rao Dasu

P	Emi dOva palkumA ikanu nEnendu pOdu SrirAma ||	Oh Srirama tell me now where else should I go for protection.
AP	rAmadAsu valenaitE sitAbhAma mandalinchu neetO tana||kE ||	If I am a great devotee like Ramadasu, your consort Sita would have chided you.
C	daTTigaTTi karamuna SarachApamu baTTi moolabalamunu rAvaNu tala goTTi nilva nAvELa trimurtulu kOri nutimpagA naTTi vAri keduru balki rAjuku paTTi yanaga neeku nAdupai daya buTTa kAraNambEmi delase vara bhOgi Sayana tyAgarAja nuta tana ||kE||	Oh Srirama, you wielded Kodanda bow in your hand majestically and severed Ravana's heads and destroyed his total strength. The trinity Brahma, Vishnu and Maheswara were amazed at it and adored you. I ignored other deities and worshipped you as my favorite deity. But now I understand that you are not still happy with me. You recline on Adisesha. Tyagaraja worships you.

P	tulasee daLamulachE santOshamugA pujintu ||	I worship Srirama, happily with sacred Tulasi leaves.
AP	palumAru chirakAlamu paramAtmuni pAdamulanu ||	I worship the feet of the transcendental lord Rama a number of times.
C	saraseeruha punnAga champaka pATala kuravaka karaveera mallikA sugandha rAja sumamula dharanivi yoka paryAyamu dharmAtmuni sAkEta puravAsuni SrirAmuni vara tyAgarAja nutuni ||	I worship him with a variety of flowers like lotus, punnaga, champaka, patala, kuravaka, karaveera and jasmines. I worship Rama who is embodiment of Dharma and who dwells in Ayodhya with Tulasi leaves again and again.

P	nitya roopa evari pAnDityamEmi niluchunurA ||	Oh eternal lord Rama, whose power or erudition can stand before your inestimable prowess.
AP	satyamaina AjNameera sAmardhyamu galadA ||	Is there any power that can transgress your supreme ability to maintain the meticulous order of the universe ?.
C	bhAnu pagalu rEyi ratnasAnu juTTadA pooni SEshuDamita bhAra bhumi mOyaDA veenulandu kAsipati nee nAmamu balkaDA mAni tyAgarAja vinuta mahimAspadamagu nee mundu ||	Is not the Sun orbiting day and night precisely around the "Meru" mountain?. Is not Adisesha carrying steadfastly the limitless weight of the earth ? Does not Siva the lord of Kasi whisper your sacred name called "Taraka Mantra" in the ears of devotees in their last moments of life ?. Oh Lord Rama, all are insignificant before your inestimable glory. Tyagaraja worships you.

P	nee dayachE rAma nityAnanduDaiti||	Oh Rama, I am blessed with everlasting bliss by your grace.
AP	nAdabrahmAnanda rasAkruti gala ||	You are embodiment of the essence of Supreme bliss in the divine sound "Nada"
C	vara mrudu bhAsha suswaramaya bhusha vara tyAgarAja vAkchElAvruta ||	Oh Rama, your speech is gentle and soft. Perfect musical Swaras are your ornaments.You are adorned with the compositions of Tyagaraja which are beautiful like your apparel.