by Damodara Rao Dasu

P	chani tODi tEvE Oh manasA ||	Oh mind, go and bring my lord with you.
AP	kanikaramutO kani karamiDi chira kAlamu sukhamanubhavimpa vEgamE ||	Please go quickly, clasp his hand and bring him to bestow me eternal bliss.
C	patitula brOchE paTTAdhikArini dyuti nirjita Sata SambarArini dhureeNa tyAgarAja hrutchArini ||	He is renowned authority for rescuing the desolate. He is devout follower of his Guru Sage Vasishta whose faith covers entire gamut of human endeavour for attaining supreme bliss. His divine radiance humbles the beauty of hundred Manmadhas. He dwells in the heart of Tyagaraja.

P	chentanE sadA yunchukOvayyA ||	Oh Sri Rama, please grant me the privilege of being with you always.
AP	mantukekku SrimantuDou hanu mantu reetiga SrikAnta ||	Oh Rama, let me be with you like fortunate Hanumanta who is great with super natural powers.
C	talachina panulanu nE telasi talatO naDachi santasilludurA palumAru balka panilEdu rAma bharatuni vale tyAgarAjanuta ||	Oh Sri Rama, I will cheerfully take up the responsibility of all the plans you have in your mind like your brother Bharata. That will be my greatest pleasure. I'll be ever attentive so that you need not remind me again and again. Tyagaraja worships you.

P	nannu brOvakanu viDuvanurA rAma ||	Oh Rama, I won't leave you unless you condescend to protect me.
C1,C2	kAsunu vedukaga kanna ratnamu reeti dOsamu tolagimpa dorikitivigAni|| ambali tinu vELa amrutamabbina reeti tumburu sannuta dorikitivigAni ||	I am fortunate to find you as my deity. It is like a poor person finding a diamond when he was struggling for a penny. Oh Rama, celestial singer Tumburu worships you. I can not leave you.If a poor person consuming gruel is bestowed with nectar, can he leave it?
C3,C4	cheyyalasinavELa teppa dorikina reeti ayya nApAliTi kamaritivigAni|| ADabOyina teerdhameduraina reeti eeDujODu lEni ishTuDavaitivi ||	An exausted swimmer is thrilled to find a boat. How can he leave it away? A street dancer is joyful to come accross a carnival unexpectedly to show her dance . I am also happy like that to find you. You are my favorite deity.
C5,C6	siggubOvu vELa cheeralabbina reeti oggi mA inTiki vachchitivigAni|| Agama nigama chayArdhamu neevani tyAgarAjanuta talachi yunnAnu rAma ||	A woman whose modesty is at stake gets immense relief if she is presented with a saree. Can she lose it? I am extremely happy to find you at my home. So I can't leave you. Oh Rama, Tyagaraja is fortunate to have immense faith that you are the quintessence of Vedas, Upanishads and scriptures.

P	ninnEnera naminAnu neerajAksha nanu brOvumu ||	Oh Rama with eyes beautiful like lotus flower, I've absolute faith in you. Please protect me.
AP	kanna kannavArini vEDukonnanu phalamu lEdani nE ||	I realised that there is no use in praying to each and everyone I find.
C 1	dAra tanayula udara pooraNamu sEyu koraku dooradESamulanu sanchAramu chEsi sAramintaina lEka vEsAri ee samsAra pArA vAramandu galugu phalameedAriyani telisi rAma ||	I am vexed with wandering in distant places for the sake of feeding wife and children. I realised the hollowness in the ocean-like worldliness.
C 2	sanchita karmamu tolaginchi nannEvELa karu Ninchi brOchE daivamu neevanuchu yAsinchi konchepu narula nutiyinchanu nA vallanugA danuchu dussangati chAlinchi santatamu rAma ||	Oh Rama, I earnestly believed that you are my deity that eradicates my accumulated sins. I would not praise mean fellows for favours. I abandoned association with wicked ones. I've faith in you only.
C 3	bhutalamuna nokarichEti dhanamapaharinchu ghAtukula paralOka bheetiyu lEni pAtakula baTTi yamadootalu koTTeDivELa brOtunani balka nevarichEta kAdani SrirAma || enduninDiyunDE raghunandana vEga nAmanasu nandu talachina yantAnandamai tOchE sundaravadana yOgibrunda vandita padAra vindayuga tyAgarAja vandaneeya santatamu ||	Oh Sri Rama, wicked persons have least fear of severe punishments in hell inflicted by Yama's servants. Knowing that no one can save at that juncture, I earnestly believed in your grace only. Oh Raghunandana, no sooner I think of you than my heart is filled with joy immediately. Your face is so beautiful. Yogis bow to your lotus-feet. Tyagaraja bows to to your sacred feet.