Namo Namo Raghukula Nayaka (Class / Lesson): Nattai ; Rupakam; Annamacharya

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namO namO raghukula

Ragam: Nattai (36th Mela janya ragam)

ARO:  S R3 G3 M1 P D3 N3 S   ||

AVA:  S N3  P M1 G3 M R3 S   ||

Talam: Rupakam

Composer: Annamacharya

Version: M S Subbalakshmi
Lyrics Courtesy: Sangeetha Sudha (Damodara Rao Dasu)

Link: http://www.sangeetasudha.org/annamacharya/index.html

Pallavi:

namO namO raghu kula nAyaka divija vandya  namO namO Sankara nagaja nuta ||

Charanam 1:

vihita dharma pAlaka veera daSaradha rAma gagana vAsinee tATaka mardana

ahalya SApa mOchana asura kula bhanjana sahaja viswAmitra savana rakshaka ||

Charanam 2:

hara kOdanDa hara sitAnganA vallabha khara dooshanAri vAli garvApaha

taraNi tanoojAdi taru chara pAlaka Saradhi langhana kruta soumitri samEta ||

Charanam 3:

biruda rAvaNa SirO bhEdaka vibhishaNa varada sAkEta pura vAsa rAghava

nirupama Sri venkaTa nilaya nija nagara pura vihAra punDarikAksha ||

Meaning:

In this song Annamacharya prays to Lord Rama narrating his great deeds of punishing the wicked and protecting the pious.

Salutations (“namO namO”) to the hero (“nAyaka”) of the Raghu dynasty (“raghu kula”)

who is bowed (“vandya”) to by Devatas (“divija”). Salutations to Rama who is worshipped (“nuta”) by Parvati (“nagaja”)  and Parameswara (“Sankara”).

He is the protector (“pAlaka”) of Dharma  (“vihita dharma”). He is the heroic  (“veera”) son of Dasaradha. He is the destroyer  (“mardana”) of the demoness Tataki  that lived  (“vAsinee”)  in the sky  (“gagana”). He dispelled  (“mOchana”) Ahalya's curse  (“SApa”). He is the annihilator  (“bhanjana”) of the demons' race  (“kula”). He is the protector  (“rakshaka”) of Viswamitra's Yagnam  (“savana”)  -vedic sacrifice. Salutations to Him (“namO namO”).

He lifted (“hara”) Siva"s (“hara”) bow (“kOdanDa”) and became the lord (“vallabha”) of Sita. He is the enemy (“Ari”) of Khara and Dooshana. He dispelled (“-Apaha”) the pride (“garva-”) of Vali and protected (“pAlaka”) Sugriva(“taraNi tanoojAdi”) the king of monkeys. He built (“kruta”) the bridge (“langhana”) across the sea (“Saradhi”). He was along with (“samEta”) his brother Lakshmana (“soumitri”).

He earned eternal fame (“SirO bhEdaka”) by destroying (“biruda”) Ravana and blessing (“varada”) Vibhishana. He lives (“vAsa”) in Saketapuram and is unparalleled (“nirupama”). He dwells (“vihAra”) in all splendour at the abode (“nilaya”) of the lotus eyed (“punDarikAksha”) Sri Venkatapati. Salutatios to Him (“namO namO”).