Shri RamachandrO (Class / Lesson) : Sri Ranjani ; Misra Chapu ; Dikshitar

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Ragam: shrIranjani {22nd Melakartha Janya Ragam}

ARO:     S R2 G2 M1 D2 N2 S          ||

AVA:      S N2 D2 M1 G2 R2 S           ||

Talam: Misra Chapu

Composer: Muthuswamy Dikshitar

Version: T M Krishna
Lyrics Courtesy: Lakshman Ragde

Pallavi:

shrI rAmacandrO rakSatu mAm rAkSasAdi harO raghuvara

Anupallavi:

bharatAgraja kaushika yAga rakSaka tATakAntaka

Charanam:

mithilA nagara pravEsha mahEshvara dhanurbhEdaka

sItA kalyANa mahOtsava vaibhava yuta citravESakO

mAdhurya gAnAmrta pAna priya guruguha vishvAsO

mahAdEvIbhakta parashurAma garva harOllAsa

Meaning: (Courtesy: GuruGuha.org: http://guruguha.org/wiki/shriramachandro.html ):

P: May Shri Rama (“shrI rAmacandrO”), the destroyer (“harO”) of Rakshasas (“rAkSasAdi”), the best of the Raghu clan (“raghuvara”), protect (“rakSatu”) me (“mAm”).

A: He is elder (“Agraja”) to Bharatha (“bharatAgraja”), is the protector (“rakSaka”) of Vishwamitra's sacrifice (“yAga”) and slayer (“antaka”) of Tataka (“tATakAntaka”).

C: He entered (“pravEsha”) the city (“nagara”) of Mithila, snapped (“bhEdaka”) the bow (“dhanur”,  “dhanur-bhEdaka”)of Shiva (“mahEshvara”), and married (“kalyANa”) Sita in a marvelous (“vaibhava”) ceremony (“mahOtsava”), thus painting (“yuta”) different portraits (“citra-”) of himself  (“vESakO”). He trusts (“vishvAsO”) Guruguha, who is fond (“priya”) of partaking (“pana”, i.e. “pAna priya”) of the sweet (“mAdhurya”) nectar (“Amrta”) that is music (“gAnA”). He effortlessly (“Ullasa”) humbled (“garva harO-”) Parashurama , the devotee (“bhaktha”) of Devi (“mahAdEvI-bhakta”).