Eemenu kalikinandhuku

Eemenu  kalikinandhuku

By

Saint Thyagaraja

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

Ragam  Varali

THalam Aadhi

Pallavi

Eemenu  kalikinandhuku  , Sita Rama,

Namame  palka valennu

Pallavi

For getting   this body  ,  the cause,

Is the name  of Sita Rama.

Anupallavi

Kamadhi  Durguna sthoma poorithamaina,

Pamarathvame   kani   nemamu lenatti

Anupallavi

This body   filled with bad habits like passion,

Ignorance  but  without any discipline

Charanam

1.SAmsaramunu brova  dharini  para ,

HImsa seyu  kirathudu,

Hamsa roopula   gathinaduka Rama Nama-pra-

Samsa jesi   yupadesincha   dhanyudu   kaada

Charanam

1.When the hunter who was  practicing cruelty to  look after his family,

Asked the great sages , the way out   and  because he was told to repeat name of Rama,

Did he not  became   a greatly  blessed one?

2.THapasi   sapa midagaa ,jaloraga,

Roopamu goni  yundagaa,

THapamu   sairinchasu thalla   dillaka  -sara,

Chapa daruni  nama sravanamu   brova lethaa.

2.When a sage cursed an Apsara lady  ,

She had to take the form of a crocodile  ,

And when she was greatly suffering due to pain ,

Did not the name of Rama who held a bow and arrow,

Chanted   by Hanuman   save her?

3.Kari raju theliyaleka  Baludaina

Makari  chetha Gaasi  jendhagaa,

Ara leka   nijamuna   aadhi moola   managu,

Varadhudu   Vegame vachi   brovaka ledhaa.

3,When the king of elephants  unknowingly,

Got caught by the crocodile  and when he was suffering,

And when he  without hesitation called , Oh Adhi moola,

Then did not  hat Varada quickly come  and save him?

4.AAgama Vedamulanu  Dhanavudu kombo-

Vagaa  , CHathurananudu,

Thyagaraja nutha , Tharaka nama yani ,

Baguga nuthimba  bhayamu theerpa lethaa?

When the Vedas and Agamas   were stolen by an asura,

The Four faced Brahma prayed to   him whom, Thyagaraja praises,

And one who makes one cross   the ocean of birth,

Diid he not   come    and destroy all his fear?