Balamu kulamuyela Rama Bhakthi karanamu

Balamu   kulamuyela  Rama Bhakthi karanamu

By

Saint Thyagraja

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

Ragam  Saveri

Thalam Roopakam

Pallavi

Balamu   kulamuyela  Rama Bhakthi karanamu

Velayu sakala   siddhulella ,

Venta  vacchu gaani  Menu

Pallavi

What is the need for strength and  good birth?

If Only devotion to Rama is there , all occult powers,

Themselves    would come behind you.

Charanam

1.Needakaki  menu mununa  niratha nudaya snanamaa,

THedakanulu  konga goorcha deva deva Dhyanamaa

Charanam

1, If the crow  and fish daily take dip in water ,  is it bath?

And if a stork closes its eyes and sits  , is it  meditation?

2.Bhadramunu  meyumeka  balamaina  yupasama,

Chithra pakshulegaya Soorya Chandrulaku  samyama

2.If the sheep eats only leaves is it a strong penance of starvation?

If the fire flies fly on the sky, do they become sun and the moon?

3.Guhala   vesha kotulunte  gunamu galgu  mounulaa,

Gahanamunanu  kothulunde  hganamou  vana vasama?

3.If   actors with make up sit in the cave, would they become sages?

If in dense forests   monkeys  live , is it hard penance  in the forest?

4,Jangamamulu  balukakunde   sangathi gamounula,

Angamu  muyyani  baluru yapudu digambarulaa

4,If the sages called Jangamas do not speak, does it mean it is penance of silence,

Are the little babes    which do not wear cloths  Digambara   SAnyasis

5.Valasu Thyagaraja  varaduvara vara Bhakthulu  seyu Bhakthi,

Chelagu  janulakella chellina kasaunuga

5,The devotion shown by devotees towards   the God, who grants,

Boons  to the devotee  Thyagaraja, is the money that  all people can spent.