Mamava Raghu Rama, Marakatha mani shyama

Mamava  Raghu Rama, Marakatha mani shyama

By

Saint  Thyagaraja

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

Ragam  SAranga

 Thalam  Roopakam

Pallavi

Mamava  Raghu Rama, Marakatha mani shyama

Pallavi

My  own Lord Raghu Rama  , who is black like an emerald

Charanam

1.Pamarajana  bheema   palitha   suthrama.

Charanam

1.Oh Lord who scares   wicked people  who looked after Indra.

2.Durithambulu   podhu   dhunuma  manasu Radhu.

2.My sins would not go away and   to destroy them,

Your mind    would not  permit.

3.kala  chambu   dhilona  karunaa  karagi   poyenaa

3. Did your mercy   get dissolved in the ocean you live.

4.Vinu  mari samaramuna   vidhi  charamu  virigena

4,Or dit it got destroyed in the war Brahmastra  .

5.Kala sathyamu   suguna  kananamuna   nilichenaa

6.  Did the oath that you took chose to live ,

In the forest , after you left it .

6.Divya naraa pagana   daivathyamu   poyenaa

6.Oh Lord who took birth as   very pretty man, Did your godliness  desert you?

7.Rajadhipa   Thyagaraja vinutha  Baga

7.Oh King of kings who is  Lord praised  by Thyagaraja