appa raama bhakti
raagam: kaamavardhani

51 pantuvaraaLi (kaamavardhani) mela
Aa: S R1 G3 M2 P D1 N3 S
Av: S N3 D1 P M2 G3 R1 S

taaLam: roopaka
Composer: Tyaagaraaja
Language: Telugu

pallavi

appa! rAmabhakti yentO gopparA; mA
(appa)

anupallavi

trippaTalanu dIrci kaNTi reppavalEnu gAcu mA
(appa)

caraNam 1

lakSmI dEvI valacunA? lakSmanuNDu golucunA?
sUkSmabuddhi gala bharatuDu jUcijUci solasunA? mA
(appa)

caraNam 2

shabari yengili niccunA? candradharuDu meccunA?
abalasvayamprabhaku daivamacala padavi niccunA? mA
(appa)

caraNam 3

kapi vAridhi dATunA kaliki rOta gaTunA
aparAdhi tyAgarAjukAnandamu heccunA? mA
(appa)

Meaning:
How sublime is the devotion to our father Rama! It arrests the wandering and aimless mind and protects us just like the eyelids guarding the eyes. Could the army of monkeys cross over the ocean (to Lanka)? Could the experience of Bliss not be proof enough of the glory of Raama Bhakti?

From Compositions of Tyagaraja by TK Govinda Rao.

Notation:
Notation available here at Shivkumar Kalyanaraman's Krithi Archive. Also, listen to the music class here.