29 dheera shankaraabharaNam mela
Aa: S R2 G3 M1 P D2 N3 S
Av: S N3 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S

taaLam: roopakam
Composer: Tyaagaraaja
Language: Telugu

pallavi

rAma ninnu vinA rakSimpa nOrulagAna

caraNam 1

talli taNDri anna tammulu deivamu nIvani ullamunanu anniTa ninu callaga bAguga jUcEda

caraNam 2

pAvana nI bhakti sadA pAlincununi mOkSa mosagu mAvara nI sanndhini pramANamu jEsi palkEda

caraNam 3

satva guNambunanu upAsana monarinciri peddalu tatvamu delisenu nika bhava taraNOpAyamu nIvani

caraNam 4

lOkulu nija dAsulu gani lOpaduDu rasUyalatO shrIkara ninu dUSincina cEdi pOyErugAni

caraNam 5

kOrina kOrika losagEdu shrI ramaNa ninnanishamu jEriti sharaNanu koNTina shrI tyAgarAja vinuta

Meaning:
O RAma! Barring you, I have no one else to look after me. Father, mother, brothers, God - everything I see with a fulfilled heart in you, O Immaculate one! I can swear that devotion to you will not only protect a devotee but will confer salvation thereafter. There is no other way to cross this ocean of sorrow. O Bestower of prosperity. If, out of jealousy and the prosperity of your devotees, men accuse you of bias, the devotees don't come to grief provided they are gently by nature - SAtvika. I have come before you and cried out, "You are my refuge." You have responded to the appeals of devotees. SrI RamaNa! Reaching near you, I always declare, "You are my only refuge."

Other information:
Lyrics contributed by Lakshman Ragde. Meaning from Compositions of Tyagaraja by T.K. Govinda Rao.