Lavanya RAMA

 

laavaNya raamaa

raagam: poornashadjam

20 naTabhairavi janya

Aa: S R2 G2 M1 N2 S

Av: S N2 P M1 G2 R2 S

taaLam: roopakam

Composer: Tyaagaraaja

Language: Telugu

pallavi

lAvaNya rAma kannulAra jUDavE ati

anupallavi

shrI vanita citta kumuda sItakara shatAnanyaja

caraNam

nI manasu nI sogasu nI dinusu vErE tAmasa mATa deivamEla tyAgarAjanuta divya

Meaning:

Oh charming Rama! Bless me with your benign looks. Your mental disposition, your charms and your methods are unique. Why should one seek protection from Tamasic 

banTu reeti kOlu

raagam: hamsanaadam

Aa: S R2 M2 P D3 N3 S

Av: S N3 D3 P M2 R2 S

pallavi

banTu reeti kOlu viyavaiyya raama | (banTu)

anupallavi

tuNTa viNTi vaani modalaina madaa- |

dula goTTi nela goola jEyu nija ||

(banTu)

caraNam

rOmaanca manu ghana kancukamu |

raama bhaktuDanu mudra biLLayu ||

raama naama manu vara khaDga mivi |

raajillu naiyya tyaagaraajuni kE ||

(bunTu)

Meaning: In this song Sri Thyagaraja pleads with Rama to give him the post of a guard for Raama; symbolically meaning that he always wants to be in Sri rama's sannidhi (in his presence).

He says in the anupallavi, the guard's post should be such that he is empowered to destroy all the demons which are arishadvargas (kama-love, krodha, lobha, moha, mada, matsarya) and since the guard is empowered to do so, he needs such a guard's post.

In the caraNam, he says he should be blessed with the emblem of Ramabhakti, given a sword called Raama Naama (the name of Raama) to perform his guard's job.