by Damodara Rao Dasu

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rAma rAma neevEgati - mukhAri - Adi

P rama rAma neevEgati samrakshaNambu sEya
Emandunu hA daivamA nee manasanta karugadAye ||
Oh Rama, you only are my prop. Why are you so stubborn?
C 1 puDamilOna nAvanTi durAtmuDu puTTaDinka nanTi
viDuvabOkumayyA yani ninnE vinnavinchu konTi ||
I told you that no other sinner like me would be born on earth in future. I appealed to you not to leave me.
C 2 ennividhambula bilichina palukavu EmadrushTamandu
ennarAni vaivasvatu vEdana eTlu tALukondu ||
I have been praying to you in many ways but you are silent. How unfortunate I am. How can I endure agony caused by Yama.
C 3 nyAyamaTayyaA mrokkaga nAmora Alakinchi rAvu
Sreeyutamuga ninu namminavAriki SreelosanginAvu ||
Is it justice? Why don't you listen to my lamentation. You have been showering prosperity to other devotees.
C 4 nEma moppa bhadrAchala vAsA ninnunammaga lEdA
prEmajoopi nee banTagu SrirAmadAsu nElarAdA ||
Oh Bhadrachala Rama, did I not keep faith in you only? Why don't you protect your servant Ramadasu with love ?.