by Damodara Rao Dasu

P	talli tanDrulu gala pEru gAni ila nee sari daivamulevarE||	Mother and father are no doubt respectable like Gods. But, oh Rama, is there any God comparable to you.
AP	illu kalaSa samudramu gAkanu nee killAlu vidEha tanaya bhaLi ||	Your abode is milky ocean. Your spouse is Vaidehi the incarnation of Adi Lakshmi. It is great.
C	giriSAdi vidhindrArka SaSAnkA mara kOTulu vAnarulai koluva dhara chakra phaNindrulu sOdarulai tagi vEDaga tyAgarAja vinuta ||	Sankara, Brahma, Indra,the Sun, the Moon and multitudes of Devatas, borne as monkeys serve you. Maha Vishnu's conch, discus and serpent king Adisesha incarnated as your brothers Bharata, Satrughna and Lakshmana respectively to serve you. Tyagaraja worships you.

P	kadalE vADu gAdE rAmuDu kadhalennO gala vADE ||	Rama is firm and steadfast. He is famous for innumerable divine legends.
AP	modalE tAnainADE tudamodalE lEnivADainADE ||	He is primordial. He is eternal.
C	kalpanalennaDu lEDu sankalpamulE kalavADu SEsha talpa SayanuDE vADu Sri tyAgarAjanutuDainADE ||	He exhibited marvellous deeds out of his free will. He is Maha Vishnu who reclines on divine 'Adisesha'. He is adored by Tyagaraja.

P	Ela teliyalErO rAma ninnEla teliya lEro purva karma mElAguna jEsirO ||	Oh Rama, why people are ignorant of your greatness? Perhaps it is due to their past Karma.
AP	bAla SaSAnkAlankruta nuta neela varNa suguNAlaya nee mahima ||	Siva who adorns crescent moon on his head adores you. You are bluish. You are repository of virtues. Your powers are many.
C1	bAla vayasuna Sooladharuni chApamu leelagA bhupAlakulugana kEla virichi kuSAluga Sri nElina ni ||nn ||	Oh Rama, when you were young, you broke the invincible "Siva's bow" miraculously much to the dismay of contending kings present in the court and you married Goddess Sita.
C 2	nAlugunoka padivElu kanchuradhAla sura ripu moolabalamula leelaganoka kOlanEsi kAla yamapuri pAla jEsinani||nn ||	Oh Rama, demon Ravana who commanded fourteen thousand soldiers fighting on bronze chariots, was annihilated by you miraculously.
C 3	rAjaSEkharu nee jagatilO rAjasamuna puja chEyu rAjulanu gajarAjulaku mrugarAja tyAgarAja nuta ni||nn ||	Kings who worshipped God Siva for worldly desires were scared by your prowess, just as an elephant king is frightened by lion king. Tyagaraja worships you.

P	endukee chalamu nE nevaritO delpudu ||	Oh Rama, if you are wavering so much , who else would listen to me?
AP	kandarpajanaka neekE kAnta cheppenO hari hari ||	Oh Rama, you are Maha Vishnu the father of Manmadha. Oh Hari, which woman told you against me?
C 1	kousalya cheppenO neekE sammati lEdO ahalya cheppenO nannAdarincha lEvO ||	Did your mother Kousalya or Ahalya tell you against me? or you yourself are not willing to hear me?
C 2	kabari bhAriNi sita kAnta cheppenO lEka Sabari cheppenO needu SAnta mendubOye ||	Did Sita whose hair knot is heavy spoke against me? or did old Sabari complain ? Oh Rama, what happened to your gentle nature?
C 3	bAlayau swayamprabha cheppenO tALa nA taramA tyAgarAjunipai nee ||	Did young Swayamprabha speak against me? Is it possible for me to bear so long? Oh Rama, why are you hesitating to listen to Tyagaraja's appeal?