by Damodara Rao Dasu

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bhava sannuta - varALi - Adi

P bhava sannuta nAdagha menta ghaneebhavamO || Oh Rama adored by Siva, I do not know how hard are my accumulated sins. ||
A.P. bhava neeradhi tAraka suguNa nAka
bhayamiyyanu tOchanandukabja ||
You enable us cross the ocean of 'Samsara'. You are repository of virtues. It seems you are not assuring me protection because of my worst sins.
C 1 pApa haraNa Sri raghuvara madhurA
lApa deenajana dhana pAvana nee
dApu galuga gOri dorakani pari
tApamu gani manasu karaga nanduku||
Oh Rama the best among Raghu dynasty ,you are eradicator of sins. Your speech is sweet. You are treasure for desolate. You are the most pious one. Perhaps my sins are so abhorable that you could not sympathise me.
C 2 karuNAkara nee charaNamu Silanu vara
nArigA jEsinadi gAkanu
Saramasuruni gAchenE nA
duritamulanu bOgoTTi brOchuTaku ||
Mere touch of your sacred feet transformed a stone into a great woman Ahalya. Your unparalleled arrow on Kakasura crow has been diverted when he begged for pardon. Please eradicate my sins.
C 3 ivvidhamuna nunDu nanu joochi
yauvana garvamu minchina narulu
navvagAnu rOsamEla rAdO
evvari tODanu vinnavintu rAdani ||
Seeing my miserable plight some proud youth are laughing at me. Don't you get angry with this? Oh Rama, who else can I approach?
C 4 ee janmamuna nanu mOsabOkanu
nee japamulaku vighAtamaina bhava
vyAjamulellanu rOsina tyAga
rAjuni paini daya rAnanduku ||
I am not worshipping other gods for any worldly pleasures. I have been hating anything that is obstructing my prayers to you but you are not pitying your devotee Tyagaraja.