brOva baarama
raagam: bahudaari

28 harikaambOji janya
Aa: S G3 M1 P D2 N2 S
Av: S N2 P M1 G3 S

taaLam: dEshaadi
Composer: Tyaagaraaja
Language: Telugu
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pallavi

brOva bhAramA raghurAmA bhuvanamella nIvai nannokani

anupallavi

shrI vAsudEva anDakOTula gukSiNi yuncakOlEdA nannu
(brOva)

caraNam

kalashAmbudhilO dayatO namarulakai adigAka gOpi
kalakai koNDa letta lEdA karuNAkara tyAgarAjuni
(brOva)

gmg,gg,gmpmgmgsgmg,gg,nsnpmgs, |
gmg,gg,snpmgsnsgmg,gg,sgsnpmgppm |
g,gg,pmg,gg,npm,mm,snp,pp, |
gsn,nn,mgs,ss,nnssns,sppnnpn,n |
mmppmp,pggmmgm,mgsmmgsppmgnnpmssnp |
ggsnmmgsppmgmmgsggsnssnpnnpmpmgs |
snpmgssgmpdns,gmpdns,mpdns,pdns, |
dns,ns,sm,,g,mgsnp,,g,,s,gsnpm,,p,m,mgsgm || (BrOva)

CiTTa swaram

pdnS Sndn pddn pmgs | pmgm gssn. smgm p,,, ||
mmgs sgmp dnpd nSGM | GS,S dnp, pmgs ,sgm ||

Meaning:
Oh Karunaakaraa (a name for Vishnu), is it a heavy burden for you to protect a single soul like me? You are the whole universe itself and as Krishna showed it all to be in your stomach. Have you not lovingly borne for the sake of the Devas the whole weight of Mount Mandara when the ocean was churned, and have you not lifted Mount Govardhan for the sake of Gopis?

Notation:
Notation available here at Shivkumar Kalyanaraman's Krithi Archive. Also, listen to the music class here.

Other information:
Lyrics contributed by Lakshman Ragde. Swaras contributed by TV Gopalakrishnan.