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29 dheera shankaraabharaNam janya
Aa: S R2 G3 M1 P D2 P S
Av: S N3 P M1 R2 G3 M1 R2 S

taaLam: aadi
Composer: Tyaagaraaja
Language: Telugu

pallavi

telisi rAma cintanatO nAmamu sEyavE O manasA

anupallavi

talapu lanni nilipi nimiSamaina tAraka rUpuni nija tatvamulanu

caraNam 1

rAmAyaNa capalakSula pEru kAmAdula pOru vAru vIru
rAmAyaNa brahmamunaku pEru AmAnava jananArtulu dIru

caraNam 2

akramanucu jilleDu taru pEru markaTa buddhu leTla dIru
arkuDanucu bhAskaruniki pEru kutarkamanu andhakAramu dIru

caraNam 3

ajamanucu mESamunaku pEru nija kOrika lElA gIDEru
ajuDani vAgIshavaruniki pEru vijayamu galgunu tyAgarAja nutuni

ciTTaswaram

r,,r gmrg mpm-g ,mrs | r,,, ,,n.p rs,n srgm ||
r,rp mpdd pmp-g mrn.s | rgmp ,mgm pddp p,,, ||
rrgm pmdp Snp-R Snpm | rgmd p-RSn SRGM R,,, ||
RR-SM GMPM GMRS nRSn | p-Snp np-RS npm-g mrn.s ||
(telisi)

Meaning:by PT Rajalakshmi
pallavi: telisi - knowing
cintanatO - with thoughts
nAmamu - name (japa)
cEyavE - do
manasA - mind

Keeping thoughts of Rama steady in the mind, say his name steadily (even for one minute), oh mind.

anupallavi: talapulanni - your thoughts (anni - all)
nilipi - stopping
nimisha - minute
maina - even, only
tAraka roopuni - rama
nija - real
tattvamulanu - (tattva-way) his sayings and doings

Even for one minute, steadily thinking thoughts of his doings, say the name of Rama

caraNam 1: capalakSula - moving eyes all the time (aksha - eye)
ramayani - Rama is
pEru - name
kAmAdula - those with bad thoughts, desires
pEru - anem
vAru - those people
vEru - it is different

Rama is the name of girls with eyes moving all the time. The name of those with bad thoughts and desires is different.

ramayani - Rama is
brahamunaku - Brahmam's
peru - name
a manava - those souls
janartula - sincere people (jana - people, arthi - sincere tapas or thinking)
teeru - make disappear, destroy

Rama is Brahmam's name. It will make the troubles of those who do sincere tapas disappear.

caraNam 2: arkamanucu - milk-weed plant, called arka
jilledu - milk-weed, a tree for Pillayar
taru - tree
peru - name
markata - monkey
buddu - mind
etula - how
teeru - go away
When saying arka, if the mind thinks of milk-weed, how will monkey-like thoughts go away?

arkuDanucu - surya, also called arka
bhaskaruniki - sun
peru - name
tarkamanu - unnecessary arguments
andakaramu - darkness, ignorance
teeru - go away
When saying arka, if the mind thinks of the sun, the ignorance of unnecessary thoughts will disappear.

caraNam 3: ajamanucu - the male goat, called aja
mEsamu - male goat
peru - name
nija - real
korika - wants
elagu - how
eederu - achieve

When saying aja, if the mind thinks of the he-goat, how will real wants be achieved?

ajuDani - Lord Brahma, also called ajan
vAgIshavaruniki - consort (ishvaran) of saraswati (vak) also
pEru - name
vijayamu - success
galgunu - will come
tyAgarAja nutuni - praised by this tyagaraja

When saying aja, if the mind thinks of Lord Brahma, it will attain success. (Chant the name of Rama, praised by this tyagaraja)

Also here.

Notation:
Notation in English is available on page 1, page 2, and page 3. Notation in Tamil is here on page 1, page 2, page 3, page 4, and page 5.

Other information:
Lyrics and notation in English contributed by Lakshman Ragde. Notation in Tamil from Ganamruta Kirtanamala Vol II by AS Pancapakesha Iyer.