bajarE rE maanasaa
raagam: aabhEri

22 karaharapriya janya
Aa: S G2 M1 P N2 S
Av: S N2 D2 P M1 G2 R2 S

taaLam: aadi
Composer: Mysore VaasudEvaacaarya
Language:

pallavi

bhajarE rE mAnasa shrI raghuvIram bhukti mukti pradam vAsudEvam harim
(bhajarE)

anupallavi

vrjina vidUram vishvAdhAram sujana mandAram sundarAkAram
(bhajarE)

caraNam

rAvana mardanam rakSita bhuvanam ravi shashi nayanam ravijAri mathanam
ravijAdi vAnara parivrtam naravaram ratnahAra parishObhita kandgharam

madhyama kaalam

ravi shashi kuja budha guru shukra shanaishcara rAhu kEtu nEtAram
rAjakumAram rAmam pavanajAptam avanijA manOharam
(bhajarE)

Meaning:
pallavi

bhaja rE mAnasa - O mind ! Worship
shrI raghuvIram - Rama, the warrior of the Raghu clan,
bhukti mukti pradam - the giver of both worldly enjoyment and liberation,
vAsudEvam harim - the one who is (also) Krishna and Vishnu,

anupallavi

vRjina vidUram - theone who is far removed from sins,
vishvAdhAram - the foundation of the universe,
sujana mandAram - the wish-fulfilling heavenly tree to good people,
sundara AkAram - the one who has a beautiful form,

caraNam

rAvana mardanam - the one who has destroyed Ravana,
rakSita bhuvanam - the protector of the worlds,
ravi shashi nayanam - the one who has the sun and moon as eyes,
ravijAri mathanam - the killer of Vali (enemy of Sugriva, the son of Surya),
ravijAdi vAnara parivrtam - the one surrounded by the Vanaras beginning with Sugriva,
naravaram - the best among men ( ie king),
ratnahAra parishObhita kandharam - the one whose neck is glowing with a gem-studded necklace,
ravi shashi kuja budha guru shukra shanaishcara rAhu kEtu nEtAram - the leader of the nine planets,
rAjakumAram - the son of the king(Dasaratha)
pavanajAptam - the one dear to Hanuman, son of Pavana(wind),
avanijA manOharam - the one who steals the heart of Sita, daughter of Avani (earth).

Other information:
Lyrics contributed by Lakshman Ragde. Corrections and meaning by Rajani Arjun Shankar.

Song performed for karnATik by Uma Ayyar.