telisi raama - Lyrics

thelisi raama

raagam: poornacandrikaa

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

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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)