CHALLARE RAMACHANDRU - S.RAMANATHAN

Often started from the Anupallavi 'Sompaina manasuto'..




challarE raamachandhru 
raagam: aahiri 

14 vakulaabharaNam janya
Aa: S R1 S G3 M1 P D1 N2 S
Av: S N2 D1 P M1 G3 R1 S

taaLam: caapu
Composer: Tyaagaraaja 
Language: Telugu

pallavi

callarE rAmacandru nIpai pUla

anupallavi

sompaina manasutO impaina bangAru gampalatO manci campakamulanu

caraNam 1

pAmaramulu mAni nEmamutnu ramA manOharuni paini tAmara pUla

caraNam 2

dhAta vinutuDaina sItApati paini cEtulatO pArijAta sumamula

caraNam 3

I jagatini dEva pUjArhamau pUla-rAjilO mEtaina jAji sumamula

caraNam 4

amita parAkramadyu maNikulArNava vimala candrunipai hrtkumuda sumamula

caraNam 5

ennarAni janana maraNamu lEkuNDa manasAra tyAgarAjanutuni paini pUla

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Meaning:
Devotees! Pour gently on Sri Ramachandra - a basketful of choice fragrant Camaka, lotus flowers, eschewing improper actions with traditional discipline. Choose flowers of the highest class available in this world for His worship, of limitless prowess, this Hari rose like the spotless Moon from the ocean of the solar dynasty. Your heart showers the Kumuda flower of devotional emotion on Him, on One who is extolled by Brahma. Shower handfuls of Parijata flowers like rain. To disengage yourself from the endless cycle of birth and death, scatter flowers on Hari, whom Tyagaraja worships wholeheartedly.

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Other information:
Lyrics contributed by Lakshman Ragde. Meaning from Compositions of Tyagaraja by TK Govinda Rao.

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