Appa Rama Bhakti

Lyrics

Notation

From Shivkumar Kalyanaraman (shivkumar.org)

Pallavi:
Appa Raama Bhakthi Yentho Gopparaa! Maa

Anupallavi:
Tripatalanu Deerchi Kanti Reppavalenu Gachunaa Maa

Charanam:
Kapi Vaaridhi Dhatuna? Kaligi Rota Gattuna?
Aparaadhi Tyagaraju Kaanandamu Hecchunaa!

Meaning (TK Govinda Rao’s book)
How very ("entho") sublime and great ("gopparaa") is the devotion ("bhakthi") to our father ("appa")
Rama!
It arrests ("deerchi") the wandering and aimless mind and protects us ("gaachunaa") just like the
eyelids ("reppava") guarding the eyes ("kanti").
Could the army of monkeys ("kapi") cross over ("dhaatu") the ocean ("vaaridhi") to Lanka?
 Isnt the experience of Bliss ("anandamu") for this sinner ("aparaadhi") Tyagaraja not proof enough
("hetchu") of the glory of Raama Bhakti?

Pallavi:
Appa Raama Bhakthi Yentho Gopparaa! Maa

How very ("entho") sublime and great ("gopparaa") is the devotion ("bhakthi") to our father ("appa")
Rama!

1. ; P M gm G R          || S ;   N - s r gr G      ||
   Ap pa Raa - ma         Bha     kthi Yen- - tho

;G M P          ;;       || ; ;   ;;      pmgr      ||
Go ppa raa!     --          --    --      Maa--

2. gm- P M gm pm gr || S ;        N - s r gr G      ||
   - - Ap pa Raa - - ma Bha       kthi Yen- - tho

;G M P          ; D      || dp P ; md     pmgr      ||
Go ppa raa!     --          --   - Maa-- - - - -

3. gm- P M gm pm gr || srgr       N - s r gr G      ||
   - - Ap pa Raa - - ma Bha       kthi Yen- - tho

gmP   P- mp     dp D     || dn S ,r nd   pmgr       ||
Go-- ppa raa!   -- --       --   -- Maa-- - - - -

4. gm- G sn dpM G R || srgr       N - s r gr G      ||

  - - Ap pa Raa    - - ma    Bha     kthi Yen- - tho

gmP      mpD      pd N     || dn sr sn dn     , d p m || g r
Go--     ppa--    raa! - -    --     --       -- Maa-- -

Anupallavi:
Tripatalanu Deerchi Kanti Reppavalenu Gachunaa Maa

It arrests ("deerchi") the wandering and aimless mind and protects us ("gaachunaa") just like the
eyelids ("reppava") guarding the eyes ("kanti").

;M       D S      S S       || sn D pm - dn S S        ||
 Tri     pa ta    lanu        Deer- chi- Kan - ti

;S       S sn     gr S      || sn D dm - dn S S        ||
 Tri     pa ta    lanu        Deer- chi- Kan - ti

;S       S sn     gr S      || sn D D - ns rs R        ||
 Tri     pa ta    lanu        Deer- chi- Kan - ti

;S       R gm     pm gr || sn D P - dn S S             ||
 Tri     pa ta    lanu    Deer- chi- Kan - ti

snsr     s r - sn D P       || pm n d pm - gm gr s r || gm -
Re--     ppa-va- lenu         Ga- - - chu- naa- - - - - - - -

Charanam:
Kapi Vaaridhi Dhatuna? Kaligi Rota Gattuna?
Aparaadhi Tyagaraju Kaanandamu Hecchunaa!

Could the army of monkeys ("kapi") cross over ("dhaatu") the ocean ("vaaridhi") to Lanka?

; pd     ,P,      P P       || P ;   P mp     dp D     ||
 Kapi    -Vaa     ridhi       Dha    tu na?   -- -

; dm     ,D,      SS        || S ;   N d s nd pm       || (gm)
 Kali     gi      Rota        Ga     ttu na? - - - -

gr- gm , P ,      D P       || P ;   P mp     dn dp    ||
- - Kapi -Vaa     ridhi       Dha    tu na?   -- -

M dm     ,D,      SS        || S ;   N d n Srs nd      ||
- Kali    gi      Rota        Ga     ttu na? - - - -

pm gn , dpP ,     D P       || P ;   P mp     dn dp    ||
- - Kapi -Vaa     ridhi       Dha    tu na?   -- -

M dm     ,D,      SS        || S ;   N r s np D        ||
- Kali    gi      Rota        Ga     ttu na? - - - -

Isnt the experience of Bliss ("anandamu") for this sinner ("aparaadhi") Tyagaraja not proof enough
("hetchu") of the glory of Raama Bhakti?

;S       S sn grS        || sn D P - dn       SS       ||
 A       pa raa- - - dhi Tya-- ga ra-         - ju

S;   sn D    PM     || pm n d pm - gm gr s r || g m
Aa   nan--   damu     He- - - cchu-naa! - - - - - -