Namo Namo Raghukula Nayaka

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Notation

From Shivkumar Kalyanaraman (shivkumar.org)

Pallavi:
namO namO raghu kula nAyaka divija vandya namO namO Sankara nagaja nuta ||

Charanam 1:
vihita dharma pAlaka veera daSaradha rAma gagana vAsinee tATaka mardana
ahalya SApa mOchana asura kula bhanjana sahaja viswAmitra savana rakshaka ||

Charanam 2:
hara kOdanDa hara sitAnganA vallabha khara dooshanAri vAli garvApaha
taraNi tanoojAdi taru chara pAlaka Saradhi langhana kruta soumitri samEta ||

Charanam 3:
biruda rAvaNa SirO bhEdaka vibhishaNa varada sAkEta pura vAsa rAghava
nirupama Sri venkaTa nilaya nija nagara pura vihAra punDarikAksha ||

Meaning:
In this song Annamacharya prays to Lord Rama narrating his great deeds of punishing the wicked and
protecting the pious.
          Salutations (“namO namO”) to the hero (“nAyaka”) of the Raghu dynasty (“raghu kula”)
who is bowed (“vandya”) to by Devatas (“divija”). Salutations to Rama who is worshipped (“nuta”) by
Parvati (“nagaja”) and Parameswara (“Sankara”).
          He is the protector (“pAlaka”) of Dharma (“vihita dharma”). He is the heroic (“veera”) son
of Dasaradha. He is the destroyer (“mardana”) of the demoness Tataki that lived (“vAsinee”) in the
sky (“gagana”). He dispelled (“mOchana”) Ahalya's curse (“SApa”). He is the annihilator
(“bhanjana”) of the demons' race (“kula”). He is the protector (“rakshaka”) of Viswamitra's Yagnam
(“savana”) -vedic sacrifice. Salutations to Him (“namO namO”).
          He lifted (“hara”) Siva"s (“hara”) bow (“kOdanDa”) and became the lord (“vallabha”) of Sita.
He is the enemy (“Ari”) of Khara and Dooshana. He dispelled (“-Apaha”) the pride (“garva-”) of Vali
and protected (“pAlaka”) Sugriva(“taraNi tanoojAdi”) the king of monkeys. He built (“kruta”) the
bridge (“langhana”) across the sea (“Saradhi”). He was along with (“samEta”) his brother Lakshmana
(“soumitri”).
          He earned eternal fame (“SirO bhEdaka”) by destroying (“biruda”) Ravana and blessing
(“varada”) Vibhishana. He lives (“vAsa”) in Saketapuram and is unparalleled (“nirupama”). He dwells
(“vihAra”) in all splendour at the abode (“nilaya”) of the lotus eyed (“punDarikAksha”) Sri
Venkatapati. Salutatios to Him (“namO namO”).

Pallavi:
namO namO raghu kula nAyaka divija vandya namO namO Sankara nagaja nuta ||

Salutations (“namO namO”) to the hero (“nAyaka”) of the Raghu dynasty (“raghu kula”)
who is bowed (“vandya”) to by Devatas (“divija”).

S S   ;–R        S;    || sg M      P M     M ,g   || pmM -S R ;      ; ; || G G     M – S R S ||
Na mO - na       mO       ra- ghu   ku la   nA--      ya- - ka - -     --    di vi   ja van - dya

N S   ;–R        S;        || s g M       P M      M ,g      || pmM -S R ;            ; ; || G G           M – S R S ||
Na mO - na       mO           ra- ghu     ku la    nA--         ya- - ka - -           --    di vi         ja van - dya

N P   ;–R        S;       || ns rs   ns rs        ns rg     || pmM – R        ;;      ; ; ||nnpp mm-gm r r sn ||
Na mO - na       mO          ra- ghu ku la        nA--        ya- - ka                - - di-vi- ja- van- - -dya-

rs rsnp ; – R    S;       || gm pm gm pn          pnS        || S sn    SR            ; ; || rr sn pp- mm r r sn ||
Na mO - na       mO          ra- ghu ku la        nA--          ya-ka   --            - - di-vi- ja- van- - -dya-

Salutations (“namO namO”) to Rama who is worshipped (“nuta”) by Parvati (“nagaja”) and
Parameswara (“Sankara”).

sn rsnp ; – sr    ,-r S     || G M P M            MM         || S ,n     rsN- S       R ; || S ;       ; ;     ; ; ||
Na mO - na         mO          San- kara          naga          ja -    nu- ta         - -    --        --      --

Charanam 1:
vihita dharma pAlaka veera daSaradha rAma gagana vAsinee tATaka mardana
ahalya SApa mOchana asura kula bhanjana sahaja viswAmitra savana rakshaka ||

He is the protector (“pAlaka”) of Dharma (“vihita dharma”).

; mg      ,m–P      ; P || P ;          np – pmM ; ;           || ; ;    ;;        gmpn || P ;       ; ;     ; ;        ||
  vihi    - ta dhar - ma pA-            la- ka - - - -            --     --        -- --   --        --       --

; mg      ,m–P      ; P || P ;          np – pmM ; ;           || ; mg , m – P   ; P || sn P N – S ; ; ||
  vihi    - ta dhar - ma pA-            la- ka - - - -            vihi - ta dhar -ma pA- la- ka - -

… He is the heroic (“veera”) son of Dasaradha.

sn pm     g M- r    ; S || pn rsnp ; -N              S;        || ; ,r , s – S S S || S- sn rs – sn N ; ||
vi-hi -   ta - dhar - ma   pA- - - - la              ka -           vee- ra da Sara dha rA - - ma – - -

sn pm     g M- smR ; S        || pn rsnp ; -N          S;      || ; ,r , s – S S S || S- ns rg Mpm mR , ||
vi-hi -   ta - dhar - ma         pA- - - - la         ka -          vee- ra da Sara dha rA - - - - ma –

He is the destroyer (“mardana”) of the demoness Tataki that lived (“vAsinee”) in the sky (“gagana”).

;gg       , m- R , s N       || n S p -    M- gm , p N || ; g g , m- R , s N || n s n- p M- gm , rs - r ||
gaga      -na vA- -sinee       tA- Ta      ka mar - dana  gaga -na vA- sinee tA- Ta ka mar dana A

He dispelled (“mOchana”) Ahalya's curse (“SApa”).
He is the annihilator (“bhanjana”) of the demons' race (“kula”).
He is the protector (“rakshaka”) of Viswamitra's Yagnam (“savana”) -vedic sacrifice.

R S S p -m g m r s || m r s- g m P –m P ; || m gm –p ,- np n S R || r s n - p , m- mg Mpm gm ||
halya Sapa vi mO-chana asura ku labhanja na saha ja vis wA--mitra savana rak-sha ka - - - -

… Salutations to Him (“namO namO”).

rs sn P – R      S;       || gm pm gm pn          pnS        || S sn    SR            ; ; || rr sn pp- mm r r sn ||
Na mO - na       mO          ra- ghu ku la        nA--          ya-ka   --            - - di-vi- ja- van- - -dya-

sn rsnp ; – sr    ,-r S     || G M P M            MM         || S ,n     rsN- S       R ; || S ;       ; ;     ; ; ||
Na mO - na         mO          San- kara          naga          ja -    nu- ta         - -    --        --      --

Charanam 2:
hara kOdanDa hara sitAnganA vallabha khara dooshanAri vAli garvApaha
taraNi tanoojAdi taru chara pAlaka Saradhi langhana kruta soumitri samEta ||

He lifted (“hara”) Siva"s (“hara”) bow (“kOdanDa”) and became the lord (“vallabha”) of Sita.
He is the enemy (“Ari”) of Khara and Dooshana. He dispelled (“-Apaha”) the pride (“garva-”) of Vali ..

; s s P , - P p – p p || nP - np , np M M -g m || p m- g m p r- s n p m r r || R s- g m P n nP, ||
  hara kO- danDa hara si - tAn-ga-nA vallabha khara doo- -shanA- a ri - -     vAli gar- vApa ha-

... and protected (“pAlaka”) Sugriva(“taraNi tanoojAdi”) the king of monkeys.
He built (“kruta”) the bridge (“langhana”) across the sea (“Saradhi”).
He was along with (“samEta”) his brother Lakshmana (“soumitri”).

n p n – s S S,n Srs S || n s r s n s r -s R ; || ; g g m –R s n – P m || g m P n –r s n p p mr ||
taraNi ta noojA - - - taru chara pA-- la ka –    Sara dhi langha na krutya sou-mitri samE-ta - - -

rs sn P – R      S;      || gm pm gm pn      pnS    || S sn    SR           ; ; || rr sn pp- mm r r sn ||
Na mO - na       mO         ra- ghu ku la    nA--      ya-ka   --           - - di-vi- ja- van- - -dya-

sn rsnp ; – sr   ,-r S    || sn P R S       ,gG     || M ,m pmM- S R ; || S ;            ; ;         ; ; ||
Na mO - na        mO         San- kara      naga       ja - nu- - ta - -  --             --          --

Charanam 3:
biruda rAvaNa SirO bhEdaka vibhishaNa varada sAkEta pura vAsa rAghava
nirupama Sri venkaTa nilaya nija nagara pura vihAra punDarikAksha ||

He earned eternal fame (“SirO bhEdaka”) by destroying (“biruda”) Ravana and blessing (“varada”)
Vibhishana. He lives (“vAsa”) in Saketapuram …

s s s – s , s s – r S – S || s S- r s n p m g pmM r || ; p p m m r – r s- R s ||
biruda rA - vaNa Si rO bhE daka vi bhi-shaNa vara- - da sA- kE - ta pu ra vAsa

… and is unparalleled (“nirupama”). He dwells (“vihAra”) in all splendour at the abode (“nilaya”) of
the lotus eyed (“punDarikAksha”) Sri Venkatapati.

np n s , - s n p M ;     || g m – P n p – n n , S , || ; ;     ;;      ;;           ||
rAghava- nirupa ma          Sri - ven kaTa nila - ya

s s s – s , s s – r S – S || s S- r s n p m g pmM r || ; p p m m r – r s- R s ||
biruda rA - vaNa Si rO bhE daka vi bhi-shaNa vara- - da sA- kE - ta pu ra vAsa

np n s , - s n p M ;     || g m – P n p – n n s- s r - s || n p – pm        pm- mr m- r S ||
rAghava- nirupa ma          Sri - ven kaTa nila ya nija na gara pura        vara vihA-ra - -

g m p n , p – m n p - p m r ||
pun-Dari - - kA- - ksha - -

... Salutations to Him (“namO namO”).

rs sn P – R      S;      || gm pm gm pn      pnS    || S sn    SR           ; ; || rr sn pp- mm r r sn ||
Na mO - na       mO         ra- ghu ku la    nA--      ya-ka   --           - - di-vi- ja- van- - -dya-

sn rsnp ; – sr   ,-r S    || mg pm np sn      snsr   || snpm G pmM- R ; ; || S ;               ; ;      ; ; ||
Na mO - na        mO         San- ka- ra-     na-ga- ja -    - nu- - ta - -  --                --       --