1) brO cEvAr evarurA :

brO cEvAr evarurA 


rAga    :  khamAs                          tAla    : Adi, 2-kAla caukkam
Composer:  Mysore vasudEvAcArya            Language: telugu
Standard transliteration scheme.

pallavi 

brO cEvAr evarurA? ninu vinA, raghuvarA! nannu
nI caraNAmbujamunulE vidajAla karuNAla vAla 

anupallavi 

O caturAnanAdi vandita nIkuparA kElanaiyA 
nI caritamulanu pOgaTalEni nA cinta tIrci varamulichi vEgamE

citta svaram 


sa sa ni da pa da ni sa ni ni da da pa ma pA da ma ga ma pa da 
ni 



sa nI da pa ma ni dA pa ma ga ma pa da ma ga ri sa sa mA ga 
ma pa da mA 

pa da ni sa 



sa ri nI ni ni sa dA da da ni pA da ma pa da ni sa ni da pa ma ga 

ma ni da ni pa da 



mA pa da ni sa mA ga ri sa ri sa ni da pa sa ni da pa ma ga ma 
pa da ni 

charaNam 

sitApatE nApai nIkabhimAnamu lEdA?
vAtAtmajA shR.tapAdA!  nA moralAnu vinarAda

Aturamukha karirAjuni brocina vAsudEvuDe nIvugadA
nA pAtakamella pOgOtti gattiga nAchEyi baTTi viDuvaka
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Meaning:
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Pallavi:
brOcEvArevarurA (who will save)
ninu vina (other than you)
raghuvara (descendent of raghu - rAma in this case)
nanu (me)
Who will save me other than you Oh descendent of Raghu.

Anupallavi:
nee (your) caraNAmbujamula (lotus like feet)
nE viDajAla (I can't leave)
karuNAlavAla (oh treasure of mercy)
I can't leave your lotus like feet Oh treasure of mercy.

CaraNam 1:
O caturAna Adi vandita (Oh, the one who is worshipped by brahma and 
others)
catura + Anana (the one with four faces = brahma)
Adi (starting from or others)
vandita (worshipped)
neeku (to you)
parAkElanayya (parAku Elanu ayya = why aloofness, oh father)
"ayyaa" literally means father, but is used to address a male in general
Oh, the one who is worshipped by great ones starting from brahma, why 
are you so aloof? You are the only one who can save me. If you yourself 
show aloofness, what can I do?

nee (your)
caritamu (life history)
pogaDalEni (inadequacy to praise)
nA (my)
cinta (worry)
teerci (remedy)
varamulicci (varamulu icci = grant boons)
vEgamE (quickly)
My diction is inadequate even to praise and sing your story, I am in such a 
poor state. Please clear my worries and grant my wishes and save me.

CaraNam 2:
seetApatE (oh lord of sita)
nApai (towards me, in this context)
neekabhimAnamu lEdA (neeku abhimAnamu lEdA = don't you have 
affection)
vAtAtmajArchita (vAtAtmaja arcita = worshipped by Hanuman, the 
half-monkey half-man devotee of Rama)
pAdA (feet)
nA (my)
moralanu (lamentation)
vinarAdA (can't you hear)
Oh, lord of sita, don't you have any affection towards me? Oh, the one 
whose feet were worshipped by Hanuman, why don't you listen to my 
lamentation?

bhAsuramuga (gloriously)
kari rAjunu (elephant king)
brOcina (saved)
vAsudEvuDavu (vishNu)
neevu kadA (aren't you)
Aren't you the vishNu who gloriously saved the elephant kind? (referring to 
"gajEndra mOksham")

nA (my)
pAtakamella (all sins)
pOgoTTi (get rid of)
gaTTiga (firmly)
nA chEyi (my hand)
paTTi (hold)
viDuvaka (without leaving)
Cleansing me of all my sins, and without leaving it, holding my hand 
firmly, who will save me, other than you?

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