pAhi parama dayALO-kApi
P pAhi parama dayALO harE mAm
C1 sundar(A)nana mukunda rAghava
purandar(A)di nuta mandar(A)ga dhara (pAhi)
C2 pankaj(A)pta hariN(A)nka nayana
SrI-d(A)nka suguNa 1makar(A)nka janaka mAm (pAhi)
C3 krUra mAnava 2vidAra bhavya kara
nIrad(A)bha su-SarIra mA ramaNa (pAhi)
C4 3nir-vikAra guNa sarva rUpa dhara
4pUrva dEva mada garva bhanjana (pAhi)
C5 pUrNa rUpa kalaS(A)rNava sthita su-
parNa vAhana su-varNa cEla mAm (pAhi)
C6 raksha mAm-aniSam-akshar(A)mRta
ras(A)ksha nirjara su-paksha cApa dhara (pAhi)
C7 ranga nAyaka Subh(A)nga sUrya kula
pungav(A)ri mada bhanga sarvadA (pAhi)
C8 nAga Sayana bhava rOga nASa 5kRpA
rAgadE varada tyAgarAja nuta (pAhi)
O Most merciful Lord hari!
O Beautiful Faced Lord mukunda! O Lord rAghava! O Lord praised by indra and others! O Lord who bore the mandara mountain on his back!
O Lord who has Sun and moon as eyes! O Lord on whose lap lakshmI is seated! O Virtuous One! O Father of cupid!
O Lord who destroyed cruel people! O Lord who causes prosperity! O Lord whose beautiful body resembles rain-cloud! O Beloved of lakshmI!
O Immutable Lord! O Lord who is beyond qualities! O Lord who is embodied in all forms! O Lord who destroyed the arrogant pride of asuras!
O Lord who is the embodiment of the Whole! O Lord abiding in the Ocean of Milk! O Lord whose carrier is garuDa! O Lord who wears golden (hued) garments!
O Imperishable Lord! O Lord with nectarine Eyes! O Lord who has untiring shoulders (OR One who is on the side of celestials)! O Wielder of bow!
O Lord ranga nAyaka (of SrI rangam)! O Auspicious bodied! O Lord who destroyed the arrogance of rAvaNa!
O Lord reclining on the bed of SEsha! O Destroyer of the disease called Worldly Existence! O Mercy Crystal (OR) O Ocean of Mercy! O Bestower of Boons! O Lord praised by this tyAgarAja!
Protect me always.
Word-by-word Meaning
P Protect (pAhi) me (mAm), O Most (parama) merciful (dayALO) Lord hari (harE)!
C1 O Beautiful (sundara) Faced (Anana) (sundarAnana) Lord mukunda! O Lord rAghava!
O Lord praised (nuta) by indra (purandara) and others (Adi) (purandarAdi)! O Lord who bore (dhara) the mandara mountain (aga) (mandarAga) on his back!
Protect me, O Most merciful Lord hari!
C2 O Lord who has Sun - Friend (Apta) of Lotus (pankaja) (pankajApta) - and moon - deer (hariNa) marked (anka) (hariNAnka) - as eyes (nayana)!
O Lord on whose lap (anka) lakshmI (SrI-da) (SrI-dAnka) is seated! O Virtuous One (suguNa)! O Father (janaka) of cupid - whose banner (anka) is sea-animal (makara) (makarAnka)!
C3 O Lord who destroyed (vidAra) cruel (krUra) people (mAnava)! O Lord who causes (kara) prosperity (bhavya)!
O Lord whose beautiful body (su-SarIra) resembles (Abha) rain-cloud (nIrada) (nIradAbha)! O Beloved (ramaNa) of lakshmI (mA)!
Protect me, O Most merciful Lord hari!
C4 O Immutable Lord (nir-vikAra)! O Lord who is beyond qualities (nir-guNa)! O Lord who is embodied (dhara) in all (sarva) forms (rUpa)!
O Lord who destroyed (bhanjana) the arrogant (mada) pride (garva) of asuras (pUrva dEva)!
Protect me, O Most merciful Lord hari!
C5 O Lord who is the embodiment (rUpa) of the Whole (pUrNa)! O Lord abiding (sthita) in the Ocean (arNava) of Milk - from where the pitcher (kalaSa) of nectar emerged (kalaSArNava)!
O Lord whose carrier (vAhana) is garuDa - the mighty winged (su-parNa)! O Lord who wears golden (hued) (su-varNa) garments (cEla)!
Protect me (mAm), O Most merciful Lord hari!
C6 O Imperishable Lord (akshara)! O Lord with nectarine (amRta rasa) (aksharAmRta) Eyes (aksha) (rasAksha)! Please protect (raksha) me (mAm) ever (aniSam);
O Lord who has untiring (nirjara) shoulders (su-paksha) (OR One who is on the side of celestials)! O Wielder (dhara) of bow (cApa)!
Protect me, O Most merciful Lord hari!
C7 O Lord ranga nAyaka (of SrI rangam)! O Auspicious (Subha) bodied (anga) (literally limbed) (subhAnga)!
O Lord who destroyed (bhanga) the arrogance (mada) of rAvaNa - the prime (pungava) enemy (ari) (pungavAri) of the Solar (sUrya) dynasty (kula)!
Protect me always (sarvadA), O Most merciful Lord hari!
C8 O Lord reclining (Sayana) on the bed of SEsha - the serpent (nAga)! O Destroyer (nASa) of the disease (rOga) called Worldly Existence (bhava)!
O Mercy (kRpA) Crystal (rAgada) (rAgadE) (OR) O Ocean (sAgara) of Mercy (kRpA)! O Bestower of Boons (varada)! O Lord praised (nuta) by this tyAgarAja!
Protect me, O Most merciful Lord hari!
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ప. పాహి పరమ దయాళో హరే మాం
చ1. సుందరానన ముకుంద రాఘవ
పురందరాది నుత మందరాగ ధర (పా)
చ2. పంకజాప్త హరిణాంక నయన
శ్రీదాంక సు-గుణ మకరాంక జనక మాం (పా)
చ3. క్రూర మానవ విదార భవ్య-కర
నీరదాభ సు-శరీర మా-రమణ (పా)
చ4. నిర్వికార గుణ సర్వ రూప ధర
పూర్వ దేవ మద గర్వ భంజన (పా)
చ5. పూర్ణ రూప కలశార్ణవ స్థిత సు-
పర్ణ వాహన సువర్ణ చేల మాం (పా)
చ6. రక్ష మామనిశమక్షరామృత
రసాక్ష నిర్జర సు-పక్ష చాప ధర (పా)
చ7. రంగ నాయక శుభాంగ సూర్య కుల
పుంగవారి మద భంగ సర్వదా (పా)
చ8. నాగ శయన భవ రోగ నాశ కృపా
రాగదే వరద త్యాగరాజ నుత (పా)