Takkuvemi Manaku (Bhadrachala Ramadasa) PDF

तक्कुवेमि मनकू रामुं-डॊक्कडुण्डु वरकू

takkuvēmi manakū rāmuṃ-ḍokkaḍuṇḍu varakū

What can we ever lack, so long as Rama — the One Lord — is ours?

प्रक्कतोडुगा भगवन्तुडु मन चक्रधारियै चॆन्तनॆ उण्डगा ॥ 1 ॥ तक्कुवेमि मनकू ॥

prakkatōḍugā bhagavantuḍu mana cakradhāriyai centane uṇḍagā ॥ 1 ॥ takkuvēmi manakū ॥

When the Lord himself, the bearer of the discus, stands right beside us as our companion — what can we lack?

म्रुच्चुसोमकुनि मुनु जम्पिन आ मत्समूर्ति मनपक्षमुनुण्डगा ॥ 2 ॥ तक्कुवेमि मनकू ॥

mruccusōmakuni munu jampina ā matsamūrti manapakṣamunuṇḍagā ॥ 2 ॥ takkuvēmi manakū ॥

When the Lord in his Fish form (Matsya), who of old slew the thieving Somaka, is on our side — what can we lack?

भूमिस्वर्गमुलु पॊन्दुग गॊलचिन वामनुण्डु मनवाडै युण्डग ॥ 3 ॥ तक्कुवेमि मनकू ॥

bhūmisvargamulu ponduga golacina vāmanuṇḍu manavāḍai yuṇḍaga ॥ 3 ॥ takkuvēmi manakū ॥

When Vamana, who neatly measured out earth and heaven with his strides, is our very own — what can we lack?

दशग्रीवुमुनि दण्डिञ्चिन आ धशरध रामुनि दय मनकुण्डग ॥ 4 ॥ तक्कुवेमि मनकू ॥

daśagrīvumuni daṇḍiñcina ā dhaśaradha rāmuni daya manakuṇḍaga ॥ 4 ॥ takkuvēmi manakū ॥

When the mercy of Dasharatha's Rama, who punished the ten-necked Ravana, rests upon us — what can we lack?

दुष्टकंसुनी दुञ्चिनट्टि श्री कृष्णुडु मनपै गृपतो नुण्डग ॥ 5 ॥ तक्कुवेमि मनकू ॥

duṣṭakaṃsunī duñcinaṭṭi śrī kṛṣṇuḍu manapai gṛpatō nuṇḍaga ॥ 5 ॥ takkuvēmi manakū ॥

When Sri Krishna, who destroyed the wicked Kamsa, watches over us with grace — what can we lack?

रामदासुनि गाचॆडि श्री मन्नारायणि नॆरनम्मियुण्डग ॥ 6 ॥ तक्कुवेमि मनकू ॥

rāmadāsuni gāceḍi śrī mannārāyaṇi neranammiyuṇḍaga ॥ 6 ॥ takkuvēmi manakū ॥

When we trust wholly in Sri Man-Narayana, the protector of Ramadasa — what can we ever lack?