Jagadananda Karaka (Tyagaraja Pancharatna) — Word-by-Word Meaning

Victory to You, O cause of joy to the whole world, O Lord of the very life-breath of Janaki (Sita)! (This is the first and foremost of Tyagaraja's five Pancharatna kritis, in raga Nata — a garland woven almost entirely of the names and glories of Lord Rama.) O You born in the noble solar line, King of kings and supreme sovereign; treasure-house of all auspicious virtues, worthy to be served by the gods, ever the bestower of all that is good! O faultless One; full and perfect as the moon that gladdens the lily-clusters of the immortals; O divine wish-tree of the gods; O dweller upon the ocean of milk; O One of the most beautiful face whose every word is ambrosia; O Govinda, full of bliss, the refuge and kinsman of His people, the doer of unending good! O nourisher of the nectar born of the lotus of the Vedas; O wind that scatters the rain-clouds that are the foes of the gods; O One borne by the bird-king (Garuda) as steed; O One who dwells in the hearts of true poets; O One worshipped by countless monkey-chiefs; O protector of Lakshmi, born of the ocean and treasured in the crown-vessel of the Vedas. O Rama, extolled by Tyagaraja — victory to You!