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𑌏 𑌤𑍀𑌰𑍁𑌗 𑌨𑌨𑍁 𑌦𑌯 𑌚𑍂𑌚𑍇𑌀𑌦𑌵𑍋

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🕉️ carnatic·📿 1× repetitions·🕐 Early morning or evening bhajan; on Sri Rama Navami and in times of guilt or fear·📜 Kirtana of Bhadrachala Ramadasa in raga Nadanamakriya, Adi tala (Telugu, 17th century CE)

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Origin & Story

Kirtana of Bhadrachala Ramadasa in raga Nadanamakriya, Adi tala (Telugu, 17th century CE) · Bhadrachala Ramadasa (Kancherla Gopanna) · c. 1620-1688 CE

Ramadasa built Rama's temple at Bhadrachalam and paid for it with twelve years in the Golconda dungeon. His kirtanas from those years swing between complaint and adoration; this one stands at the still point — the recognition that no effort of his own could ferry him across the sea of birth and death, and that the mercy of the lotus-eyed Lord must do it. Bhajan traditions across South India have sung it ever since.

✦ As told in scripture

Tradition holds that Rama himself, with Lakshmana, redeemed Ramadasa from prison by paying his debt in divine coin — mercy answering exactly the question this song asks, 'in what manner will you show me your grace?' Devotees of the bhajan sampradaya sing it at dawn, and say the Name repeated at each line's end carries the singer over troubles the way the Lord's bridge crossed the sea.

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Verse 1

𑌏 𑌤𑍀𑌰𑍁𑌗 𑌨𑌨𑍁 𑌦𑌯 𑌚𑍂𑌚𑍇𑌀𑌦𑌵𑍋, 𑌇𑌨𑌵𑌂𑌶𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌮 𑌰𑌾𑌮𑌾 𑌨𑌾 𑌤𑌰𑌮𑌾 𑌭𑌵 𑌸𑌾𑌗𑌰𑌮𑍀𑌦𑌨𑍁, 𑌨𑌲𑌿𑌨 𑌦𑌲𑍇𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌣 𑌰𑌾𑌮𑌾 ॥ 𑌏 𑌤𑍀𑌰𑍁𑌗 ॥

ē tīruga nanu daya cūcedavō, inavaṃśōttama rāmā nā taramā bhava sāgaramīdanu, nalina dalēkṣaṇa rāmā ॥ ē tīruga ॥

Meaning:किस रीति से तुम मुझ पर दया-दृष्टि करोगे, हे सूर्यवंश-शिरोमणि राम? क्या यह मेरे बस की बात है कि भवसागर तैर जाऊँ, हे कमल-दल-नयन राम?

Verse 2

𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀 𑌰𑌘𑍁 𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌨 𑌸𑍀𑌤𑌾 𑌰𑌮𑌣𑌾, 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌤𑌜𑌨 𑌪𑍋𑌷𑌕 𑌰𑌾𑌮𑌾 𑌕𑌾𑌰𑍁𑌣𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌲𑌯 𑌭𑌕𑍍𑌤 𑌵𑌰𑌦 𑌨𑌿𑌨𑍁, 𑌕𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌦𑌿 𑌕𑌾𑌨𑍁𑌪𑍁 𑌰𑌾𑌮𑌾 ॥ 𑌏 𑌤𑍀𑌰𑍁𑌗 ॥

śrī raghu nandana sītā ramaṇā, śritajana pōṣaka rāmā kāruṇyālaya bhakta varada ninu, kannadi kānupu rāmā ॥ ē tīruga ॥

Meaning:हे रघुकुल-नंदन, सीता-रमण, आश्रितजनों के पोषक राम; हे करुणा के धाम, भक्तों को वर देनेवाले — तुम्हीं मेरी जननी हो और तुम्हीं मेरे नयनों का सर्वस्व, हे राम।

Verse 3

𑌕𑍍𑌰𑍂𑌰𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌮𑌮𑍁𑌲𑍁 𑌨𑍇𑌰𑌕 𑌚𑍇𑌸𑌿𑌤𑌿, 𑌨𑍇𑌰𑌮𑍁𑌲𑍇𑌀𑌞𑍍𑌚𑌕𑍁 𑌰𑌾𑌮𑌾 𑌦𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌮𑍁 𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌹𑌾𑌰𑌮𑍁 𑌸𑍇𑌯𑌵𑍇, 𑌦𑍈𑌵 𑌶𑌿𑌖𑌾𑌮𑌣𑌿 𑌰𑌾𑌮𑌾 ॥ 𑌏 𑌤𑍀𑌰𑍁𑌗 ॥

krūrakarmamulu nēraka cēsiti, nēramuleñcaku rāmā dāridryamu parihāramu sēyavē, daiva śikhāmaṇi rāmā ॥ ē tīruga ॥

Meaning:अनजाने मैंने क्रूर कर्म कर डाले — मेरे अपराध मत गिनो, हे राम। मेरी इस दरिद्रता का परिहार करो, हे देव-शिखामणि राम।

Verse 4

𑌵𑌾𑌸𑌵𑌨𑍁𑌤 𑌰𑌾𑌮𑌦𑌾𑌸 𑌪𑍋𑌷𑌕 𑌵𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌨-𑌮𑌯𑍋𑌧𑍍𑌯 𑌰𑌾𑌮𑌾 𑌦𑌾𑌸𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌚𑌿𑌤 𑌮𑌾𑌕𑌭𑌯-𑌮𑍋𑌀𑌸𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌵𑍇 𑌦𑌾𑌶𑌰𑌥𑍀 𑌰𑌘𑍁𑌰𑌾𑌮𑌾 ॥ 𑌏 𑌤𑍀𑌰𑍁𑌗 ॥

vāsavanuta rāmadāsa pōṣaka vandana-mayōdhya rāmā dāsārcita mākabhaya-mosaṅgavē dāśarathī raghurāmā ॥ ē tīruga ॥

Meaning:हे इंद्र-वंदित, रामदास के पालक राम — अयोध्या के राम, तुम्हें प्रणाम! अपनी अर्चना करनेवाले इस दास को अभय दो, हे दाशरथी रघुराम।

Verse 5

𑌗𑍁𑌰𑍁𑌡𑌵𑍁 𑌨𑌾 𑌮𑌦𑌿 𑌦𑍈𑌵𑌮𑍁 𑌨𑍀𑌵𑌨𑌿 𑌗𑍁𑌰𑍁𑌶𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌮𑍍𑌬𑍁𑌲𑍁 𑌰𑌾𑌮𑌾 𑌗𑍁𑌰𑍁𑌦𑍈𑌵𑌮𑍍𑌬𑌨𑌿 𑌯𑍇𑌀𑌰𑍁𑌗𑌕 𑌤𑌿𑌰𑌿𑌗𑍇𑌀𑌡𑍁 𑌕𑍍𑌰𑍂𑌰𑍁𑌡𑌨𑍈𑌤𑌿𑌨𑌿 𑌰𑌾𑌮𑌾 ॥ 𑌏 𑌤𑍀𑌰𑍁𑌗 ॥

guruḍavu nā madi daivamu nīvani guruśāstrambulu rāmā gurudaivambani yerugaka tirigeḍu krūruḍanaitini rāmā ॥ ē tīruga ॥

Meaning:गुरु-शास्त्र कहते हैं — 'गुरु ही तुम्हारे हृदय का दैवत है', हे राम; गुरु को दैवत न पहचानकर मैं भटकता फिरा और क्रूर बन बैठा, हे राम।

Verse 6

𑌨𑌿𑌣𑍍𑌡𑌿𑌤𑌿 𑌵𑍀 𑌵𑌖𑌿𑌲𑌾𑌣𑍍𑌡 𑌕𑍋𑌟𑌿 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌣𑍍𑌡𑌮𑍁𑌲𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍁𑌨 𑌰𑌾𑌮𑌾 𑌨𑌿𑌣𑍍𑌡𑍁𑌗 𑌮𑌦𑌿 𑌨𑍀 𑌨𑌾𑌮𑌮𑍁 𑌦𑌲𑌚𑌿𑌨 𑌨𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌮𑍁 𑌰𑌾𑌮𑌾 ॥ 𑌏 𑌤𑍀𑌰𑍁𑌗 ॥

niṇḍiti vī vakhilāṇḍa kōṭi brahmāṇḍamulanduna rāmā niṇḍuga madi nī nāmamu dalacina nityānandamu rāmā ॥ ē tīruga ॥

Meaning:तुम समस्त ब्रह्मांडों की कोटि-कोटि सृष्टियों में परिपूर्ण हो, हे राम; और भरे हृदय से तुम्हारा नाम स्मरण करते ही नित्य आनंद मिलता है, हे राम।

Verse 7

𑌵𑌾𑌸𑌵 𑌕𑌮𑌲 𑌭𑌵𑌾𑌸𑍁𑌰𑌵𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌿𑌤 𑌵𑌾𑌰𑌧𑌿 𑌬𑌨𑍍𑌧𑌨 𑌰𑌾𑌮𑌾 𑌭𑌾𑌸𑍁𑌰 𑌵𑌰 𑌸𑌦𑍍𑌗𑍁𑌣𑌮𑍁𑌲𑍁 𑌕𑌲𑍍𑌗𑌿𑌨 𑌭𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌦𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌰 𑌰𑌾𑌮𑌾 ॥ 𑌏 𑌤𑍀𑌰𑍁𑌗 ॥

vāsava kamala bhavāsuravandita vāradhi bandhana rāmā bhāsura vara sadguṇamulu kalgina bhadrādrīśvara rāmā ॥ ē tīruga ॥

Meaning:हे इंद्र, कमलभव ब्रह्मा और देवताओं से वंदित राम; समुद्र पर सेतु बाँधनेवाले राम; उज्ज्वल श्रेष्ठ सद्गुणों से विभूषित हे भद्राद्रि के ईश्वर राम!

Verse 8

𑌮𑍁𑌰𑌿𑌪𑍇𑌀𑌮𑍁𑌤𑍋 𑌨𑌾 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌮𑌿𑌵𑌿 𑌨𑍇𑌵𑌨𑌿 𑌮𑍁𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍁𑌗 𑌤𑍇𑌀𑌲𑍍𑌪𑌿𑌤𑌿 𑌰𑌾𑌮𑌾 𑌮𑌰𑍁𑌵𑌕 𑌇𑌕 𑌨𑌭𑌿𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌮𑍁𑌨𑍍𑌚𑍁 𑌨𑍇 𑌮𑌰𑍁𑌗𑍁𑌜𑍋𑌀𑌛𑌿𑌤𑌿𑌨𑌿 𑌰𑌾𑌮𑌾 ॥ 𑌏 𑌤𑍀𑌰𑍁𑌗 ॥ 𑌏 𑌤𑍀𑌰𑍁𑌗 𑌨𑌨𑍁 𑌦𑌯 𑌚𑍂𑌚𑍇𑌀𑌦𑌵𑍋, 𑌇𑌨𑌵𑌂𑌶𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌮 𑌰𑌾𑌮𑌾 𑌨𑌾 𑌤𑌰𑌮𑌾 𑌭𑌵 𑌸𑌾𑌗𑌰𑌮𑍀𑌦𑌨𑍁, 𑌨𑌲𑌿𑌨 𑌦𑌲𑍇𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌣 𑌰𑌾𑌮𑌾

muripemutō nā svāmivi nēvani munduga telpiti rāmā maruvaka ika nabhimānamuncu nē marugujochitini rāmā ॥ ē tīruga ॥ ē tīruga nanu daya cūcedavō, inavaṃśōttama rāmā nā taramā bhava sāgaramīdanu, nalina dalēkṣaṇa rāmā

Meaning:बड़े चाव से मैंने पहले ही कह दिया — 'तुम मेरे स्वामी हो', हे राम; अब भूलना मत, मुझ पर अपना स्नेह-मान बनाए रखना — मैं तुम्हारी शरण में आ छिपा हूँ, हे राम। किस रीति से मुझ पर दया करोगे, हे सूर्यवंशोत्तम राम — क्या मैं अपने बल से यह भवसागर पार कर सकता हूँ, हे कमलनयन राम?

Word-by-Word Meaning

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𑌏 𑌤𑍀𑌰𑍁𑌗 𑌨𑌨𑍁 𑌦𑌯 𑌚𑍂𑌚𑍇𑌀𑌦𑌵𑍋🔊ē tīruga nanu daya cūcedavōIn what manner will you look upon me with mercy?

𑌇𑌨𑌵𑌂𑌶𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌮🔊inavaṃśōttamaO noblest of the Ina (Solar) dynasty.

𑌨𑌾 𑌤𑌰𑌮𑌾 𑌭𑌵 𑌸𑌾𑌗𑌰𑌮𑍀𑌦𑌨𑍁🔊nā taramā bhava sāgaramīdanuIs it within my power to swim across the ocean of samsara?

𑌨𑌲𑌿𑌨 𑌦𑌲𑍇𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌣🔊nalina dalēkṣaṇaO Lord whose eyes are like lotus petals.

𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌤𑌜𑌨 𑌪𑍋𑌷𑌕🔊śritajana pōṣakaNourisher of those who take shelter in you.

𑌕𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌦𑌿 𑌕𑌾𑌨𑍁𑌪𑍁🔊kannadi kānupuYou are the mother who bore me and all that I behold.

𑌨𑍇𑌰𑌮𑍁𑌲𑍇𑌀𑌞𑍍𑌚𑌕𑍁🔊nēramuleñcakuDo not count up my faults.

𑌦𑍈𑌵 𑌶𑌿𑌖𑌾𑌮𑌣𑌿🔊daiva śikhāmaṇiO crest-jewel among the gods.

𑌵𑌾𑌰𑌧𑌿 𑌬𑌨𑍍𑌧𑌨🔊vāradhi bandhanaO binder of the ocean (with the bridge to Lanka).

𑌭𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌦𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌰🔊bhadrādrīśvaraO Lord of Bhadradri — Bhadrachalam.

Benefits of Chanting ए तीरुग ननु दय चूचॆदवो

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A complete surrender-prayer: confession, plea for mercy, and refuge in Rama in a single song.

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Its question — 'can I cross the ocean of samsara alone?' — dissolves self-reliance into humble trust.

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Recalls that dwelling on the Name with a full heart is itself everlasting bliss (nityananda).

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Honours the Guru as God, correcting the wandering mind.

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Sung in the plaintive Nadanamakriya, it is a balm in guilt, poverty and fear, and a favourite of bhajan sampradaya.

How to Chant ए तीरुग ननु दय चूचॆदवो

Repetitions1times

Best TimeEarly morning or evening bhajan; on Sri Rama Navami and in times of guilt or fear

FaceFacing the deity of Rama

Sing as a wave of question and surrender: each line ends by calling 'Rama', so let the Name toll like a bell throughout. Offer the charanams one by one — confession, plea, homage — and close with the refrain, leaving the crossing of the ocean entirely to him. Traditionally in raga Nadanamakriya, Adi tala.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Yes — only the script changes; the words and their meaning are the original. The verse-by-verse meaning, benefits and how-to-chant guidance on this page apply exactly the same.

'In what manner will you look upon me with mercy, O Rama?' The saint asks how — and confesses that crossing the ocean of worldly existence is beyond his own power.

Rama as mother and everything ('kannadi kaanupu'), forgiveness of unknowing sins, removal of poverty, the gift of fearlessness, the Guru as God, the bliss of the Name pervading all universes, and homage to the Lord of Bhadradri.

Bhadrachala Ramadasa (Kancherla Gopanna, c. 1620-1688). It is traditionally sung in raga Nadanamakriya, Adi tala.

Ramadasa strings the whole prayer on the Name itself — every plea returns to 'Rama', enacting his own teaching that remembering the Name with a full heart is everlasting bliss.