Aa:S R2 G3 M1 P D2 N2 S
Av: S N2 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S

taaLam: jhampa
Composer: Tyaagaraaja
Language: Telugu

pallavi

avatAram enduku Ayasam enduku sivakAmasundari jIvAtmuDavu nIku

anupallavi

siva yOga dAsulaku Ishana trayamu lEka bhuvi dharma puruSArtha ravikOTi tEjOmaya

caraNam

dharaNilO sukha karmamu sthApinci sukha mosaga sara kOdaNDamutO sestra samudAyamutO
karatalamuna udbhavincu shiva gaNa paripAlakuDai vara pancanadamuna tyAgarAja vinuta

Meaning:

pallavi

avatAram - Incarnation
Enduku - why
Ayasam - breathless efforts
Enduku - why
sivakAmasundari - SivakAmasundari
jIvAtmuDavu - life and soul
nIku - for you

anupallavi

siva yOga dAsulaku - people who follow the siva yoga
Ishana - attachments/desires
trayamu - the three (wealth, wife and children)
lEka - not possess
Bhuvi - on this earth
dharma - justice
puruSArtha - the objects that humans aim for
ravikOTi tEjOmaya - shines as million suns

caraNam

dharaNilO - on this earth
sukha karmamu - good actions
sthApinci - to establish
Sukha - happiness/comforts
mosaga - to give
sara kOdaNDamutO - with the bow kOdanDam
sestra samudAyamutO - with a bunch of arrows
karatalamuna - from the hands
udbhavincu - produced
shiva gaNa - the army of Siva
paripAlakuDai - protecting them
vara pancanadamuna - blessed near Panchanadi river banks
tyAgarAja vinuta - praised by tyAgarAja

Summary

This song is questioning rAma, as to why put in efforts to take up these incarnations, while you are the life and soul of Sivakama Sundari, the consort of lot Siva. Oh Rama! with a face shining like a million suns, are you here to remove the three desires (wife, wealth and children) and provide the meaning to life on this earth, for the followers of the Siva yoga. Oh Rama! who is praised by Tyagaraja by the river banks of Panchanada, are you here with the kOdanDa bow and arrows to establish orderly actions and provide happiness to all and to protect the army of Siva that is produced at his fingertips?

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Other information:
Lyrics contributed by Lakshman Ragde. Meaning contributed by Aparna Gunupudi.