jO jO rAma Ananda
In the kRti 'jO jO rAma Ananda' – rAga rItigauLa, zrI tyAgarAja puts the Lord the Lord to sleep by
singing lullaby.
P jO jO rAma Ananda ghana jO jO rAma rAma
C1 jO jO dazaratha bAla rAma
jO jO bhUjA lOla rAma (jO)
C2 jO jO raghu kula tilaka rAma
jO jO kuTila tar(A)laka rAma (jO)
C3 jO jO nirguNa rUpa rAma
jO jO suguNa kalApa rAma (jO)
C4 jO jO ravi zazi nayana rAma
jO jO phaNi vara zayana rAma (jO)
C5 jO jO mRdu tara bhASa rAma
jO jO maJjuLa vESa rAma (jO)
C6 jO jO tyAgarAj(A)rcita rAma
jO jO bhakta samAja rAma (jO)
In the kRti 'jO jO rAma Ananda' – rAga rItigauLa, zrI tyAgarAja puts the Lord the Lord to sleep by
singing lullaby.
P jO jO rAma Ananda ghana jO jO rAma rAma
C1 jO jO dazaratha bAla rAma
jO jO bhUjA lOla rAma (jO)
C2 jO jO raghu kula tilaka rAma
jO jO kuTila tar(A)laka rAma (jO)
C3 jO jO nirguNa rUpa rAma
jO jO suguNa kalApa rAma (jO)
C4 jO jO ravi zazi nayana rAma
jO jO phaNi vara zayana rAma (jO)
C5 jO jO mRdu tara bhASa rAma
jO jO maJjuLa vESa rAma (jO)
C6 jO jO tyAgarAj(A)rcita rAma
jO jO bhakta samAja rAma (jO)
Gist
May You Sleep, O Lord rAmA! O Pure Bliss!
May You Sleep, O Lord rAmA! O Lord rAma!
May You Sleep, O Lord rAma - Son of King dazaratha!
May You Sleep, O Lord rAma - Beloved of sItA!
May You Sleep, O Lord rAma – the Most Eminent of the Solar dynasty!
May You Sleep, O Lord rAma – who has curly ringlets!
May You Sleep, O Lord rAma – of the form which is beyond all qualities!
May You Sleep, O Lord rAma – bundle of virtues!
May You Sleep, O Lord rAma – who has Sun and Moon as Eyes!
May You Sleep, O Lord rAma – reclining on the blessed zESa!
May You Sleep, O Lord rAma – who speaks softly!
May You Sleep, O Lord rAma – who donned garb of lovely form (of rAma)!
May You Sleep, O Lord rAma – worshipped by this tyAgarAja!
May You Sleep, O Lord rAma – found in the assembly of devotees!
Word-by-word Meaning
P May You Sleep (jO jO) O Lord rAmA! O Pure (ghana) Bliss (Ananda)! May You Sleep (jO jO) O Lord
rAmA! O Lord rAma!
C1 May You Sleep (jO jO) O Lord rAma - Son (bAla) of King dazaratha!
May You Sleep (jO jO) O Lord rAma - Beloved (lOla) of sItA – daughter of Earth (bhUjA)!
C2 May You Sleep (jO jO) O Lord rAma – the Most Eminent (tilaka) of the Solar (raghu) dynasty
(kula)!
May You Sleep (jO jO) O Lord rAma – who has curly (kuTila tara) ringlets (alaka) (tarAlaka)!
C3 May You Sleep (jO jO) O Lord rAma – of the form (rUpa) which is beyond all qualities (nirguNa)!
May You Sleep (jO jO) O Lord rAma – bundle (kalApa) of virtues (suguNa)!
C4 May You Sleep (jO jO) O Lord rAma – who has Sun (ravi) and Moon (zazi) as Eyes (nayana)!
May You Sleep (jO jO) O Lord rAma – reclining (zayana) on the blessed (vara) zESa – the snake
(phaNi)!
C5 May You Sleep (jO jO) O Lord rAma – who speaks (bhASa) softly (mRdu tara)!
May You Sleep (jO jO) O Lord rAma – who donned garb (vESa) of lovely (maJjuLa) form (of rAma)!
C6 May You Sleep (jO jO) O Lord rAma – worshipped (arcita) by this tyAgarAja (tyAgarAjArcita)!
May You Sleep (jO jO) O Lord rAma – found in the assembly (samAja) of devotees (bhakta)!
Notes –
P – In the book of TSV/AKG, the repeated words 'jO jO rAma rAma' are not given. This needs to be
checked. Any suggestions ???
