In the kRti 'jO jO rAma Ananda' – rAga rItigauLa, zrI tyAgarAja puts the Lord the Lord to sleep by
singing lullaby.
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 ???