Shri Ramchandra Kripalu Bhaju Man in Malayalam
ശ്രീരാമചന്ദ്ര കൃപാലു ഭജു മൻ
Shri Ramchandra Kripalu Bhaju Man is a five-stanza hymn to Lord Ram by Goswami Tulsidas, pada 45 of his Vinaya Patrika. Below is the complete Shri Ramchandra Kripalu Bhaju Man in Malayalam script, every line also in English letters, with the meaning of each verse in simple English.
- Malayalam script
- 5 verses
- 3 min
- Goswami Tulsidas (Vinaya Patrika, pada 45)
Recite line by line, listen, count with a mala. The reader opens in Malayalam.
ശ്രീരാമചന്ദ്ര കൃപാലു ഭജു മൻ ഹരൺ ഭവഭയ് ദാരുണം। Shri Ramchandra Kripalu Bhaju Man Haran Bhav Bhay Darunam
നവകഞ്ജ്-ലോചൻ, കഞ്ജ്-മുഖ്, കർ-കഞ്ജ്, പദ് കഞ്ജാരുണം॥ Nav Kanj Lochan Kanj Mukh Kar Kanj Pad Kanjarunam
Meaning
O mind, worship compassionate Shri Ramchandra, who removes the dreadful fear of worldly existence. His eyes are like freshly bloomed lotuses; his face, his hands and his feet are like rosy red lotuses.
- ശ്രീരാമചന്ദ്ര Shri Ramchandra
- Lord Ramchandra
- കൃപാലു Kripalu
- compassionate
- ഭജു Bhaju
- worship, sing of
- മൻ Man
- O mind
- ഹരൺ Haran
- remover
- ഭവഭയ് Bhav Bhay
- fear of worldly existence (birth and death)
- ദാരുണം Darunam
- terrible, dreadful
- നവകഞ്ജ് Nav Kanj
- freshly bloomed lotus
- ലോചൻ Lochan
- eyes
- കഞ്ജ്-മുഖ് Kanj Mukh
- lotus face
- കർ-കഞ്ജ് Kar Kanj
- lotus hands
- പദ് Pad
- feet
- കഞ്ജാരുണം Kanjarunam
- rosy like a red lotus
കന്ദർപ അഗണിത് അമിത് ഛവി, നവനീൽ നീരദ് സുന്ദരം। Kandarp Aganit Amit Chhavi Nav Neel Neerad Sundaram
പട് പീത് മാനഹു തഡിത് രുചി ശുചി നൌമി ജനക് സുതാവരം॥ Pat Peet Manahu Tadit Ruchi Shuchi Naumi Janak Sutavaram
Meaning
His beauty surpasses that of countless Kamadevas; he is lovely as a fresh dark rain-cloud. His yellow robe gleams on him like lightning. I bow to that pure one, the husband of Janaka's daughter.
- കന്ദർപ Kandarp
- Kamadeva, god of love
- അഗണിത് Aganit
- countless
- അമിത് Amit
- boundless, surpassing
- ഛവി Chhavi
- beauty, splendour
- നവനീൽ Nav Neel
- fresh dark-blue
- നീരദ് Neerad
- rain-cloud
- സുന്ദരം Sundaram
- beautiful
- പട് പീത് Pat Peet
- yellow garment
- മാനഹു Manahu
- as if
- തഡിത് Tadit
- lightning
- രുചി Ruchi
- lustre, gleam
- ശുചി Shuchi
- pure, holy
- നൌമി Naumi
- I bow to
- ജനക് സുതാവരം Janak Sutavaram
- the husband of Janaka's daughter (Sita)
ഭജു ദീനബന്ധു ദിനേശ് ദാനവ്-ദൈത്യവംശ്-നികന്ദനം। Bhaju Deenbandhu Dinesh Danav Daitya Vansh Nikandanam
രഘുനന്ദ് ആനന്ദകന്ദ് കോസലചന്ദ് ദശരഥ് നന്ദനം॥ Raghunand Anandkand Kosalchand Dashrath Nandanam
Meaning
Worship him, the friend of the helpless, radiant as the sun, who uproots the race of demons; the joy of the Raghus, the root of bliss, the moon of Kosala, the son of Dasharatha.
- ഭജു Bhaju
- worship
- ദീനബന്ധു Deenbandhu
- friend of the humble and helpless
- ദിനേശ് Dinesh
- the sun, radiant as the sun
- ദാനവ്-ദൈത്യവംശ് Danav Daitya Vansh
- the race of demons
- നികന്ദനം Nikandanam
- one who uproots, destroyer
- രഘുനന്ദ് Raghunand
- joy of the Raghu dynasty
- ആനന്ദകന്ദ് Anandkand
- root and source of bliss
- കോസലചന്ദ് Kosalchand
- moon of Kosala
- ദശരഥ് നന്ദനം Dashrath Nandanam
- son of Dasharatha
സിർ മുകുട് കുണ്ഡൽ തിലക് ചാരു ഉദാർ അംഗ് വിഭൂഷണം। Sir Mukut Kundal Tilak Charu Udar Ang Vibhushanam
ആജാനുഭുജ് ശർ-ചാപ്-ധർ, സംഗ്രാം-ജിത്-ഖരദൂഷണം॥ Aajanubhuj Shar Chaap Dhar Sangram Jit Khardushanam
Meaning
A crown is on his head, earrings in his ears, a lovely tilak on his brow, and splendid ornaments on every limb. His arms reach to his knees; he bears bow and arrows; he conquered Khara and Dushana in battle.
- സിർ Sir
- head
- മുകുട് Mukut
- crown
- കുണ്ഡൽ Kundal
- earrings
- തിലക് Tilak
- sacred mark on the brow
- ചാരു Charu
- lovely
- ഉദാർ Udar
- noble, splendid
- അംഗ് വിഭൂഷണം Ang Vibhushanam
- ornaments on every limb
- ആജാനുഭുജ് Aajanubhuj
- with arms reaching to the knees
- ശർ-ചാപ്-ധർ Shar Chaap Dhar
- bearing arrows and bow
- സംഗ്രാം-ജിത് Sangram Jit
- victorious in battle over
- ഖരദൂഷണം Khardushanam
- the demons Khara and Dushana
ഇതി വദതി തുലസീദാസ് ശങ്കർ-ശേഷ്-മുനി-മൻ-രഞ്ജനം। Iti Vadati Tulsidas Shankar Shesh Muni Man Ranjanam
മം ഹൃദയ് കഞ്ജ് നിവാസ് കുരു, കാമാദി ഖൽ-ദൽ-ഗഞ്ജനം॥ Mam Hriday Kanj Nivas Kuru Kamadi Khal Dal Ganjanam
Meaning
Thus says Tulsidas: O delight of the minds of Shiva, Shesha and the sages, you who destroy the wicked band of desire and the other inner enemies, make your home in the lotus of my heart.
- ഇതി Iti
- thus
- വദതി Vadati
- says
- തുലസീദാസ് Tulsidas
- Tulsidas
- ശങ്കർ-ശേഷ്-മുനി Shankar Shesh Muni
- Shiva, Shesha and the sages
- മൻ-രഞ്ജനം Man Ranjanam
- who delights the mind
- മം Mam
- my
- ഹൃദയ് കഞ്ജ് Hriday Kanj
- lotus of the heart
- നിവാസ് കുരു Nivas Kuru
- make your dwelling
- കാമാദി Kamadi
- desire and the other passions
- ഖൽ-ദൽ Khal Dal
- the band of wicked foes
- ഗഞ്ജനം Ganjanam
- destroyer
About Shri Ramchandra Kripalu Bhaju Man
Vinaya Patrika, 'the letter of petition', is Tulsidas's collection of devotional songs to Ram, written as a humble appeal from the poet's heart. Pada 45, set in Raga Gauri and in the flowing Harigitika metre, is its best-known hymn. The language is a heavily Sanskritised Braj, full of compounds and lotus images ('nav kanj lochan, kanj mukh, kar kanj, pad kanjarunam'). So it sounds almost like Sanskrit, yet it is easy to sing.
Questions
Is this the same Shri Ramchandra Kripalu Bhaju Man that is sung in Hindi?
Yes. These are the same Braj words, written in Malayalam letters so you can read them aloud. It is a transliteration, not a translation into Malayalam. The meaning of each verse is given in English.
How was the Malayalam text prepared?
We keep one checked Devanagari edition (Vinaya Patrika of Goswami Tulsidas, pada 45 (Raga Gauri), Gita Press Gorakhpur edition with Hindi bhavarth, as scanned on Hindi Wikisource (विनय पत्रिका.djvu, pages 79–80); cross-checked against Hindi Wikipedia and BhaktiBharat.com) and write it in Malayalam letters with fixed spelling rules, so every verse matches the original letter for letter. The English-letter line is the common singing spelling.