Swami Ramanuja Suprabatham

Swami Ramanuja  Suprabatham

An attempt to translation

By

P.R.Ramachander

(By accident I located this   great work  in https://srimannarayana108.blogspot.in/2014/01/sri-bhagavat-ramanuja-suprabatham.html. In that blog it is felt that   this could also have been written by the author of  Sri Venkatesa suprabatham. But unlike that work,  this is little difficult to follow.

It s a wake up  song of Saint Ramanuja   who is the founder  of Visishtadvaitha  Philosophy whose  1000^th   birth anniversary   was celebrated   recently,Please excuse  me if I have made any mistakes)

1.Kausalya  Supraja Rama  poorvaa sandhyaa  pravarthathe  ,

Uthishta  nara  SArdhoola  karthavyam   Daivam Ahneekam

Matha   samastha  jagathaam   Madhu kaida  bhare,

Vaksho viharini  Manohara   Divya moorthe  ,

Sri SWamini    sritha jana  priya dhana   sheele  ,

Sri Lakshmanesa dayithe   thava  suprabatham,

THava suprabatham  aravinda lochane,

BHavathu prasanna  mukha Chandra  mandale,

Vidhi  sankarendra  vanithabhi vandithe  ,

Yathi raja  nadha Dayithe , thava  suprabatham.

Oh good son of Kausalya , the early   dawn has started   working  ,

Oh  Lion among men  , pleae perform you early  morning   rituals,

Oh  mother i of the entire  universe   who killed Madhu and Kaidaba ,

Who  plays on the chest   of the very  pretty form of Vishnu  ,

Who is   the mistress   who is charitable to those   who surrender to her ,

A very good morning to you   who is the consort of   God of Lakshmana.

A good morning to you   oh lotus eyed one  ,

May you are   full moon like have a pleased look,

Oh Goddess  who is saluted  , By Brahma, Lord Shiva  , Indra and other  goddesses,

Oh Goddess  of Ramanuja, the king of saints, A very good morning   to you.

1.Jaya jaya    yathi sarva bhouma  amalaswantha thubhyam nama,

Jaya jaya Jani sindhu  magnathma santharakaagraamani,

Jaya jaya bhajaneeya kooresa   mukhyai   praseedha prabho  ,

Jaya jaya   vidhushaam   nidhe , jaagruhi srinidhe, Jaagruhi

Hail hail  oh great    saint  , who is  pure  and auspicious , my salutations to you,

Hail, hail   oh saint who used   to   dip down in the well  to collect water

Hail, hail Oh Saint who is praised   by Kooresa and other disciples ,   be pleased  with me,

Hail hail  , the treasure  of wise people, Please get up  treasure of  auspiciousness , please  get up

2.Poornaaya   poorna karunaa  parilabdha  Bodhaa,

Vairagya    bakthi mukha divya guna amruthabdhe ,

Sri yamunarya  pada pankaja   Raja hamsa ,

Ramanujarya  bhagawan  , thava  suprabatham.

Oh  completely wise one  who is blessed  with complete mercy 

Who is detached , has devoted   and blessed qualities like an ocean of nectar  ,

Who is the royal swan of the   lotus  like   feet of  Yamunacharya ,

Oh God   like Ramanuja  , a very good morning to you

3.Aanethu madhayaa   varadasya gajadribarthu,

Paaneeya  macha mathi  seethe magaadha  krupaath,

Dwantham  nirasthamarunasya karai  samanthaath,

Ramanujarya  bhagawan  , thava  suprabatham.

He who should  go  for the sake Varada   who is master  of Gajendra ,

And  get   pure cool water   from   a very deep well .

At    very early   morning      when the  infant   sun rises  ,

Oh God   like Ramanuja  , a very good morning to you

4.Sri Ranga Raja pada  pankajayo asesha -,

Kainkaryamaakalayithum   sa kuthoohalasthvam  ,

Uthishta   nithya vidhi  mapya makilancha karthum,’

Ramanujarya  bhagawan  , thava  suprabatham.

You await with great joy , the  daily  complete service  ,

To the lotus  like   feet of Lord   Ranga   Raja,

And so please   get up  to complete   your daily  rituals  ,

Oh God   like Ramanuja  , a very good morning to you

5.THwaam veekshithum   samupayaathi   Vrushaa  chalendra,

Thwad samprakluptjavara sankha   radhaanga paani,

SAmyojithaamurasi maam   bhava thaiva   vibrath,

Ramanujarya  bhagawan  , thava  suprabatham.

You are seeing    the approaching  lord of  the king of mountains,

Who for seeing   you   has come with   conch and the wheel,

Prepared  himself    to  face your   restlessness  ,

Oh God   like Ramanuja  , a very good morning to you

6.Srimad kuranga   paripoorna vibusthwa  duktham,

Sri   bashya sastramamamala,   thwayi bhakthi yuktha,

Srothum   samichathi  yatheendra  , sithrdhwa  pundra  ,

Tham bodanartha makhilam 

The   thirukuran kudi Nambi  , who is a great sage ,

Wearing   the urdhwa  pundra   with great   devotion to you,

Is   preparing  to  listen to   your   great  talk  on the  Sri Bashya ,

Which you are   teaching  , a very good morning to you

7.Sri bashyamaalikithu maatha visaala lekhya,

Sri vathsa   chihna   guru  natha divya   gathra,

Vedantha suthramapi  vakthu mushya  sarvam,

Uthishta  Lakshmana mune , thava supravatham,

For helping   in the   detailed   writing  of Sri Bhashya,

By his Guru  wearing the   symbols of sri vathsa on his divine body,

Kuresa   is    chanting all the  verses  of vedantha.

And  to you oh sage  Lakshmana   a very   good morning.

8.SRiman sapoorna vatu raatdaratha pragruhyaa,

Sri padhukaam   yathipathe padayo prayokthum,

Dwaari sthithammvi thanuthe pranathaarthi haarin,

Ramanujaarya bhagawan , thava   suprabatham.

For understanding the  complete   the works of the king of saints,

Oh king of sages,  and  for catching  the slippers of your feet,

In your door are   waiting  those   who want to get rid of their sufferings ,

Oh  God like   teacher   Ramanuja, a very good morning  to you

9.Kashaya  vasthra  kati suthra kamandaluscha,

Sri Dantha kashtamapi   Desika  SArva  BHouma,

Paanou nidhaya   nivasanthi visudha  Gathraa,

Ramanujarya  , bhagawath  thav a suptrabatham.

Thinking   that  having  ochre robe  , hip thread  and Water pot,

Are needed by  you  the great saint , The great  and learned Desika,

Holding   all of them  is waiting   for you to come  with a    pure body,

Oh  God like   teacher   Ramanuja, a very good morning  to you

10.THwaam bodhayanthi gurava pradhithaa mahaanthaa,

Sri Vaishnavaacha yadhinasthava   paadha  baktha,

Ekandhinascha vimalathava thathwananya  bhavaa,

Thaan palayaadhya yathi sekhara  , suprabatham

AS a Guru  you teach  great  many advanced   scholars,

AS a  Vaishnavite   Saint   there  are  many who are  devoted to your feet,

AS a  saint  there are many who  learn your philosophy,

Oh great saint   to protect all of them,  a good morning to you

11.Brahme   prabudhya  vibudhaa  swa guroon  pranamya,

Ramanujaya  nama   ithya sakruth  broovaana  ,

AShtaksharam  sa charama   dwayam  ucharanth,

Ramanujarya bhagwath   thava suprabatham

The wise  people   get up early morning and salute  their guru,

And   with a good heart    say  “ I salute   Ramanuja”

And  chant  Ashtaksharam   and the  charama  slokas,

Oh   great   Ramanuja   who is like god , a  good  morning   to you

12.Pratha  padanthi  parama  dravida prapanna  Gayathri,

Manthra   satha mashta siraskamacham,

Sri Vaishnavaa  thava  padabja  nivishta  bhavaa

Ramanujarya   bhagawath  thava suprabatham

IN the morning    those divine  persons chant,

Prapanna Gayathri  one hundred and eight times,

And those  Vaishnavas   are waiting  with intent to see  you,

Oh Great Ramanuja who is like god  A good morning  to you

13.Aaraadhanam rachayithum  kamalaa sakhasya,

Sri Yadhava chala pathe vividhopacharai,

Pathum cha  drushti kamalena Nathan aseshaath,

Ramanujarya bhagawath  thava  suprabatham

The preparations of the worship  with Lakshmi as witness,

Of  the lord of Yadavachala .with various offerings are going on,,

With   the sight  of Lord Vishnu   fully falling on them ,

Oh great  Ramanuja  who is like god  , A very good morning to you

14,Gadhya thrayam nigama shekara   dheepa saarou,

Vedartha sangraham api praditham cha  nithyam,

Geethartha  bhashyam  api   desika  pungavaanaam,

Dathum   praseedha  , Yadhi sekara suprabatham

Oh One who shared  the  Gadhya tryam , Vedantha  Deepika,

The law of  daily rituals   as well as  meaning of vedas

And also  creator of commentry on Gita which is now  with  the Garden of  Teachers.

Be pleased to have a good morning Oh collector of  saints

15.Padambujam yathipathe saranam viharthum,

SAngathya samsara navaridji  aalinganothkaa,

Aapathi hastha kamalaabhi druthopachara.

Thaan paahi they lkarunayaa thava  suprabatham

The lotus like feet of the king of seers is taken for surrender,

And for the sake of    crossing   the ocean of Samsara  in a boat,

And several speedy   worships  are  offered to your hands giving protection,

And let that hand protect  us with mercy , A good morning to you for that

16.Sthothum   kavera thanaya saileshu  sishyai,

AAcharya poorusha varair yathibhir vishudhai,

Sri Vaishnavaischa saha sevya mahanubhavai,

Ramanujarya BHagavath thava  supravatham

Praying   to the   Son of Cauvery    the disciples of

The   great Acharya   who is the saint are  bathing,

Along with several    great  people   following  Sri Vaishnava sampradhaya

And Oh great   God like  Guru Ramanuja, a good  morning to you

17.Ramanujarya   ramaneeya  gunaabhi rama,

Raghadhi dhooraka guro guru  sarva  bhouma

SAthva pradhaana saranagatha   vathsala  thwath,

Padabjyoriha parathraya  kinkarasyaam

OH acharya   Ramanuja   with   pretty good qualities,

Who keeps   arrachments far away, who is teacher  of teachers, The  great saint ,

Who is one who teaches  Sathva  qualities, who likes  those   who surrender  to him.

Please bless  us so that  we are anxious to do service to you