Dasarathi Satakam

Dasarathi Satakam (Telugu: దాశరథీ శతకము) is a Telugu Bhakti Satakam, a popular form of Telugu poetry. It was written by Kancharla Gopanna during 17th century. It consists of 104 poems. Dasarathi means son of Dasaratha, who is the mythological Hindu king Rama. The makutam for all the poems at the end dASarathee karuNApayOnidhee! (O son of Dasaratha, the ocean of mercy)

Beginning

Sree raGhurAma, cAru tulasee daLa dhAma, Sama kshamAdi SRM

gAra guNABhirAma, trijagannuta Saurya ramAlalAma, du

rvAra kabaMdha rAkshasa virAma, jagajjana kalmaShArNavO

ttAraka nAma, Bhadragiri dASarathee karuNApayOnidhee!

Some examples

kaMTi nadeetaTaMbu, boDagaMTini Bhadra nagAdhi vAsamun,

gaMTi neelA tanUja nurukArmuka mArgaNa SaMKhacakramul,

gaMTini mimmu, lakshmaNuni gaMTi, gRtArthuDanaiti, nO jaga

tkaMTaka daitya nirdaLana, dASarathee karuNApayOnidhee!

caraNamu sOkinaTTi Sila javvani rUpaguTokka viMta, su

sthiramuga neeTipai girulu dElina dokkaTi viMta, gAni, mee

smaraNa danarcu mAnavulu sadgati jeMdina deMta viMta yee

dharanu? dharAtmajA ramaNa, dASarathee karuNA payOnidhee!

Last poem

In the last verse, he describes himself this way: "Allana Linga Mantri Suthudu(son), Atreya Gothrudu, Adi Sakha , Kancherla Kulothbhavudu, Gopakavindrudu ". His give name was Gopanna . His father was Linganna Mantri (Minister), a surname he kept as a result of one of his forebearers being a minister at the court of a king.^[1]

aLLana lingamanTri suTudaTrija GotrajuDadiSaKa Kam

carla kulOdBvum dambrasiDidanai BhavadamkiTambuGa

NeLaKavul NuTimpa raciYinciti gOpakaVinDrudan Jaga

dvaLaBa Neeku dAsudanu dASarathee karuNApayOnidhee!

Full Text

s:te:దాశరథీ శతకము Full text of Dasarathi Satakam in Telugu Wikisource.

References

1. ^ Bhakta Ramdas of Bhadrachalam.

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