Book 2 Canto 1 & 2

Sri Rama Lila: Ramayana... Book 2: Ayodhya Kanda - Book of Ayodhya... Canto 1: Impending Coronation... Canto 2: Kaikeyi Contrives... Vanamali Mataji sings her original love poems... ANAATHAYAKKARUTE IVALE (Raga – Bhim Plas) Annatheyakkarute ivale, annatha rakshakane Shoure, anaatha rakshakane! Ee marubhumiyil ninne thedi Janma janmangalayi jaan alayunnu, Vadi kozhinjoru ajnatha pushpam jaan Nin sannidanathil vannu chernu, Ninte poojayil engine cherkkum, Nin thirumumbil jaan engine nilkkum Annatheyakkarute ivale… Jeevitha melayil vazhi thetti vannu jaan, Bheekara swapnathil, samvatsarangalai, Kai neeti enne karakayattan nee, Arukil varille karunanithe, Odi varille Lakshmi pathe, Annatheyakkarute ivale… Mata Pathi bandu enikku nee maatram, Putra poutratikal neethan kanmani, Chorabandangale samthyajichittu jaan, Nin paadam maatram aashrayichu, Sweekarikille nee priya Vanamali, Odi varu Kanna! Priya Vanamali! Annatheyakkarute ivale… O Shoure (Krishna)! Please don’t make me an orphan! O thou who art the sole support of the abandoned! Please don’t make me an orphan! Birth after birth have I wandered through the desert of life, Searching for Thee, I’m but an unknown flower, faded and worn, Unknowingly I have reached thy doorstep, How can I offer myself to thee? How can I be used in they puja? O Shoure! (Krishna)! Help of the helpless! Please don’t abandon me! In the carnival of life I missed my way And fell into a nightmare that lasted for eons! O Lord of Lakshmi! Wilt thou not stretch thy hand and haul me to the shore? O Ocean of compassion! Wilt thou not come running to save me? O thou delight of my eyes! Thou alone art my mother, husband, friend and relation, No sons or grandsons do I have other than thee! Having given up all my blood relations, I have sought refuge at thy feet alone, Will thou not accept me O Beloved Vanamali, Wilt thou not come running to me, my darling Vanamali!