रामचन्द्राय जनकराजजा
Ramachandraya Janaka Rajaja
Bhadrachala Ramadasu's sung mangalam for Rama, Sita's beloved.
समर्पितभगवान रामraamachandraaya janakaraajajaa manoharaaya.maamakaabheeshtadaaya mahitamanggalam (1)
kosaleshaaya mandahaasa daasaposhanaaya.vaasavaadivinuta sadvaraaya manggalam (2)
chaarumegharoopaaya chandanaadicharchitaaya.haarakatakashobhitaaya bhoorimanggalam (3)
lalitaratnakundalaaya tulaseevanamaalikaaya.jalajasadrishadehaaya chaarumanggalam (4)
devakeesuputraaya devadevottamaaya.chaavajaataguruvaraaya sarvamanggalam (5)
pundareekaakshaaya poornachandraananaaya.andajaatavaahanaaya atulamanggalam (6)
vimalaroopaaya vividhavedaantavedyaaya.sumukhachittakaamitaaya shubhamanggalam (7)
raamadaasamridulahridayataamarasanivaasaaya.svaamibhadragirivaraaya sarvamanggalam (8)
रामचन्द्राय जनकराजजा का अर्थ
An eight-stanza mangalam by the seventeenth-century devotee Ramadasu. It blesses Rama of Bhadrachalam while also weaving in Vishnu and Krishna epithets, as transmitted in the cited recension.