Eshtu sAhasavanta

This wonderful lyric has 21 charanas and describes some parts of ‘Sundara kanda’ of Valmiki Ramayana. 
All the charanas are beautifully rendered by Shri Vidyabhushana. 

Composed By  Shri Vadirajaru 

eShTu sAhasavaMta nIne balavaMta
diTTa mUruti bhaLire bhaLire hanumaMta /pa/

aTTuva KaLarede meTTi tuLidu tale
kuTTi ceMDADida diTTa nInahudo /anupa/ (pa)

rAmarappaNeyiMda sharadhiya dATi
A mahA laMkeya kaMDe kirITi
svAmikAryava prEmadi naDeside
I mahiyoLu ninagArai sATi /1/


dUradiMdasurana puravane nODi
bharadi shrIrAmara smaraNeya mADi
hAride haruShadi saMharisi laMkiNiyanu
vArijamuKiyanu kaMDu mAtADi /2/ (pa)


rAmara kShEmava ramaNige pELi
tAmasa mADade mudrike nIDi                         
prEmadiM jAnaki kuruhanu koDalAga
A mahA vanadoLu phalavanu bEDi /3/

kaNNige priyavAda haNNanu koydu
haNNina nevadali asurara hoydu
paNNapaNNane hAri negenegedADuta
baNNisi asurara balavanu muridu /4/ (pa)

shRuMgAra vanadoLage idda rakkasara
aMgavanaLiside atiraNashUra
nuMgi astragaLa akShaya kuvarana
bhaMgisi bisuTiyo baMda rakkasara /5/

dUru pELidarella rAvaNanoDane
cIrutta karesida iMdrajituvane
cOrakapiyanu nI hiDitahudennuta
shUrara kaLuhida nijasutanoDane /6/(pa)

piDidanu iMdrajitu kaDukOpadiMda
heDemuri kaTTida brahmAstradiMda
guDuguDuguTTuta kiDikiDiyAguta
naDedanu laMkeya oDeyaniddeDege /7|


kaMDanu rAvaNanuddaMDa kapiyanu
maMDeya tUgutta mAtADisidanu
bhaMDu mADade biDenODu kapiyene
gaMDugaliyu duridurisi nODidanu /8/ (pa)   

ChalavyAko ninagiShTu elavo kODaganE
neleyAvudu heLO ninnoDeyanesaranna
balavaMta rAmara baMTa baMdiheno
halavu mAtyAko hanumanu nAne /9/

baDa rAvaNane ninna baDidu hAkuvEnO
oDeyanappaNeyilla eMdu tALidEnO
huDiyELisuvenu Kulla rakkasane

toDeveno ninna paNeya akSharava /10/(pa)

ninnaMtha dUtaru rAmana baLiyoLu
inneShTu maMdi uMTu hELo nI tvariya
nannaMtha dUtaru ninnaMtha prEtaru
innUru munnUru kOTi kELariya /11/


kaDu kOpadiMdali KooLarAvaNanu
suDireMda bAlava sutti vasanava
oDeyana mAtige taDebaDeyillade
oDane muttidaru gaDimaneyavaru /12/(pa)

taMdaru vasanava taMDataMDadali
oMdoMdu mUTe eMbattu kOTiyali
chaMdadi haraLina tailadoLaddisi
niMda hanumanu bAlava beLesuta /13/

shAlu sakalAtiyu sAladeyiralu
bAlera vastrava seLedutArenalu
bAlava nillise beMkiyaniDutali
kAlamRutyuva keNakidaralli /14/(pa)


kuNikuNidADuta kUgi bobbiDuta
iNukinODuta asuraran aNakisuta
JaNaJaNaJaNarene bAladagaMTeyu
manadi shrIrAmara pAdava neneyuta /15/

maMgaLaM shrIrAmachaMdra mUrutige
maMgaLaM sItAdEvi charaNaMgaLige
maMgaLavenuta laMkeya suTTu
laMGisi asurana gaDDake hiDida /16/(pa)      

hottitu asurana gaDDa mIsegaLu
suttitu hogE brahmAMDa kOTiyoLu
chittadi rAmaru kopisuvaru eMdu
chittadi naDedanu arasaniddeDege /17/


sIteya kShEmava rAmarigELi
prItiyiM koTTakuruha karadalli
sEtuve kaTTi chaturaMga balasaha
muttitu laMkeya sUregaiyutali /18/(pa)

heggaLavAyitu rAmara daMDu
muttitu laMkeya kOTeya kaMDu
heggada kAyvara nuggu mADutire
Jaggane pELdaru rAvaNagaMdu /19/

rAvaNa modalAda rAkShasara koMdu
bhAvashuddhadali vibhIShaNa bALeMdu
dEvi sIteyanoDagoMDu ayOdhyadi
dEva shrIrAma rAjyavALidaru /20/(pa)


shaMKadaityana koMde sharaNu sharaNayya
shaMKagiriyali niMda hanumaMtarAya
paMkajAkSha hayavadanana kaTAkShadi
biMkadi paDedeyo ajanapadaviya /21/ (pa)