This song is fully in praise of Rama. All adjectives of Rama I will try to translate each adjective of Rama. Otherwise there is no hidden meaning to this song( I think )
rAga: nATa
Composer: Sri Purandara dasa
jaya jAnakI kAMta jaya sAdhu jana vinuta
Victory! To Janaki’s beloved Victory! To one who is praised by good people.
Jaya= victory
Janaki = Sita ( Lord Rama’s wife, Janaka’s daughter)
Kanta = beloved
Sadhu = good/sage
Jana = people
Vinuta = ( couldn’t get exact meaning someone here can elaborate. Nuta in Sanskrit is praised, vineeta is humble, vinuth is name of vishnu. All these found in Sanskrit dictionary)
jayatu mahimAnaMta jaya bhAgyavaMta | jaya jaya ||pa.||
Victory to you whose glory is infinite, victory to the one who has a good destiny
Jayatu = victory to you
Mahimimananta = mahima( glory/fame)+ ananta( infinite/ endless)
Bhagyavanta= ( Bhagya is destiny, could mean bestower of good destiny or one who has good destiny or one who is destiny itself)
dasharathAtmaja vIra dashakaMTha saMhAra pashupatIshvara mitra pAvana caritra
One who is born of Dasharatha, brave warrior, who killed RavaNa, friend of Shiva and who is good in conduct
Dasharataatmaja = dasharatha ( Lord Rama’s father ) + atmaja ( born of him ) = Lord Rama
Vira = warrior, brave warrior
Dashakanta = one with ten heads( kantha= neck) = RavaNa
Samhaara = killed, one who killed
Pashupatheeshwara = shiva ( one who is the Lord of paashupataastra?)
Mitra= friend
Paavana = good, holy
Charitra = conduct
kusuma bANa svarUpa kushala kIrti kalApa
The one who is Kama himself, skilfull and with a collection of accomplishments /glory
Kusuma baNa = the one with the flower arrow ( kusuma = flower, BaNa = arrow) = God of love, Kama who is supposed to be very good looking
Kushala = skilfull
Kirthi= fame, renown, glory
Kalaapa = ( I couldn’t find the kannada meaning, ) in Sanskrit among other things it means collection off. In this context I assumed this is right.
asama sAhasa shikSha aMbujadaLAkSha ||1||
One who is second to none in valour, who is humble and has eyes like the lotus petal
Asama= unparalleled, un equaled, second to non
Saahasa = valour
Shiksha = humility ( has many meanings in Sanskrit … Chose what I felt was correct here)
AmbujadaLaaksha = Ambuja ( ambu = water+ ja = born of ; = lotus ) + dala ( petal) + aaksha ( eyes)
sAmagAna vilOla sAdhujana paripAla
One who enjoys the song consisting of the verses of Rigveda set to music and one who look softer the good people/sages
Samagaana = saama ( = rigvedic verses set to music, with notes) + gaana ( song, to sing)
Vilola = enjoys
Sadhu = good/sage
Jana = people
Paripala = one who looks after
kAmitArtha pradAta kIrti saMjAta
One who is capable of giving anything that is desired, and is always associated with glory
Kaamitaartha = whatever is desired ( more explanation needed)
Pradatha = one who gives
sOma sUrya prakAsha sakala lOkAdhIsha
One who is resplendent with a brightness of both sun and moon and is the Lord of all the worlds
Soma = moon
Surya = sun
Prakaasha = bright, light
Sakala = all
Lokadheesha = lokaat ( worlds’) + eesha ( Lord)
shrI mahA raghuvIra siMdhu gaMbhIra ||2||
Oh! Great Brave warrior of the Raghu clan and one who is as calm as the ocean
Shri = a way to address ( also means Lakshmi )
Maha = great
Raghuveera = Raghu ( an ancestor of Rama, since Raghu, the family was known as the Raghu clan) + veera = brave warrior
Sindu = ocean
Gambheera= calm
sakala shAstra vicAra sharaNajana maMdAra
One who knows all there is to know of shaastras and is the heaven for people who are in his refuge
Sakala = all, everything
Shaastra = study, subjects, topics of study, scriptures
Vichaara = content
Sharanajana = sharaNa( = one who takes refuge) + jana ( = people)
Mandaara = heaven ( again the word has multiple meaning in Sanskrit, used what makes sense here)
vikasitAMbuja vadana vishvamaya sadana
One whose face is like a fully opened lotus, whose house is the whole universe
Vikasitaambuja = vikasita ( = opened, bloomed ) + ambuja ( = lotus)
Vadana = face
Vishvamaya = of the whole universe
Sadana = home, place where you live
sukRuta mOkShAdhIsha sAkEta puravAsa
Virtuous, the Lord of moksha and the one who lives in the city of saket
Sukruta = virtuous
Mokshadheesha = mokshat ( =of salvation) + eesha ( = Lord)
bhakutavatsala rAma puraMdara viThala ||3||
One who is affectionate to the devotee, Lord Rama, oh! Vithala of Purandara
Bhaktavatsala = Bhakuta ( = bhakta = devotee) + vatsala (=one who is affectionate)
Raama = Lord Rama
Purandara = a place in Karnataka
Vithala = name of Krishna/Vishnu
Translated to the best of my ability