I think you are right. Here the rAma is addressed as carAcara rUpa, parAtpara,
and sUrya sudhAkara lOchana.
> 2) In the movie saptapadi, the song is used as such in a romantic context.
> (A prEyasi asks her priyuDu). Is there a difference in the "rAgamu" of
> the song, to give it a romantic tinge? (The original, I read in a book,
> is "jayantaSrI" rAgamu).
I leave this question to the music gurus.
> An open-ended question: What do the "gurus" think of using the kIrtanas
> in a romantic situation? One feeling I got with this "marugElarA" song is
> that it is stupid for a prEyasi to call her priyuDu as "carAcara rUpa...".
na maTTuku naaku alaa tyAgarAja kRtulanu vaaDukOvaTam assalu nacchalEdu guroo!
Regards,
Suresh.