Chidambaram

 

By

 

Gopalakrishna  Bharathiyar

 

Translated by

 

P.R.Ramachander

 

Raga Begada

Thala Aadi

 

Pallavi

 

Chidambara arahara endru  oru tharam,

Chonnal  shiva padam kidaikkum , thillai

 

Anupallavi

 

Padam pera venum endrarku  ithu vandri,

Illai mathu yeduvum , thollai thillai

 

Charanam

 

Nallunar vakkiya , Vedhiyar odhiya,

Naan maraigalum tudi na vizhaindhidum mandhiram,

Tillai Moovayiram per kaanum poojaikal,

Cheydha pin yavarum poojikkum mandiram.

 

English translation

 

Pallavi

 

If you tell once” Thillai Chidmabara, Ara hara”,

Then you would go to Shiva’s world.

 

Anupallavi

 

For those who want that state without problems,

There are no methods except this.

 

Charanam

 

Told by great people studied by learned Vedic Scholars,

This is the magic chant told by four Vedas to pray,

This is the chant which is performed by the,

Three thousand of Chidambaram and later,

Being chanted by every one.