Varam ondru Thandarulvay

 

By

Oothukadu Venkata Subba iyer

 

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

 

Ragam Shanmuga Priya

Thala aadhi

 

Pallavi

 

Varam ondru thandu arulvay Vadivela,

Yengal marakatha mayilerum Arumuga vadivela

 

Anupallavi

 

Param endra chollukku oru porule,

Parathil param endra chollukku oru porule,

Ilam pachaikkum  ichaikkum  nadu porule,

Pala porul kettu unai , athu, ithu , yenadhu,

Pat endru oru porul  Kettiuduven anda.

 

Charanam

 

1.Ponnum , maniyum endhan buddhiyile pattavai pulithu , pulithu poche,

Yen rndral undan punnagai mukham kanda dhal aache,

Innum ulagamurum inbam  endravai  yeppadiyo maranthu poche,

Yen endral un eru mayil nadam kandadhaal aache,

Munnum manam uruga “Muruga” endru moham irit  alai,

Chuthalache , Cholla vanda mozhi kooda maarandhu than poche,

Ponnar meniyan kaadhil chonnaye, antarangam podhum endru ,

Ketkavum asai ache.

 

Madhyama Kalam

 

1.Punithamana aaru padai veedu udayai , pugum madha kaliri nadai udayai,

Initha naru vainkalavai ,adanilum initha thinayin   achuvai udayai,

Enakkum oru padam thandhu arula manam manakka varuda thamizharul udayai,

A nnayinum chirandhathana arulodu niraindathana Aarumukha Vadivela

 

English translation

 

Pallavi

Oh Vadivela, grant me one boon,

Oh  our Vadivela , Oh God with six faces,

Who rides the emerald like peacock.

 

Anupallavi

 

There is only one meaning for the word “Divine”,

There is only on meaning for the words “Divine among divine”.

Oh God who is in between the peacock and desire,

I would ask you for many things like this and  that and then mine,

And suddenly I would ask you  for that one thing.

 

Charanam

 

1.The jewels and gems that my brain came across became sour,

For I happened  to see  your pretty smiling face,

Also I completely forgot the many pleasures of this world,

For I happened to see the dance of  the peacock that you ride,

Some time back  my mind used to rotate when the flood of the name “Muruga) is heard,

And then I also used to forget  the words that I wanted to tell,

You with a golden body told me in my ear “Only what is in mind is sufficient”

And then I developed  a keen desire to ask for more.

 

Madhyama Kala

 

1.Oh God who has six temple homes, Oh God who has the majestic walk of an imperial elephant,

Oh God sweeter than the sweet Vainkalavai*,I and having the taste  of the much sweeter Thinai flour,

Please give me also one feet , Oh God who with a happy frame is inside the people of Tamil Nadu,

Oh Vadivela whose greater than his mother and who is full of it.

                 *I am not able to understand what this means because I have read it in

                    Roman script and not in tamil