Aadiya Padame

 

By

Gopalakrishna Bharathi

 

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

 

Ragam asaveri

Thalam Mishra Chapu

 

Pallavi

 

Aadiya padame  gathi yendru yengum,

Thediyum kangilen padhi  avan

 

Anupallavi

Nadu pugazhndhidum  Thillai Chidambara,

Nadhan sabhai  thulanga  veda geetham muzhanga

 

Charanam

Bhakthiye  arul yendru  varum dasan-

Gopala Krishnan  thozhum natarajan,

Shakthi Shivakami magizh nesan-sarva,

Sakshiyay nirainthidum jagatheesan,

Vethi perugiya madanai vendravan,

Vedan echilai vari undavan,

Athi malayai marbil kondavan,

Anchezhuthu uruvagi nindravan..

 

English translation

 

Pallavi

Thinking that the dancing feet is my only redemption,

I could not find his city in spite of search everywhere

 

Anupallavi

For The shining of the  stage of  the Lord of Chidambaram (thillai),

Which is  praised all over the world, where the chant of Vedas is heard

 

Charanam

 For the king of dances  who is worshipped  by Gopala Krishna,

Who is convinced that devotion only is grace,

The one who gives joy to Goddess Shakthi in the form of Shiva kami,

The lord of the world who is witness to everything,

The  one who won over the victorious God of love,

The one who swallowed the leftover food of the hunter,

The one who wears the fig garland on his chest,

 

And the one who stood as the five lettered Namasivaya,