Dinamum ninai maname Neelakandanai
By
Neelakanta Sivan
Translated by
P.R.Ramachander
(Sage Neelakanta Sivan was a great composer belonging to South Travancore and lived at the end of 19th century. Though a very great composer of Carnatic music Krithis, very many people do not know about him. His Disciple Papanasam Sivan is however well known. http://www.carnaticcorner.com/articles/nilakanta_sivan.html as well as http://www.carnatica.net/neelakantasivan.htm give a very detailed account of this composer and his Krithis. Though he is said have composed over 2000 Krithis very few of them are now available.)
Ragam Sourashtram
Thalam Mishra Chapu
Pallavi
Dinamum ninai maname Neelakantanai
Dinavum ninai maname
Anupallavi
Dinamum ninai maname , unathu ullathu irul pome,
Cheytha pavam agalume , poyyalla vidhu meyyame
Charanam
Yengu naam poyinum , avar angellam kooda varuvar,
Yenda apathu vandalum , vandu adanai neekiduvar,
Mangalam yendru udavi manthinil kudi kollvar,
Maya irulai ozhithu , Jnana oliyai tharuvar
English translation
Pallavi
Oh mind daily meditate on Lord Neelakanta,
Oh mind , daily meditate
Anupallavi
Oh mind if you daily meditate, the darkness of your mind will vanish,
The sin that you have committed would go away, this is not a lie but truth
Charanam
Wherever we go, he will follow us there,
Whatever danger comes to us, he will come and remove it
He would say auspiciousness and live in our mind,
He would remove darkness of illusion and give us the light of wisdom