Solli mudiyumo
By
Oothukadu Venkata Subba iyer
Translated by
P.R.Ramachander
Ragam churutti
Thalam aadhi
Pallavi
Solli mudiyumo –yengal,
Thooya gurunathan sondhamenna , sondhamendru
Anupallaavi
Alli kulathil malarnthaluim , vanathu,
Azhagu mathikkenna sondham? Athu pol,
Pullum, malarum , kamalam thanakkum antha ,
Pon kathiron thanakkum yenna sondham?
Purinthavar undo, athanilum pulamayaana thuravakinum manam kamazha,
Pothavizh malarthathudan thenalinthu muralum padiyanathru vandudan,
Mullai malkku yethgu uravo-athu purinthum mozhi varumo, athanilum ithu,
Chollum perathu ullam iraathu –thellam padathu kallam irathu
Charanam
1.Ayiram ayiram vedangal cholvathai ,
Arul kadaikkan ondru c hollume-naan cheytha,
Ananda thavam yellam vellume,
Poi ithai yaridamum chonnalum puriyathu,
Purinthavar yaar yendru chollume-antha,
Punniya sangathil yennai thallume
2.Maayai yenum thirai moodi marainthidum aayinum oru kanam venumo,
Maravi -thanathan-amaran –anilan avan ivan yenpathum manatharintha ,
AAyamudal ulagellam avanarula-ivanilathu thiruvarul perumo ,
Aaruyir thanakkum , mai thanakkum yethu uravo, athanilum miguntha uravenin ithai
English Translation
Pallavi
Would it be possible to tell,
That my holy guru is mine and mine
Anupallavi
Even if the moon opens up in the lily tank,
What is the relation of moon to the beauty of the sky, and like that,
What is the relation of the golden sun,
To the grass as well as the opening of the lotus flower,
Are there people who have understood this
Even for the more poetic who has the scent of detachment,
The relation of bee which searches and roams in search of honey with that of jasmine flower,
Even if they understand, when they tell it ,
The heart will not be there , there won’t be clarity and no cheating.
Charanam
1.The grace and look of his will tell what is told by thousands of Vedas,
And it would win over all the joyful penance that I did,
If I tell this no one will understand,
Please tell me who has understood this,
And push me in to that holy company.
2.The screen of illusion would cover it but is there a need for a second,
The sage , the lord of riches, the devas , the fire , and others, once the mind understands,
We would understand all the world if he showers his grace-without him would we get the blessing,
The relation between him and me is more than the relation of this body to the soul.