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taaLam: Adi
Composer: Muttu TaanDavar
Language:

pallavi

pavanE dEvar akhaNDan avanE dEvargaL talaivan avanai dinamum ninai manamE

anupallavi

tava nEsar paNI cidambara vASan oLirum cir-sabhai naTarAjan evanO avanevanO

caraNam 1

igalAdi Ekan anEkan enrE tigazhum ezhilAna jyOtiyevanO
pukalAdi bhUmiyAnmA bandha pAsha paripUraNamAnadevanO
sakalAdi peyar carAcaramAgiyE ninRa shambhunAthan evanO
akhalAdi amararuk-kAdhAramAm deivamA mahAdEvan evanO avanevanO

caraNam 2

uruvAlum aruvAlum uruvaru adanAlum oLirum brahmamevanO
virivAlum uyarvAlum evvuyirkkum uyirAi viLangiya meyyanevanO
orunAlum maRaiyAlum uDukkalaigaLinAlum OdoNA nAthanevanO
ariyAlum ayanAlum aDimuDi aRiyAda Adi munnAdi evanO avanevanO

caraNam 3

pErAna arisiram ERip-piLandiDum periya tANum evanO
nErAna pangayan siramadaik-kiLLiDum nimalan amalan evanO
ErAna madanai munnudalin vizhiyinAl eritta bhagavan evanO
sIrAna puliyUril shivakAmi panganAm cir-sabhApati evanO avanevanO

Meaning:

pallavi

avanE dEvar akhaNDan - He alone is the god of the Devas.
avanE dEvargaL talaivan - He alone is the leader of the Devas.
avanai dinamum ninai - Think of him everyday,
manamE - O Mind.

anupallavi

avan evanO - He who is
cidambara vASan - the resident of Chidambaram,
tava nEsar paNI - where sages who are eager to perform penance, worship,
oLirum cir-sabhai naTarAjan evanO - He who is the lord of dancers in the shining Chitsabha.

caraNam 1

ezhilAna jyOti evanO - He who is the beautiful light
enrE tigazhum - shining as
igalAdi Ekan anEkan - the unchanging one and many.

Anadu evanO - He who has become
pukalAdi bhUmi AnmA bandha pAsha - the earth which is our abode, the Jivatma , its binding passions,
paripUraNam - the entire (universe).

shambhu nAthan evanO - He who is Lord Shambhu,
carAcaram AgiyE ninRa - who has become this universe of moving and non-moving objects,
sakalAdi peyar - with all their names .

mahAdEvan evanO avanevanO - He who is known as Mahadeva,
akalAdu amararukku AdhAramAm deivamA - as the god who is the unchanging/steady substratum of all the Devas.

caraNam 2

brahmam evanO - He who is the Supreme Being
oLirum - shining
uruvAlum - with form ( as Nataraja)
aruvAlum - without form (as the Akasha)
uruvaru adanAlum - with and without form (at once) (as the Shiva lingam)

meyyan evanO - He who is the truth,
viLangiya - shining
evvuyirkkum uyirAi - as the life-force within each creature,
virivAlum uyarvAlum - with (His) pervasive expanse and greatness,

nAthan evanO - He who is the master,
Oda oNA - who cannot be described
oru nAlum - ever (on any day),
maRaiyAlum - by the Vedas,
uDu kalaigaLinAlum - and the Shastras surrounding (them),

Adi mun Adi evanO avan evanO - He who is the ancient one before the oldest (gods),
aDimuDi aRiyAda - whose feet and head could not be known
ariyAlum ayanAlum - by Vishnu and Brahma.

caraNam 3

periya tANum evanO - He who is the large Sthanu
pErAna ari siram ERip-piLandiDum - who split the head of the famous lion (Narasimha, as Sharabha),

nimalan amalan evanO - He who is the pure one
nErAna pangayan siramadaik-kiLLiDum - who plucked the head of Brahma,

bhagavan evanO - He who is the Lord
mun nudalin vizhiyinAl eritta - who earlier burnt with his forehead's eye,
ErAna madanai - the handsome Manmatha,

evanO avanevanO - He who is
shivakAmi panganAm cir-sabhApati - the consort of Shivakami, the lord of the Chit-Sabha,
sIrAna puliyUril - in the exalted town of Puliyur (Chidambaram).

Notation:

Other information:
Lyrics contributed by Lakshman Ragde. Meaning and corrections by Rajani Arjun Shankar.