Lyrics-Natanam Aadinar

[venravi]

Can anyone please upload the song for Bhartanatyam.
-- Natanam Aadinar

Thanks
Ravi

[Lakshman]

It is available at malayalavedhi.com in the dance/bharatanatyam section.

[mahakavi]

# n-adanam AdinAr veku n-AkarIkamAkavE


rAkam: vasan-thA
thALam: ada

pallavi
nadanam AdinAr vegu nAgarIgamAgavE kanaka sabhaiyil Anantha

anupallavi
vadakayilaiyil munnAL mAmunikkaruL seythapaDi thavaRAmal
thillaippathiyil vanthu thai mAdaththil guru pUsaththil pagal nEraththil

solkaTTu svaram
thAm thakida thakajam thakaNam tharikum tharithIm thimitha thakajam thakiNam thatha nI sa ri sa ri sA sA
ri sa thA sa ni tha tha ri sa sA tha ni sA sa sa sa rI sa rI ri rI ri rI sa ni tha sa sa sa ri sa
sa ri sa sa sa ni sa ri sa ri sa sa sA sa ri sa ni thA thA tha ni tha tha mA tha ma ka ri sa

caraNam
ashTa thisaiyil gidugidenRu sEshan thalai nadunga aNdam athira gangai thuLi sithaRa ponnAdavan koNdADa
ishTamuDanE gOpAlakrushNan pADa saDaiyADa aravu paDamADa athilE naDamADa thOmthOmenRu pathavikaL thOm-thOmenRu

(nadanam)

[Lakshman]

mahakavi: Some portions of the song are missing in your posting. Here is what I have:

naTanam AdinAr veghu. rAgA: vasanta. ATa tALA.

P: naTanam AdinAr veghu nAgarIkamAgavE kanaka sabhaiyil Ananda
A: vaDakayilaiyil munnAl mAmunikkaruL sheidapaDi tavarAmal
tillaippadiyil vandu tai mAdattil guru pUshattil paghal nErattil

(sholkaTTu svara)
tAm takiTa takajham takaNam tarikum taridhIm dhimita takajham takiNam
tataNam tataNam tarita dhinu dhinuta dhitLAm dhitLAm dhit tAhata
tajjhaNu tananta DhIngi DhINDhIngu tA tayya tayya tadhini takiTa taka
tajjhaNA tataka takkiTa taka tAm dhik kiTataka tai tattOm enru
nI sa ri sa ri sA sA ri sa dhA sa ni dha dha ri sa sA dha ni sA sa sa sa rI
sa rI ri rI ri rI sa ni dha sa sa sa ri sa sa ri sa sa sa ni sa ri sa ri sa
sa sA sa ri sa ni dhA dhA dha ni dha dha mA dha ma ga ri sa

C: aSTa dishaiyil giDugiDenru shEDan talai nDunga aNDam adira gangai
tuLi shidara ponnADavan koNDADaiSTamudanE gOpAlakrSNan pADa shaDaiyADa
aravu paDamADa adilE naTamADatomtOmenru padavigaL tandOmenru

[venravi]

Thank you very much Lakshmanji.
Ravi

[shrutek]

Can someone please post word to word meaning for natanam aadinar?
Thank you in advance.

[rshankar]

Can someone please post word to word meaning for natanam aadinar? Thank you in advance.

Here is an attempt to provide the deeply spiritual meaning of this composition that goes well beyond the mere imagery of Siva performing a vigorous form of tANDavam in Chidambaram (explained in the last footnote). I have made minor edits to the lyrics Lakshman-ji had posted way back when.

pallavi
naTanam AdinAr vegu nAgarIkamAgavE kanaka sabhaiyil Ananda (naTanam ADinAr...)
(He) performed (ADinAr) the dance (naTanam) of bliss/joy (Ananda) in the golden (kanaka) temple hall (sabhaiyil) [1] in an extremely (vegu) refined (nAgarIgamAgavE) manner.

anupallavi
vaDakayilaiyil munnAL mAmunikkaruL seidapaDi tavarAmal
tillaippatiyil vandu tai mAdattil guru pUsattil pagal nErattil (naTanam ADinAr…)
Just as he blessed/promised (aruL seidapaDi) the mighty/famed (mA) ascetic (munikku) one day (munnAL) (in the past) in Mount Kailash (vaDakayilaiyil) [2], (he) came (vandu) without fail (tavarAmal) to the city (patiyil) of cidambaram (tillai) on the auspicious day of guru pUsam (guru pUsattil) in the lunar month (mAdam) of tai [3], (and performed the Dance of Bliss in the golden temple hall in a very refined manner) during the day (pagal) time (nErattil).

caraNam
ashTa disaiyum giDugiDenga sEDan talai naDunga
aNDam adira gangai tuLi sidara ponnADavar koNDADa
ishTamuDanE gOpAlakrshNan pADa saDaiyADa
aravu paDamADa adil naTamADa tomtOmenRu padavigaL tandOmenRu (naTanam ADinAr...)
As the 8 (ashTa) directions (disaiyum) quaked (giDugiDenga) [4], as the head (talai) of the demon he dances on, muyalakan (sEDan), [5] quivered (naDunga), as the universe (aNDam) shook (adira), as a small amount (tuLi) (of water) spilled (sidara) [6] from the Ganges (gangai) on his head, as the gods (ponnADar) celebrated (koNDADa), as vishNu (gOpAlakRshNan) [7] sings (pADa) in accompaniment, as his matted locks (saDai) bounce (ADa), and as the snake (aravu) spread its hood (paDam) and swayed (ADa), (he performed the Dance of Bliss in the golden temple hall in a very refined manner) to the sorkaTTu, tOm tOm (tOm tOm enRu), knowing that (enRu) he was granting (tandOm) (his audience) the 4 stages of bliss (padavigaL) [8].

FOOTNOTES
[1] sabhai in general means a hall or assembly, but in this context, it refers to the golden hall (porsabhai) in Chidambaram, one of the 5 dancing halls – temples for Siva as the naTarAja mUrti – silver hall in Madurai (veLLi sabhai), copper hall in Nellai (tAmira sabhai), the bejeweled hall in Tiruvalangadu (rattina sabhai), and the hall of pictures in Kutralam (cittira sabhai)
[2] vaDakayilai – the northern ‘Kailash’ – i.e., the one in the Himalayas, and not any other
[3] The lunar month of tai extends from mid Jan to mid Feb
[4] giDugiDu is an onomatopoeic word to describe a fearsome quake
[5] In some versions this word sEDan is replaced by SEshan (AdiSESha) – I think the former is correct
[6] I think the visual here is that even with such powerful dancing, it is so controlled that only a few drops (tuLi) of water spill from the river gangA on his head
[7] The word gOpAlakRshNan serves two purposes – it is the composer’s mudra, and it is also used to denote vishNu
[8] According to Saiva siddhAnta, the four stages of bliss or padavigaL are sAlOkam (existing in the same world as the Lord), samIpam (existing in close proximity to the Lord), sarUpam (assuming the form of the Lord) and sAyujyam (become one with the Lord) – the concept is that if one witnesses the Ananda tANDavam in cidambaram, one has the opportunity to exist in the same world as the Lord, in close proximity to him, imagine dancing as him, and through all this, experience the final bliss of becoming one with him – the ultimate goal of any devotee

[rshankar]

The ascetic (actually, there are 2 of them) referred to in the anupallavi are patanjali and vyAghrapAda.

[shrutek]

Thank you