siva lOka nAthanai - mAyAmALavagauLa

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 12 Jul 2008, 15:25

Would appreciate a translation of this Gopalakrishna Bharati krithi. Lakshman Sir has posted the lyrics in the GKB thread which I reproduce here. Thanks in advance to Ravi, arasi, Rajani etc!

sivalOka nAthanai - shenjuruTTi/mAyAmALavagowLA - rUpakam

P: sivalOga nAthanaik kaNdu sEviththiduvOm vArIr

AP: bavabayangkaLaip pOkki avar
parama pathaththaik koduppAr antha

C1: aRpa sukaththai ninainthOm aran thiruvadi maRanthOm
kaRpithamAna prapanjchamithaik kAnal salampOlE yeNNi

C2: Asaikkadalil vizunthOm athAl aRivukku aRivai yizanthOm
pAsamakalum vazippadAmal parithavikkum pAviyAnOm

C3: mAnida sanmang koduththAr thannao vaNangkak karangkaL aLiththAr
thEnum pAlum pOlE senRu thEradiyil ninRukoNdu

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 12 Jul 2008, 19:22

Prashant,

Here you go:

This composition is structured in the format of a statement in the pallavi, and qualifications in the anupallavi and caraNams â€“ the AP here has the description of â€˜whoâ€™, and the caraNams answer the â€˜whyâ€™.

P: sivalOka nAthanaik kaNdu sEvittiDuvOm vArIr  

In the pallavi, as nandan, SrI GKB exhorts all of us to go to cidambaram. He says, â€œCome (vArIr)! Let us feast our eyes (kaNDu) on the Lord (nAthani) of SivalOka, and offer our prayers (sEvittiDuvOm).â€

vgvindan · Post by **vgvindan** » 12 Jul 2008, 19:54

rs,
kAnal jalam - mirage

I am rather confused by the words 'tEnum pAlum pOlE' - how they fit in the context.
As regards 'tEraDi' - generally, ratha (tEr) is situated on the East Mada street facing the Sannidhi. Standing at the foot of the ratha, it is possible to have the darSan of the gOpura and not the Lord.
It is possible that this kRti does not refer to Chidambaram because, Nataraja is facing South in the interior maNTapa. Therefore, it might refer to some other temple or the original mUlavar of Chidambaram.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 12 Jul 2008, 20:32

tEnum pAlum pOla: unless it has other references--
They blend perfectly, they are both sweet--so, to think of you (sweet) and worship you with my eyes too--doubly sweet.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 12 Jul 2008, 20:52

tEnum - pAlum: I see the reference as 'SammA and parvAnA' - they belong together, and must seek each other out.

I think the Lord is the ever-sweet tEn, and the rest of us are like the colloidal pAl - a mixture of so many different things!

VGV,

Thanks for the kAnal jalam correction - will edit my post.

No clue about tEraDi vAyil - you could be right, and this maybe in reference to the temple in the 'nandi vilagina Ur' (tiruppungUr?) and not cidambaram, or it could be the SivalOka tyAgarAja temple at acalapuram/sIrgAzhI - no clue if nandan went to sIrgAzhi for darSan - it is not that far from cidambaram, is it?

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 12 Jul 2008, 21:34

Thanks Shankar for the translation for this great song about 'Lord Shankar'!!! Much appreciated.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 12 Jul 2008, 21:57

Sankarum Sankarum pOlE: tEnum pAlum.

Ravi, I like your interpretaion about 'pAl'.
Govindan,
tEraDiyilirundu, eddaivam enum vinA ezhuppum um tiRan!

Prashanth's eagerness generates it all!

vgvindan · Post by **vgvindan** » 12 Jul 2008, 22:27

rs,
At chidambaram, there is an original temple where the Siva linga is called 'tirumUlattAnamuDaiyAr'. patanjali and vyAghra pAda worshipped this Lord. It is only after that Nataraja Temple seems to have come up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chidambara ... er_shrines

Persons like GKB would not place words in the kriti just for prAsa anuprAsa sake. There must be some meaning as to why he is referring to 'tEraDi'. At Chidambaram, tEraDi is not very far, because the Sannidhi street is very short. Therefore, I wonder why he says 'tEraDi' - why not in the temple itself? May be as you said sIrgAzhi, or tiruppungur. But 'tEraDi' still puzzles me because, if it refers to Nanda, then he could come upto the Temple Gopuram rather standing at tEraDi.

Arasi,
I find such very innocuous words placed in the Thyagaraja Kritis also and I keep breaking my head over such words - may be it is my 'pazhakka dOsham' - jokingly.

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 12 Jul 2008, 23:10

In the song 'vazhi maraittirukkudE.' he sings 'tErdiyil ninRu darisittAlum pOddum,kOvil varamAttEn'.
He also sings 'pAvipparaiyan inda Uril vandum'.
To which temple these refer to then?

P: vazhi maraittirukkudE malaipOlE oru mADu paDuttirukkudE
A: pAvip-paraiyaninda Uril vandum ivan (innum) pAvam tIrEnO
pAdattil shErEnO ErEnO shivalOka nAthA
C: tEraDiyil ninru darishittAlum pOdum kOvil vara mATTEn ayyE
OraDi vilaginAl pOdum ingE ninru uTrup-pArkka shaTrE vilagAdO mADu

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 12 Jul 2008, 23:14

VGV,

Thanks for that link!

vgvindan · Post by **vgvindan** » 12 Jul 2008, 23:19

punarvasu,
Thanks for your input. Then this song - Siva lOka nAtanai - would refer to 'tiruppungur' - the temple to which 'vazhi maRaittirukkudE' refers. And also, this might be forming part of Nandanar charitram.
Thanks for clearing my doubt.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 13 Jul 2008, 00:48

Yes, it is from nandanAr cartiam.

Rajani · Post by **Rajani** » 13 Jul 2008, 06:31

Ravi, that is a beautiful translation.

There are some minor differences in the version sung by MMDandapani Desikar
aRivukku aRivai maRanthOm

pAsamakala vazi tEDAmal

kaRpithamAyA prapanjchamithai

More information on the Sivalokanathar temple in Tiruppunkur (with a picture of Nandanar)
http://www.indiantemples.com/Tamilnadu/s211.html

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 13 Jul 2008, 06:48

Hello Rajani!
Thanks for the link. Do iI see it right? Along with t Nandi, the dvajasthambha has also been constructed to align with him.

Is the song taDAgam onRuNDAkkinAr gaNa nAyakar in mOhanam about this shrine?

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 13 Jul 2008, 07:27

Rajani! Thanks!

Thanks for the lovely link - so the song was about SivalOkanAthar of tiruppungUr...(nandi vilagina Ur)!

MMD's version doesn't change the meaning much!

Interesting to note that the ambAL in this temple is called cokkanAyakI or soundaranAyaki - reminds of madurai and cokkanAthar/sundarESwarar!

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 13 Jul 2008, 07:59

Exactly! maduraiyil chokkanAtar. Do you know the vaTTArap pazhamozhi?

SORRilE irukkum kallaip poRukkak kANOmAm, SokkanAtar kOyil varik kallaip poRukkinALAm!

vgvindan · Post by **vgvindan** » 13 Jul 2008, 11:46

arasi,
what is 'varikkal'? I could not find the word.
Poor Devayani - She should have retorted, "Saas bhI kabhi bahu thI - is not applicable to you; therefore, don't taunt me like that".

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 13 Jul 2008, 19:49

vari is stripe, so, striped stone among plain ones--which naturally appealed to her as a pleasant past time, I don't blame her!

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 13 Jul 2008, 20:35

Arasi,

That is a new 'pazhamozhi' for me!

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 13 Jul 2008, 20:46

pudiya pazh(aiy)a mozhi'!
not old wine in a new bottle

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 13 Jul 2008, 21:36

sORRilE vairakkal irundAl poRukki iruppALO ennavO.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 14 Jul 2008, 04:28

varik kallil magizhbavaLukku vairam ethaRku?

vgvindan · Post by **vgvindan** » 14 Jul 2008, 10:06

varikkallai neruppiliTTAlum, kal kallAgavE niRkum,
vairattai neruppiliTTAlO karugi nIRE minjum.

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 14 Jul 2008, 11:08

varikkallai serittu vidalAm
kallaiyum jIraNikkum vayadAi irundAl
vairakkallai serikka mudiyumA?
adnAl poRukkiyE AgavENdum.