Nirguna niramaya - Lyrics of Saint Thayumanavar compositions in english transliteration

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ravichitrapu
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Nirguna niramaya - Lyrics of Saint Thayumanavar compositions in english transliteration

Post by ravichitrapu »

Good morning & new year wishes
Can someone suggest where i can get lyrics of Saint Thayumanavar compositions -in english transliteration - most sites i visited had the lyrics in Tamil script of only English Translations without original lyrics.
Specifically i wanted the lyrics (tamil lyrics in english script please) of nirguna niramaya -
listen to a melodious yamuna kalyani in nirguna niramaya by Amrutha Murali on this youtube link -
thanks in advance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-6P6-qsfrQ
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Sachi_R
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Re: Nirguna niramaya - Lyrics of Saint Thayumanavar compositions in english transliteration

Post by Sachi_R »

Thanks for raising the topic! Loved the Yamuna Kalyani rendition... So meditative. Would make MSS proud!

I wonder if a transliteration can capture the Tamil perfectly, but there are many experts around here... Rshankar, KV Chellappa...

With my limited understanding, saw a closeness in devotional sentiment between this and the Sriranga Gadya of Swami Ramanujacharya,composed perhaps close by.... Devotion in whatever terms always seems to join into a mainstream of surrender indeed.

Will close before my battery gives up... a humorous aside, the way Sri Arun Prakash (and even Sri RKSK) have played here make me say words like
nishkriya
nivaadana,
nisshabda
nighooDamaya
nitya naada
'lankaara nee

Rajani
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Re: Nirguna niramaya - Lyrics of Saint Thayumanavar compositions in english transliteration

Post by Rajani »

Here is that verse. Hope it helps.

nirguNa nirAmaya niranjana nirAlamba nirvishaya kaivalyamAm

nishkala asanga cancala-*ragita nirvacana *nirdonda nitta mukta

*taRpara visvAteeta vyOmaparipUraNa sadAnanda jnAna bagava

sambu siva sankara sarvEsa enru nAn sarvakAlamum ninaivanO ?

*aRputa agOcara *nivirtti peRum anbarukku Ananda pUrtthi Ana

advaita *niccaya *sorUpa sAkshAtkAra anubUti *anusUtamum

kaRpanai aRak kANa mukkaNuDan vaDanizhal kaNNUDu irunda guruvE

karudariya *circabaiyil Ananda nirttamiDu karuNAkarak kaDavuLE


I have starred some words which are Sanskrit words but undergo some change when used in Tamil (hence may sound wrong to non Tamil speakers)
I also have not aspirated the letters from Sanskrit as Tamil does not have bha etc

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