Kundrin melitta deepam

Kundrin melitta deepam

By

Oothukadu Venkatasaubba  iyer

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

Ragam  Khambhaji

Thalam Aadhi

Pallavi

Kundrin melitta  deepam  -yengal,

Kurai  yenum irul  pokkum Varadaraja deepam.

Pallavi

The lamp lighted on the hill , the Varadaraja lamp,

Which removes   the darkness of wants .

Anupallavi

Mandril manikka  marakatha  deepam –yengal,

Matharasi  devaki yethiya   deepam.

Anupallavi

The  ruby emerald   lamp of this world,

Which was lighted by our great lady  Devaki.

Charanam

Navaneetham manakka varum deepam,

Narada ganam  kettu  thulli yezhum deepam,

Kuvalai  malar neela deepam-aayar,

Kulam vazha vandhu nindra nalam therum deepam,

Avayinil Panchali  azhaitha neram,

Ayiram kodi vannamai poi yezhundha deepam,

Divi gana munivarkal kuviyum  karam kandu,

Uvakayodu arulum bhuvana deepam,

Chithamidai vandhu  thava shuddha sathuvam  kalanthu,

Nithiya mida  vazhangu  matha giri  yennumoru

Charanam

The Lamp which comes along with the smell of butter,

The lamp which jumps and gets up on hearing  the song  of Narada,

The blue lamp   which is like Kuvalai flower,

The lamp  which came and stood to look after the cowherd clan,

The  lamp which arose with thousand colours  in the council,

At the time   when Panchali   called for it,

The lamp of the world which  with joy graced,

When it saw the folded    hands  of the sages of the earth,

The lamp came in the mind  and  mixed pure philosophy,

And gave it daily  and is the  one called Mathagiri.