*MDR and Amritha Murali start from the anupallavi I noted in bold some of the differences in MDR’s sahityam So, (may) I (nAn) (be permitted to come and stay close to you) so that my painfully miserable anguish (paritApamum) and heinous sins (pApamum) are destroyed (tIravE) forever?

However, my (en) lord and master (sAmi), the benefactor (varadA) of cidambaram (tillai), I have arrived (vandEnE) at your sanctum (sannidhi) and sought (aDaindEnE) your refuge (SaraN) after crossing (kaDandEnE) this worldly ocean of misery (bhavasAgaram) and attaining (kaDandEnE) the shore (karai). (My Lord), not only was I (nAn) was born (pirandEnE) as an outcaste (pulaiyanAi) upon this earth (bhUmiyil), but I have also lived (irundEnE) my life without accumulating/performing (SeyyAmal) deeds that would gain me moral merits/virtue (puNNiyam). SharaN am aDaindEnE tillai varadA paritApamum pApamum tIravE nAn (varugalAmO ayyA…) SAmi un sannidhi vandEnE bhavasAgaram tannaiyum kaDandEnE karai kaDandEnE ParamAnandat-tANDavam pArkkavE nAn angE (varugalAmO ayyA…)Īren’t (allavO) you the veritable repository (nidhi) of compassion (kripA)? Do you need this (inda) lowly harijan/untouchable (parayan) to explain (SollavO) the niceties of being civil (upacAram)? So, please (my Lord), may I (nAn) (be permitted to come close to you) here (ingE), so that I can observe (pArkkavE) your (undan) supremely (parama) blissful (Ananda) cosmic dance (tANDavam) to my heart’s content?ĬaraNam: bhUmiyil pulaiyanAip-pirandEnE nAn puNNiyam sheyyAmal irundEnE en

Ill also try to include sanjadamma sanjadu.sayakkiliyae sanjadu. I am loving that term amma ingae vaa vaa has a longer version too. *anupallavi: parama kripAnidhi allavO indap-parayan upacAram shollavO undan Lemme memorise it for my future grandkids ) My oft used rhyme when my kids were small was Nila Nila odi va And ofcos amma inge va va. My Lord (ayyA), may I (nAn) be permitted to come (varugalAmO) close and stand/stay/exist (ninru) beside (arugil) you (undan) to celebrate (koNDADavum) and sing (pADavum) your praises? Pallavi: varugalAmO ayyA undan arugil ninru koNDADavum pADavum nAn Inspired by a very very moving rendition of “varugalamo” by TM Krishna, RK Shriram Kumar and Arun Prakash at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, 28 November 2015

Amma inge va va lyrics