sabhApatikku

AbhOgi rUpaka gOpAlakRSNa bhArati tamizh kRti

Sahityam

Pallavi

sabhApatikku vEru daivam
samAnamAgumA (tillai)

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Can any other Lord be equal to Lord Sabhapati

Anupallavi

kRpAnidhi ivarai pOla
kiDaikkumO iddharaNiyil

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Will there be a merciful one like Him in this World?

Charanam

oru daram zivacidambaram enrRu uraittAl¹ pOdumE
paragatikku vErRu puNyaM paNNa vEnDumA
arRiya pulayar mUvar padam aDaindAr enrRE purANaM
arRindu zolla kETTOm gOpAlakRSNan paNiyum tillai

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Only once need anyone utter “Shiva Chidambaram” (His Name) Is there any other good deed that needs to be done to attain salvation?

Variations

*¹ zonnAl

References

Commentary

*Sri Gopalakrishna Bharati composed this song, when Sri Tyagaraja asked him if he had composed any kriti in Abhogi raga, during their first meeting in tiruvaiyyAru .

Renditions

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mueVr761Q7Q Neyveli Santhanagopalan] (video) - also tells the story

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhrHjd-UwSE O.S. Thiagarajan/Umayalapuram (Youtube video)]