Namaste,

I would like to share the link of this beautiful song on Sri Shiva.

Version 1:By Smt.Nithyasree Mahadevan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho3LNkFABQE

Version 2:By Smt.Pattammal (Smt.Nithyasree's grandmother)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54yIqReUGl4

Version 3:By Sri Unni Krishnan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDTh5owDZO8

eppaDi pADinarO

Composer: Suddhaananda Bhaarati
Language: Tamil
pallavi
eppaDi pADinarO tiruvadiyAr appaDi pADa nAn Ashai koNDEn shivanE
(eppaDi)

anupallavi
apparum sundararum ALuDai piLLaiyum aruL maNi vAcakarum poruLuNarnDu unnaiyE
(eppaDi)

caraNam
gurumaNi shankararum arumai tAyumAnArum aruNagirinAtharum arutjyOti vaLLalum
karuNaikkaDal perugi kAdalinAl urugi kanittamizh sollinAlinidunai anudinam
(eppaDi)

Meaning:

pallavi: I desire to sing of you, oh Lord Shiva, as your devotees (aDiyaar) sang!


anupallavi: As the saints Appar, Sundararar, Aaludaippillaiand Manivaasagar (MaaNikkavaasagar, a great Tamil poet) sang of you with knowledge (also of the Truth of Brahman) and understanding.


caraNam: As the great teacher Sankara (not a Tamil poet), dear Thaayumaanavar, Arunagirinathar and ArulJyoti Vallal (a reference to the poet commonly known as Vallalaar), their oceans of compassion overflowing (karunaik kadal perugi ), melting in their love for you(kaadhalinaal urugi), sang of you sweetly (inidhunai) each day (anudhinam) in chaste tamil words (kannith thamizh chollinaal), I also wish to sing.