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taaLam: simhanandana
Composer: Mahaa Vaidyanaatha Aiyyar
Language:

pallavi

gaurI nAyaka ghana shubha dAyaka kamalA kAnta nuta nAyaka
kAla kAla shUla kara gangAdhara purahara gaja carmAmbara
kAla kaNThesha sundara mandira gAyaka khEcara bhUsura naravara stuta
giri kArmuka kAla kanaka sabhA naTarAja mAmava

sholkaTTu svara)

dhImtara dhiranA tanadhiranA tanadhiranA tana tana dhiranA
udani tanam tananam dhinna dhir dhir tAni tanam tanam tanamtA dhittAm
dhiranA tana dhiranA tanA tOm dhiru tana dhiranA dhitlAm tlAm tlAm

madhyamakAla sAhitya

tadani udani dhittillAna dhri dhiru tillillAnA jhomtari kiTatakajE
tillillAnA jhom tarikiTa takajE tillillAna jhom tarikiTa taka

Meaning:contributed by Rajani Arjun Shankar

gaurI nAyaka - O Lord of Gauri !
ghana shubha dAyaka - O Giver of great welfare!
kamalA kAnta nuta - O One praised by Vishnu (the beloved of Lakshmi)
nAyaka - O Master!
kAla kAla - O Destroyer of Yama!
shUla kara - O One holding a trident in your hand!
gangAdhara - O One bearing the Ganga (on your head) !
 purahara - O Destroyer of the (three) cities!
gaja carmAmbara - O One wearing the (demonaic) elephant's skin as a garment !
kAla kaNTha Isha - O Lord whose neck is black (due to poison) !
sundara mandira gAyaka khEcara bhUsura naravara stuta - O One praised by singers, Devas, Vedic scholars and kings, in your beautiful temple !
giri kArmuka - O One whose bow is a mountain (Meru)!
kAla - O Embodiment of Time !
kanaka sabhA naTarAja - O King of dancers, (dancing) in the Golden Hall !
mAm ava - Protect me!

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Other information:
Lyrics contributed by Lakshman Ragde. Corrections and meaning by Rajani Arjun Shankar.