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Composition: Ananda
 Ragam: Kedaram
Thalam: Misra capu
Pallavi:
Ananda natanaprakasham citsabhesham ashrayami shivakamavallisham
Anupallavi:
bhanukoti kotishankasham bhukti muktiprada daharakasham
dinajanasamrakshanacanam divyapatanjalivyaghrpadadarshitakunjitabjacaranam
Caranam:
shitamshu gangadharam nilakandharam
shrikedaradi kshetradharam bhutesham
sharddulacarmambaram cidambaram
bhusura trisahasramunIshvaram vishveshvaram
navanitahrdayam sadayaguruguhamadyam vedavedyam
vitaraginamaprameyadvaitapratipadyam
sangitavadyavinodatandavajata bahutara bhedacodyam
Meaning:
 I take refuge in the beloved of Sivakamavalli! His dance is effulgent and is bliss! He is the Lord of the cosmic hall!
He is akin to millions and millions of suns! He is present as ether and bestows boons for this world and for salvation! He is adept at protecting the weak! His lotus foot is bent and lifted for the benefit of his devotees, the great Patanjali and
Vyaghrapada!
He bears the moon and the Ganga! His throat is blue! He is the core of Kedara and other Siva shrines! He is the Lord of all living beings! He is clothed in a tiger’s skin! He is enveloped in the mind! He is the Lord of the three thousand sages! He is the Lord of the universe! His heart is akin to butter! He is benevolent to Subrahmanya! He is the primordial one! He is extolled by the Vedas! He is devoid of passion! He expounds the concept of eternal monism! He dances to the music of many unusual musical instruments and stimulates the quest for knowledge!
Notes:
This kriti is the fifth of Muttuswamy Dikshitar’s Pancha Linga series and is on the fifth element, ether. Shiva is in the form of ether at Chidambaram temple and that is where this kriti was composed. The Lord danced the Ananda Tandava to please his devotees Patanjali and Vyaghrapada. Shiva’s throat is blue as he drank the Halahala poison when the ocean was churned by the Devas and Asuras in quest of nectar.
When the Chidambaram temple was built, it is said 3,000 priests were brought from north India. These Dikshitars control all administrative and religious aspects of the temple. This is also mentioned in the kriti. The raga name is in the line ‘Shri Kedaradi
Kshetradharam’.
The song being on Lord Nataraja, has some lovely sollukattu swarams appended to it, a masterstroke by the composer.
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