Ethilum Ingu Iruppan

Mesmerising music by Ilayaraja and wonderful singing by Madhu Balakrishnan. The lyricist Pulamaipithan calls himself an atheist.
Translation by Sri.Karthik Manoharan

Movie : Bharathi
Music Director : Ilayaraja
Singer : Madhu Balakrishnan
Lyricist : Pulamaipithan
Ethilum ingu iruppAn avan yArO
(Who is the one that pervades everything)
EnakkuL avan iruppAn arivArO
(Is He the one who is in me as well?)
Thavazhum nadhiyai tharittha mudiyAn
(The one who has the Ganges on the head)
Adiyum mudiyum aRiya mudiyAn
(The one who cannot be measured from the foot to the head)
ELiya adiyar Odhum vEdha nAdhamAgi
(The one who is glorified by his sincere devotees in the vedas)
(Ethilum)
Varippuli athazh tharithavan ezhil kaNdEn
(I Saw the beautiful one who wears the tiger skin as his dress)
PiRappenum piNi aRuppavan thuNai KoNden
(I sided with the one who destroys the cycle of birth-death)
Tamizhkkavi tharum enakkoru varam Tarath thiruvuLam veNdum
(I pray, the kind hearted, for a boon to become a tamil poet)
Sagathirukkenai tarath thagum neRi Vaguthida thuNai veNdum.
(I need your guidance to preach Dharma to the world (thru my poems))
Aalam karu neelam ena theriyum oru kaNtan
(The one who's throat is deep blue due to Halahala poison)
ANdum thiruth thoNdan enum adiyArk koru thoNdan
(The one who serves his devotees that approach Him)
Pattruth thaLaikku neruppavan Ottraik kaNathil azhippavan
(The one who destroys attachment in a second)
Nettrip piRaikkuL neruppai vaLarthu
(The one who has a fiery third eye)
(Ethilum)
Thodakkamum adhan adakkamum avan vElai
(The beginning and end are HIS work)
Nadappadhum adhai thaduppadhum avan leelai
(To happen or to stop are HIS plays)
UdukkaLil saram thodutthavan thalai mudikkaNiyavum koodum
(The one who has matted hair locks and sports a Udukkai drum)
Perukkalum adhai vagutthalum adhai kazhitthalum avan pAdam
(To Multipliy, To Divide & To Subtract are HIS work)
Marum yugam dhorum avan kaNakkin padiyAgum
(All the changing Yugas are according to HIS will)
MaNNum uyar viNNum avan oru kaippidiyAgum
(The cosmos is just a handful for HIM)
Sattam anaithum vagutthavan
(The one who created the laws)
Thittam anaithum thogutthavan
(The one who formulated the plans)
Kuttrap padithu muditha uruthan
(The one who gives judgement according to one's Karma)
(Ethilum)