OoththukkADu vEMkaTa kavi : One of the greatest composers that India has produced, Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi (also referred to as Venkata Subbaiyer) is said to have lived sometime between 1700 and 1765 AD. He composed hundreds of brilliant songs in Sanskrit and Tamil and a few in Marathi. Around 500 have survived of which more than 60 per cent have been published.
tAm dhIm tarana tAM - tAm dhIm tarana tAM...dhina takiTa tAm dhIm tarana tAM...5 tAm dhIm tarana tAM - dhittakiTa dhRgur takiTa dhRgurtakiTa - tadhimgiNatOM tAm dhIm tarana tAM - dhittakiTa dhRgur takiTa dhRgurtakiTa - tadhimgiNatOM tAm dhIm tarana tAM - yamunA taTAka pankEruha pada.....3 sArisa sArisa sArasadaLa nayanAyata - sAhasa mOdita jagadiha tAm dhIm tarana tAM...2 tAmita tajjham taka tajjham - takatika tajjham tAM......6 mada bhujaMga Sira pAdayuga pANikRta - madhuninAda vENurava tAmita tajjham taka tajjham - takatika tajjham tAM gOpAMganA kulavRta mAdhava madhusUdana hari sammadana pada naTana . taga taga na natajana parivRta - sadaya muda hRdaya tAmita tajjham taka tajjham - takatika tajjham tAM niraMtarAnaMda mukha kamala - anaMta naTAMga pada yugaLa madhu muraLIdhara hari lahari - marIchi sagIta manOramaNA vraja dhuraMdhara jalaja SObhamAna - dhara chikura mukula makuTa nIla SikhaMdaka - mOhanAMga, kALiMga naTana tAmita tajjham taka tajjham - takatika tajjham tAM nIla manOhara jAla vibhUShaNa - nirata chalaMchala bhujaMga nartana nIraja daLAd (?) adhika mRdula pada - nikaTa taraMga uttuMga tADaMga nRttaka nRttaka . tAM taka tai taka taddhimi dhittayya taka tAkiTa nakajaka dhRgurjaga nam dam takajaka nakajaka dhRgurjaga nam dam yamunA taTAka tuMga taraMgam - himakara sthimita ramita SubhAMgam ithas tathas chara karuNApAMgam - yadivara hRdaya sarOruha bhRMgam dhinata tillAna dhinata tillAna dhinata - tillAna dhRgu takiTa tillAna tilaka siMdhUra - alaka SRMgAra - vadana gaMbhIra - ugra phaNa saMchAra naMda sukumAra - navanIta dadhichOra chchaMda maNihAra - jalajabhava nuta dhIra jaya vijayIbhava naMda kumAra - vrajajana paramAnaMda kishOra kALIya naTanAnaMda gaMbhIra - karuNArasayuta bhAva SarIra dhIm ta thAM ta dhIm ta thAM ta tai - takiTa dhIm ta thAM ta dhIm ta thAM ta tai - tarikita taka dhIm ta thAM ta dhIm ta thAM ta tai - dhimi ta dhimi ta ki ta jhanu jaganaga naMdari taganaga jhaMtari - dhiriku tAku dhimita dhimi taki ta jhanu vrajakumAra mahimAlaMkRta - vanamAlaa dhuraMdhara kRtakRtAkAra tajjham ta takajjham ta tagaNNam ta - tagu~rraM - ta 2 tAku janaMtari tataku janaM tari - tAku janaMtari ta dhimi ta kiTa janu 2 adbhuta nartana chitrita mudrita vidyutam - udbhavam adbhutam adbhutam tAku janaMtari tataku janaM tari - tA adbhuta nartana chitrita mudrita vidyutam - udbhavam adbhutam adbhutam tAku janaMtari tataku janaM tari - tAku janaMtari ta dhimi ta kiTa janu diti suta kAla, vidhi nuta SIla - atiSaya nIla dhRtapada lOla tAku janam tari , tataku janam tari - tha diti suta kAla, vidhi nuta SIla - atiSaya nIla dhRtapada lOla tAku janam tari , tataku janam tari - tAku janam tari ta dhimi ta kiTa janu ta dhimi takiTa dhimi tAta dhimi takiTa dhimi tAta tadhimi takiTa dhimitA ta tA.. ta ttOm ..ta ttai.. kiTatakatarikita tOm kiTatakatarikita kiTatakatarikita tAku janam tari tataku janam tari - tAku janam tari ta dhimi ta kiTa janu ta dhimi dhi taiyya tarikiTa tAta jham ..2 - kiTataka tat dhimi dhi taiyya }- 2 atiSaya sukha nirupamakara pAda jham - kiTataka tat dhimi dhi taiyya...........2 sarasamOha muraLIrava nAtha/nAda - sakala lOka sammOhana gIta..........2 tarita jham taka tarita jham ta kiTa , kha tOm ka, ta takiTa tAM ta dhIm ta tOm, ta tai ta karakamala abhaya varaprada - tAku dhinnam taka dhinnam kiTa taka tA tai tAMga tA tai tA....2 dhRgu taka taka dhinnam tAMga tA tai tAMga - tA tai tA kadaMga kisalaya miLita nUpura - padaM chalita kRta pAda. tAM .....2 tillAna dhRga tillAna dhRgadhRga tillAna kiTatOm tillAna dhRga tillAna dhRgadhRga tillAna kiTatOm - kiTatOm ta tam nam nam ki Ta tOm nam kiTa tata tarikiTa tarikiTa - tarikiTa taka tanaMgu tAka tAM , kirataka tOm, kiTataka tarikiTa tOm , kiTataka tarikiTa tarikiTa tOm tAM - ta dhIm - ta thOm - ta tai tyajOragabandha - tad bhujaMga SirasE - charanam chalanam kRtanam dhRtanam vadanam jita chaMdramadam - kara kaMkaNa kiMkiNi naM na na naM pada taka taka dhimi dhimi jjhanu jhanu - tadAg ta tillAna kanaka bhUshaNa - takiTa tagAd tagAya mukhabara mandassss......smita naravara pUjita padayugaLa hari jaya vijayIbhava naMda kumAra - vraja jana paramAnaMda kishOra kALIya naTanAnaMda gaMbhIra - karuNArasayuta bhAva SarIra mada madhukara madhupara tarala sama - nayana kamaladaLa , chalana muni hRdayam api chOra chAtura! - dayAkara ! murAri bhIkara/SrIkara!(3)
