Someone told me this anecdote about how a singer was singing Sabhapathiku veru dheivam (composition of Gopalakrishna Bharathi in the raga Abhogi) in a concert. The charanam of the song goes like this:
‘Oru tharam Sivachidambaram endre uraithal podhume’
Translation: It’s enough to utter Sivachidambaram once (to attain salvation).
There are a number of sangathis (subtle variations) in this line and it’s repeated a few times. The mridangam vidwan whispered “Oru dhadava sonna podhumnu sollitu naal anju dhadava sollitele”. (You said it was enough to utter it once but you have already uttered it 4 to 5 times).
