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Aatha Kungumakari

From Rayilukku Neramachu · 1988

Lyricist
S. A. Rajkumar
Singer
S. P. Shailaja
Music director
S. A. Rajkumar
Movie name
Rayilukku Neramachu
Movie release year
1988
Lyrics added on
7 Apr 2021

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Aaththaa kungumakkaari
Nee paaththaa mangalamthaandi
Aaththaa kungumakkaari
Nee paaththaa mangalamthaandi
Arasaalum magamaayi arasaalum magamaayi
Kula dheivam needhaanammaa
Aaththaa kungumakkaari
Nee paaththaa mangalamthaandi
Om sakthi om sakthi om sakthi om
Om sakthi om sakthi om sakthi om
Om sakthi om sakthi om sakthi om
Om sakthi om sakthi om sakthi om
Kanna thoranthu vittaa
Karunai mazhai pozhiyum
Vazhiya koduththu vittaa
Varappu vayal thazhaikkum
Semmanjal panneeril aadi
Nalla Sevvanthi poomaalai soodi
Vanthaayae pallaakkil yaeri
Nee vanthaadu pon muththumaari
Kodumai azhikkum valimai neeyae
Oor sezhiththida per nilaiththida vaa thirumagalae
Aaththaa kungumakkaari
Nee paaththaa mangalamthaandi
Aaththaa kungumakkaari
Nee paaththaa mangalamthaandi
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Ulagai alanthavalae
Unaiyae paninthu vanthom
Pagaiyai mudippavalae
Padaiyal eduththu vaiththom
Kulam kaakkum veerammaa kaali
Engal kuraiyellaam theerppaai magamaayi
Nallaarai kaarai saerkkum maari ammaa
Nal vaazhvu tharuvaayae maari
Vaanam bhoomi yaavum neeyae
Theemtharigida theemtharigida vaa malai magalae
Aaththaa
Chorus :Kungumakkaari
Female :Nee paaththaa
Chorus :Mangalamthaandi
Aaththaa kungumakkaari
Nee paaththaa mangalamthaandi
Female :Arasaalum magamaayi
Chorus :Arasaalum magamaayi
Female :Kula dheivam neethaanammaa
Aaththaa kungumakkaari
Nee paaththaa mangalamthaandi
Aaththaa kungumakkaari
Nee paaththaa mangalamthaandi
Aaththaa kungumakkaari
Nee paaththaa mangalamthaandi
O Mother adorned with kumkum,
if your glance falls upon us, it brings all good fortune!
O Mother adorned with kumkum,
if your glance falls upon us, it brings all good fortune!
Mahamayi who rules the realm, Mahamayi who rules the realm,
you alone are our family deity, O Mother!
O Mother adorned with kumkum,
if your glance falls upon us, it brings all good fortune!
Om Shakthi, Om Shakthi, Om Shakthi, Om
Om Shakthi, Om Shakthi, Om Shakthi, Om
Om Shakthi, Om Shakthi, Om Shakthi, Om
Om Shakthi, Om Shakthi, Om Shakthi, Om
If you just open your eyes,
a rain of grace and mercy will pour down.
If you open the path for us,
the fields and pastures will flourish green.
Bathed in bright turmeric and rosewater,
crowned with a garland of yellow chrysanthemums,
you have arrived riding in your palanquin!
Come and dance among us, our golden Muthumaari!
You are the supreme power that destroys all evil!
Come, auspicious goddess, so our village may prosper and its name endure!
O Mother adorned with kumkum,
if your glance falls upon us, it brings all good fortune!
O Mother adorned with kumkum,
if your glance falls upon us, it brings all good fortune!
...
O Goddess who measured the universe,
we have come bowing in devotion to you.
O Goddess who puts an end to our enemies,
we have laid out sacred offerings for you.
Brave Mother Kaali, protector of our clan,
resolve all our troubles and sorrows, O Mahamayi!
Mother Maari, who guides good people safely ashore,
grant us a good and blessed life, O Maari!
You are the sky, the earth, and everything beyond!
Dheem-tharikida dheem-tharikida, come, O daughter of the mountains!
O Mother,
Chorus: Adorned with kumkum,
Female: If you just look upon us,
Chorus: It brings all good fortune!
O Mother adorned with kumkum,
if your glance falls upon us, it brings all good fortune!
Female: Mahamayi who rules the realm,
Chorus: Mahamayi who rules the realm,
Female: You alone are our family deity, O Mother!
O Mother adorned with kumkum,
if your glance falls upon us, it brings all good fortune!
O Mother adorned with kumkum,
if your glance falls upon us, it brings all good fortune!
O Mother adorned with kumkum,
if your glance falls upon us, it brings all good fortune!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song is a devotional invocation dedicated to Goddess Mariamman (referred to as Aaththaa, Magamaayi, and Kaali). The devotees praise her divine grace, expressing their deep reverence and faith that her sight alone brings auspiciousness, prosperity, and protection to their village and family. They invite the deity to accept their ritual offerings (padaiyal), adornment, and devotion, praying for abundant rainfall, fertile crops, and the destruction of evil.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Edhugai (Second-letter Rhyme)

Kanna thoranthu vittaa / Vazhiya koduththu vittaa

Matching second consonants across lines, such as 'Kanna' and 'Vazhiya' / 'Semmanjal' and 'Vanthaayae'.

Monaai (Alliteration)

Varappu vayal thazhaikkum

Repetition of initial consonant sounds within a line, such as 'Karunai' and 'Kanna' or 'Varappu' and 'Vayal'.

Metaphor / Visual Imagery

Karunai mazhai pozhiyum

Comparing the divine gaze of the goddess to a rain of mercy ('Karunai mazhai pozhiyum').

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Trivia

Rayilukku Neramachu (1988) features early musical work by S. A. Rajkumar, who gained significant prominence in Tamil cinema in the 1990s as a hit music director known for melodious folk and devotional-style songs.

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