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Amma Badhil

From Porantha Veeda Puguntha Veeda · 1993

Lyricist: Vaali
Singer: S. Janaki
Music director: Ilayaraja
Movie name: Porantha Veeda Puguntha Veeda
Movie release year: 1993
Lyrics added on: 23 Jan 2026

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics

↻ English translation

Amma badhil solladi ingae edhir nilladi

Amma badhil solladi ingae edhir nilladi

Theeraadha thuyar konda penn jenmama

Penn endru pirandhaale perum paavama

Amma badhil solladi ingae edhir nilladi

Vaasanai panneeril nithamae neeraadi

Velaikkoru alangaaram kaanbathenna

Vedhanai kanneeril ennai nee neeratti

Dhooram nindru vaai moodi paarpadhenna

Thiruvadiyil saranam saranam

Ena thudhi puriyum pozhuthu

Alai alaiyaa thuyaram peruga

Ena vadhaippadho azhagu

Vidhi vinaiyaa unai kaetten thaaye

Amma badhil solladi ingae edhir nilladi

Theeraadha thuyar konda penn jenmama

Penn endru pirandhaale perum paavama

Amma badhil solladi ingae edhir nilladi

Deviyae nee kooda thakshanin magalaaga

Maalaiyitta sivanodu vaazhnthirundhaai

Thaayena unai kaatha

Thanhaiyin mania thaedi

Naayagan sol kaelaamal odi vandhaai

Puguntha idam nalamum valamum pera

Anudhinamum uzhaitahen

Pirantha idam thavikkum tharunam

Konda udan pirappai anaitahen

Sariyo thavaro unai kaetten thaaye

Amma badhil solladi ingae edhir nilladi

Theeraadha thuyar konda penn jenmama

Penn endru pirandhaale perum paavama

Amma badhil solladi ingae edhir nilladi

Mother, answer me, come stand before me.

Mother, answer me, come stand before me.

Is a woman's life destined for endless sorrow?

Is it a great sin just to be born a woman?

Mother, answer me, come stand before me...

Bathing everyday in fragrant rosewater,

why do you wear new adornments each hour?

While bathing me in tears of agony,

why do you stand afar and watch in silence?

Surrendering at your holy feet,

as I offer my humble prayers,

letting waves of sorrow rise,

is it right to torment me like this?

Is this my fate or my karma? I ask of you, Mother.

Mother, answer me, come stand before me.

Is a woman's life destined for endless sorrow?

Is it a great sin just to be born a woman?

Mother, answer me, come stand before me.

O Goddess, even you, as Daksha's daughter,

lived with Shiva, whom you wed.

To the father who raised you with a mother's care,

you went seeking his home,

running there against your husband's words.

For my marital home to find peace and prosperity,

I toiled each and every day.

When my birth home struggled in pain,

I embraced and supported my siblings.

Was it right or wrong? I ask of you, Mother.

Mother, answer me, come stand before me.

Is a woman's life destined for endless sorrow?

Is it a great sin just to be born a woman?

Mother, answer me, come stand before me.

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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This poignant track from 'Porantha Veeda Puguntha Veeda' (1993) captures the emotional torment of a woman caught between her duties to her marital home and her devotion to her birth family. Addressing the Divine Goddess, the protagonist questions why society and fate subject women to unending suffering, regardless of how selflessly they perform their marital duties.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Rhetorical Question (Vinaa)

“Penn endru pirandhaale perum paavama”

The speaker challenges the Goddess with existential questions like whether being born female is a major sin, emphasizing helplessness.

Mythological Allusion (Puraana Kurippu)

“Deviyae nee kooda thakshanin magalaaga”

Lyricist Vaali references Goddess Sati (Daksha's daughter) who went to her father Daksha's yagna against Lord Shiva's warning, drawing a parallel to a daughter's unbreakable bond with her birth home.

Ethukai (Second-letter Assonance)

“Puguntha idam nalamum valamum pera / Pirantha idam thavikkum tharunam”

Rhyming of the second consonant sound across corresponding lines ('saa' in Vaasanai and 'dha' in Vedhanai / 'gu' in Puguntha and 'ra' in Pirantha).

Contrast (Antithesis)

“Vaasanai panneeril nithamae neeraadi / Vedhanai kanneeril ennai nee neeratti”

Juxtaposes 'Vaasanai panneer' (fragrant rosewater symbolizing happiness) with 'Vedhanai kanneer' (tears of agony).

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Trivia

The song's core theme directly mirrors the movie's title and plot, exploring the classic Indian family drama theme of balancing obligations to 'Porantha Veeda' (birth place) and 'Puguntha Veeda' (marital home). Vaali's use of Daksha's daughter's mythological reference elevates the heroine's personal grievance to a divine, universal dilemma.

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