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Amma Unathu Arputhangal

From Mel Maruvathoor Arpudhangal · 1986

Lyricist
Vaali
Singer
Vani Jairam
Music director
K. V. Mahadevan
Movie name
Mel Maruvathoor Arpudhangal
Movie release year
1986
Lyrics added on
24 Dec 2020

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Amma unadhu arpudhangal
Ondraa irandaa aayirangal
Amma unadhu arpudhangal
Ondraa irandaa aayirangal
Adigalaar thozhum arutkadavulae
Maruvathooril vaazh mani sudarae
Adigalaar thozhum arutkadavulae
Maruvathooril vaazh mani sudarae
Mel maruvathooril vaazh mani sudarae
Om sakthi om om sakthi om
Om sakthi om om sakthi om
{Thondan oruvan thaiyar kalingan
Thiruvaaruril vaazhugindraan
Avan maruvathoor annai varaipadam thannai
Suvaril maatti vanangukindraan} (2)
Adhil kungumam dhinamum
Vazhiyudhamma
Avan kudisai koyilaai vilangudhamma
Angu kinnathil theertham kedaikkudhamma
Adhu kuraiyaadhu innamum surakkudhamma
Amma unadhu arpudhangal
Ondraa rendaa aayirangal
………………………
Thalaivanai pirindha thalaivi oruthi
Thanimaramaaga vazhthirunthaal
Than thirumana uravu mudiyum munnaala
Thannuyir mudikka vazhi vaguthaal
Aval sagodhari vandhu thaduthu nindraal
Annai sakthiyai pottri thuthikka sonnaal
Mangai mandhira noolai dhinam padithaal
Manam maariya kanavan karam pidithaal
Ammaa unadhu arpudhangal
Ondraa rendaa aayirangal
{Nallaatchi puriyum naayagi leelai
Pollaachi nagaril nadanthathamma
Oru nallavar paadham noyi vasamaagi
Thundikkum nilaiyil kidanthathamma} (2)
Avar managala manaivi vaadi nindraal
Mel maruvathoor thaaiyidam vendi kondaal
Annai sevvaadai punaindhu neril vandhaal
Orr sevilipenn polae noyi theerthaal
Pilli sooniyam seidha thagudeduthaal
Ammaa unadhu arpudhangal
Ondraa rendaa aayirangal
Adigalaar thozhum arutkadavulae
Maruvathooril vaazh mani sudarae
Mel maruvathooril vaazh mani sudarae
Om sakthi om om sakthi om
Om sakthi om om sakthi om
O Mother, are your miracles
just one or two? They are in the thousands!
O Mother, are your miracles
just one or two? They are in the thousands!
O Goddess of grace worshipped by Adigalar,
O radiant light dwelling in Maruvathur!
O Goddess of grace worshipped by Adigalar,
O radiant light dwelling in Maruvathur!
O radiant light dwelling in Melmaruvathur!
Om Sakthi Om, Om Sakthi Om!
Om Sakthi Om, Om Sakthi Om!
A devotee named Thaiyar Kalingan
lives in the town of Thiruvarur.
He placed a picture of Mother Maruvathur
upon his wall and worshipped it with devotion.
From that picture, holy red powder
flows down every day, O Mother!
His simple hut shines like a temple,
and holy water appears there in a bowl,
never decreasing, it keeps welling up, O Mother!
O Mother, are your miracles
just one or two? They are in the thousands!
...
Separated from her husband, a woman
lived all alone like a solitary tree.
Before her marriage fell apart completely,
she made a plan to end her own life.
Her sister stepped in and stopped her,
asking her to praise and pray to Mother Sakthi.
The woman recited the sacred book of prayers every day,
and her husband, with a change of heart, held her hand again!
O Mother, are your miracles
just one or two? They are in the thousands!
The divine play of the benevolent Mother
took place in the town of Pollachi, O Mother!
A good man's leg was struck by disease,
and reached the point of being amputated!
His anxious wife stood in deep sorrow,
and prayed to the Mother of Melmaruvathur.
Dressed in a red robe, the Mother came in person,
and cured his disease just like a nurse!
She took away the black magic charm that troubled him!
O Mother, are your miracles
just one or two? They are in the thousands!
O Goddess of grace worshipped by Adigalar,
O radiant light dwelling in Maruvathur!
O radiant light dwelling in Melmaruvathur!
Om Sakthi Om, Om Sakthi Om!
Om Sakthi Om, Om Sakthi Om!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This devotional song celebrates the divine power and miracles of Mother Adhiparasakthi of Melmaruvathur. It narrates various real-life experiences of devotees where faith in the Goddess brought divine intervention and changed their lives. The lyrics detail stories such as sacred vermilion and holy water miraculously oozing in a poor devotee's house in Thiruvarur, a woman's broken marriage being reunited through daily prayer, and a dying man's infected leg being healed in Pollachi after the Goddess appeared disguised as a nurse to remove a dark magic talisman.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Edhukai (Second letter rhyme)

“Nallaatchi puriyum naayagi leelai / Pollaachi nagaril nadanthathamma”

Matching second consonant 'll' in adjacent lines 'Nallaatchi' and 'Pollaachi'.

Monaai (Initial sound alliteration)

“Thalaivanai pirindha thalaivi oruthi / Thanimaramaaga vazhthirunthaal”

Repetition of initial 'Th' sound in 'Thalaivanai' and 'Thanimaramaaga'.

Metaphor (Uvamaai)

“Thanimaramaaga vazhthirunthaal”

Comparing a lonely woman living without her husband to a solitary tree ('Thanimaram').

Refrain (Repetition)

“Om sakthi om om sakthi om”

Rhythmic chanting of the divine incantation 'Om sakthi om' used to build spiritual momentum.

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Trivia

This song belongs to the popular genre of Tamil devotional narrative hymns dedicated to Melmaruvathur Adhiparasakthi and Bangaru Adigalar. Poet Vaali composed several iconic devotional songs in the 1980s that incorporated modern real-world testimonies directly into lyric form, a signature style of Melmaruvathur worship music.

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