Arava Baranan Thiruvadi
From Sivagami · 1960
- Lyricist
- Papanasam Sivan
- Music director
- K. V. Mahadevan
- Details
- Sivagami1960
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Arava paranan thiruvadi maranthu | Forgetting the holy feet of Lord Shiva who wears the serpent as an ornament, |
| Arava paranan thiruvadi maranthu | Forgetting the holy feet of Lord Shiva who wears the serpent as an ornament, |
| Arivaiyar mogam kondazhivaarae | They will perish due to infatuation with women. |
| Arava paranan thiruvadi maranthu | Forgetting the holy feet of Lord Shiva who wears the serpent as an ornament, |
| Arivaiyar mogam kondazhivaarae | They will perish due to infatuation with women. |
| Aayiram kattrarindhenna payan | What is the use of learning a thousand things? |
| Aayiram kattrarindhenna payan | What is the use of learning a thousand things? |
| Pagutharivizhandhu uzhalvaarae | When they roam around having lost their reason and wisdom? |
| Male | |
| Mangaiyar maiyal ennum | Those who are immersed in the illusion |
| Maayaiyil aazhndhavar | Called the lustful attraction towards women, |
| Sankaranai manam ninaivaaroo | Will their minds ever remember Lord Shankara? |
| Mangaiyar maiyal ennum | Those who are immersed in the illusion |
| Maayaiyil aazhndhavar | Called the lustful attraction towards women, |
| Sankaranai manam ninaivaaroo | Will their minds ever remember Lord Shankara? |
| Nangaiyar kaadhal nirandhadhil paarai | Look, the love of women is not permanent! |
| Nangaiyar kaadhal nirandhadhil paarai | Look, the love of women is not permanent! |
| Manadhinil sivayogam payiraamoo | Can the crop of Shiva-yoga ever flourish in such a mind? |
| Manadhinil sivayogam payiraamoo | Can the crop of Shiva-yoga ever flourish in such a mind? |
| Male | |
| Vaadha noikulagil marandhundu | There is medicine in this world for physical ailment like rheumatism, |
| Vaadha noikulagil marandhundu | There is medicine in this world for physical ailment like rheumatism, |
| Pidivadha noiyagala marundhedhu | What medicine exists to cure the disease of stubborn infatuation? |
| Pidivadha noiyagala marundhedhu | What medicine exists to cure the disease of stubborn infatuation? |
| Saadhanaiyaaga sittrinbam pugazhbavar | Those who praise sensual pleasure as an achievement, |
| Saadhanaiyaaga sittrinbam pugazhbavar | Those who praise sensual pleasure as an achievement, |
| Kaadhinil gyaana mozhi yeradhae | Words of spiritual wisdom will never enter their ears. |
| Male | |
| Arava paranan thiruvadi maranthu | Forgetting the holy feet of Lord Shiva who wears the serpent as an ornament, |
| Arivaiyar mogam kondazhivaarae | They will perish due to infatuation with women. |
| Aayiram kattrarindhenna payan | What is the use of learning a thousand things? |
| Pagutharivizhandhu uzhalvaarae | When they roam around having lost their reason and wisdom? |
அரவா பரணன் திருவடி மறந்து
அரவா பரணன் திருவடி மறந்து
அரிவையர் மோகம் கொண்டழிவாரே
அரவா பரணன் திருவடி மறந்து
அரிவையர் மோகம் கொண்டழிவாரே
ஆயிரம் கற்றறிந்தென்ன பயன்
ஆயிரம் கற்றறிந்தென்ன பயன்
பகுத்தறிவிழந்து உழல்வாரே
Forgetting the holy feet of Lord Shiva who wears the serpent as an ornament,
Forgetting the holy feet of Lord Shiva who wears the serpent as an ornament,
They will perish due to infatuation with women.
Forgetting the holy feet of Lord Shiva who wears the serpent as an ornament,
They will perish due to infatuation with women.
What is the use of learning a thousand things?
What is the use of learning a thousand things?
When they roam around having lost their reason and wisdom?
மங்கையர் மையல் எனும்
மாயையில் ஆழ்ந்தவர்
சங்கரனை மனம் நினைவாரோ
மங்கையர் மையல் எனும்
மாயையில் ஆழ்ந்தவர்
சங்கரனை மனம் நினைவாரோ
நங்கையர் காதல் நிறைந்திடில்
நங்கையர் காதல் நிறைந்திடில்
பாறை மனந்தனில் சிவயோகம் பயிராமோ
பாறை மனந்தனில் சிவயோகம் பயிராமோ
Those who are immersed in the illusion
Called the lustful attraction towards women,
Will their minds ever remember Lord Shankara?
Those who are immersed in the illusion
Called the lustful attraction towards women,
Will their minds ever remember Lord Shankara?
Look, the love of women is not permanent!
Look, the love of women is not permanent!
Can the crop of Shiva-yoga ever flourish in such a mind?
Can the crop of Shiva-yoga ever flourish in such a mind?
வாத நோய்க்குலகில் மருந்துண்டு
வாத நோய்க்குலகில் மருந்துண்டு
பிடிவாத நோயகல மருந்தேது
பிடிவாத நோயகல மருந்தேது
சாதனையாக சிற்றின்பம் புகழ்பவர்
சாதனையாக சிற்றின்பம் புகழ்பவர்
காதினில் ஞானமொழி ஏறாதே....
There is medicine in this world for physical ailment like rheumatism,
There is medicine in this world for physical ailment like rheumatism,
What medicine exists to cure the disease of stubborn infatuation?
What medicine exists to cure the disease of stubborn infatuation?
Those who praise sensual pleasure as an achievement,
Those who praise sensual pleasure as an achievement,
Words of spiritual wisdom will never enter their ears.
அரவா பரணன் திருவடி மறந்து
அரிவையர் மோகம் கொண்டழிவாரே
ஆயிரம் கற்றறிந்தென்ன பயன்
பகுத்தறிவிழந்து உழல்வாரே
Forgetting the holy feet of Lord Shiva who wears the serpent as an ornament,
They will perish due to infatuation with women.
What is the use of learning a thousand things?
When they roam around having lost their reason and wisdom?
Arava paranan thiruvadi maranthu
Forgetting the holy feet of Lord Shiva who wears the serpent as an ornament,
Arava paranan thiruvadi maranthu
Forgetting the holy feet of Lord Shiva who wears the serpent as an ornament,
Arivaiyar mogam kondazhivaarae
They will perish due to infatuation with women.
Arava paranan thiruvadi maranthu
Forgetting the holy feet of Lord Shiva who wears the serpent as an ornament,
Arivaiyar mogam kondazhivaarae
They will perish due to infatuation with women.
Aayiram kattrarindhenna payan
What is the use of learning a thousand things?
Aayiram kattrarindhenna payan
What is the use of learning a thousand things?
Pagutharivizhandhu uzhalvaarae
When they roam around having lost their reason and wisdom?
Mangaiyar maiyal ennum
Those who are immersed in the illusion
Maayaiyil aazhndhavar
Called the lustful attraction towards women,
Sankaranai manam ninaivaaroo
Will their minds ever remember Lord Shankara?
Mangaiyar maiyal ennum
Those who are immersed in the illusion
Maayaiyil aazhndhavar
Called the lustful attraction towards women,
Sankaranai manam ninaivaaroo
Will their minds ever remember Lord Shankara?
Nangaiyar kaadhal nirandhadhil paarai
Look, the love of women is not permanent!
Nangaiyar kaadhal nirandhadhil paarai
Look, the love of women is not permanent!
Manadhinil sivayogam payiraamoo
Can the crop of Shiva-yoga ever flourish in such a mind?
Manadhinil sivayogam payiraamoo
Can the crop of Shiva-yoga ever flourish in such a mind?
Vaadha noikulagil marandhundu
There is medicine in this world for physical ailment like rheumatism,
Vaadha noikulagil marandhundu
There is medicine in this world for physical ailment like rheumatism,
Pidivadha noiyagala marundhedhu
What medicine exists to cure the disease of stubborn infatuation?
Pidivadha noiyagala marundhedhu
What medicine exists to cure the disease of stubborn infatuation?
Saadhanaiyaaga sittrinbam pugazhbavar
Those who praise sensual pleasure as an achievement,
Saadhanaiyaaga sittrinbam pugazhbavar
Those who praise sensual pleasure as an achievement,
Kaadhinil gyaana mozhi yeradhae
Words of spiritual wisdom will never enter their ears.
Arava paranan thiruvadi maranthu
Forgetting the holy feet of Lord Shiva who wears the serpent as an ornament,
Arivaiyar mogam kondazhivaarae
They will perish due to infatuation with women.
Aayiram kattrarindhenna payan
What is the use of learning a thousand things?
Pagutharivizhandhu uzhalvaarae
When they roam around having lost their reason and wisdom?
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This classic devotional song composed by Papanasam Sivan emphasizes the fleeting nature of worldly sensory pleasures and lust versus the eternal bliss of devotion to Lord Shiva. The lyrics critique those who acquire extensive academic knowledge yet lose their ability to discern right from wrong due to sensory entanglements. It metaphorically compares worldly attraction to an incurable ailment and highlights that spiritual wisdom cannot enter a mind obsessed solely with superficial pleasures.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Edhugai (Second letter rhyming)
“Arava paranan thiruvadi maranthu / Arivaiyar mogam kondazhivaarae”
The second consonant 'ra' matches across lines: 'Arava' and 'Arivaiyar'.
Metaphor (Uruvagaimai)
“Manadhinil sivayogam payiraamoo”
Spiritual practice in the mind is metaphorically described as cultivating a crop ('Sivayogam payiraamoo').
Rhetorical Question
“Pidivadha noiyagala marundhedhu”
Asking what medicine exists for stubborn infatuation to highlight its absolute lack of cure in worldly terms.
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Trivia
This song from 'Sivagami' (1960) features the iconic Carnatic music maestro M. K. Thiyagaraja Bagavathar (MKT) towards the latter part of his cinematic career. The composition by Papanasam Sivan reflects classic Saiva Siddhanta philosophy.
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