- Lyricist
- Vairamuthu
- Singer
- Mathichiyam Bala
- Music director
- Yuvan Shankar Raja
- Movie name
- Kanne Kalaimaane
- Movie release year
- 2018
- Lyrics added on
- 28 Nov 2018
Lyrics & meaning
♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Pacha vaya kaatukullaa
Punga maram pooththirukku
Naal vazhi chaalaiyila ..aa…
Puliya marangalumae pooththirukku
Ettu thikku engum
Enga veppa maramum pooththirukku
Nee vara pogum neram paarthu
Pooththa poovellaam kann mulichu
Kaaththirukku
Aathula vanthavalae
Vaigai aathula vanthvalae
Enga cholavandhaan maariyamma
Unna anbodu azhaikattuma …aaa..
Anbodu azhaikattuma …aaa..
Azhaikattuma thaaiyae
Azhaikattuma
Andha arugam pullu maala kaari
Azhaikattuma thaaiyae
Azhaikattuma
Namma veyilu vandha maariammana
Azhaikattuma oodiya aaththa
Vanni marampizhandhu
En aaththaalukku
Vanni onnu marampizhandhu
En thaaya kondu sella
Vaagaana petti senjaan
Anthavana pettikulla
En anjanamaiyil kaari yei
Anga andangaatha kova kaari
Enga chozha vandhaan
Maariammana
Eppadi adachaan theriyumaa
Anga machanamaa possakaari
Azhaikattuma
Andha marikozhunthu aadakaari
Azhaikattuma
Anga cheppu nalla silai azhagi
Azhaikattuma
Andha singaara udai azhagi
Azhaikattuma oodiyaa aaththa
Naatula panjam pasinnu
Edhum ilaama
Pattiniya kedanthirukkum velaiyila
Indha makkal ellam
Koodi nirkkum bothu
Enna seivom endru solli
Andru yosithu paarkkum bothu
Antha anandha mala maaya kannan
Antha varna bhagavana azhachi doi
Adichu peida mazhainnu solraan
Anga adichadhor puyal mazhaiyaam
En aaththaal petti mel kilambha
Antha paal aathu thanniyila
Antha thaen aathu thanniyila
Namma cholavandhaan aaththu kulla
Un pettiyumae odhunguthamma
Enna idhu petti endru
Yerittu paarkkum bothu
En chella maga maariyamma pettiyamma
{Pettiyila vandhavalae
Azhaikattuma
Antha perum pugal pettravalae
Azhaikattuma} (2)
Enga enga chozha vandhaan
Mariyammma ….
Enga enga chozha vandhaan
Mariyammma ….
Azhaikattuma
Enga sornamuththu mariyammmana
Azhaikattuma
Enga sornamuththu mariyammmana
Azhaikattuma…aaththaa
Petti vanthruchu appa
En makkal ellaam koodi
Ninnuruchu appa
Enna idhu petti nu solli
Paakka bhayama irukkunnu solli
Paarkkum bothu
Aahaa pettila thangam irukumo
Vairam irukumoo
Illa yedhoo irukkumnu solli
Yosithu parkkum podhu
Namma thaai pettida
Namma chozha vandhaan kaththa
Maari petti dannu solli
Yeduthu namma makkal ellaam
Saathisanam ellaam koodi vechu
Parkkum pothu
Varusha varusham kelarikku
Aathaalukku kozhuvaaga
Amarnthirukkum velaiyila
Indha makkalukellaam eppadi
Kaatichi thara theriyumaa
Avalukku 21 deivangalum hei
Anga 61 panthigalum
Aththanikkum kaavakaaran
Enga 18am padi karuppan
Eppadi kaavakaakuran theiryumaa
{Anga paakka bhayama irukkuthu
Karuppa saami
Pakkam vanthu pularikkuthu} (2)
{Vella nalla kuthiraiyila
Veecharuvaa kondukittu} (3)
Velayaadi aadi varaan
Velayaadi aadi varaan
Kotta karuppa saami
Paakka paakka paakka
Paakka bhayama irukkuthu
Karuppa saami
Pakkam vanthu pularikkuthu
Ooodivaaa karuppaaa
Inside the lush green fields...
The pongam trees are in bloom...
Along the everyday pathways...
Even the tamarind trees have blossomed.
In all eight directions,
our neem trees are blooming too...
Watching for the time of your arrival,
all the opened blossoms keep their eyes wide
and wait...
O Goddess who arrived along the river,
O Goddess who came down the Vaigai river,
our Sholavandhan Mariyamma,
shall I call upon you with love?
Shall I call upon you with love?
Shall I call you, Mother?
Shall I call you?
The one who wears a garland of sacred grass,
shall I call you, Mother?
Shall I call you?
Our Mariyamma who arrived in the blazing sun,
shall I call you? Come running, Mother!
Splitting wood from a sacred Vanni tree,
for my Mother,
splitting wood from a Vanni tree,
to carry my Mother,
he made a well-crafted chest.
Inside that beautiful chest,
my kohl-eyed, peacock-like Mother,
the one with untamable fury,
our Sholavandhan
Mariyamma,
do you know how he placed her inside?
The beloved goddess who receives our worship,
shall I call you?
The dancing goddess adorned with sweet marikolundu herbs,
shall I call you?
The beauty who looks like a fine bronze statue,
shall I call you?
The beauty dressed in lovely attire,
shall I call you? Come running, Mother!
When there was famine and hunger in the land,
with nothing left to eat,
in those times people lay starving,
when all the people
gathered together,
asking, 'What shall we do?'
as they wondered back then,
mystical Krishna of the endless mountain
called out to Varuna, the God of Rain,
and down poured a torrential rain!
A stormy downpour struck the land,
and my Mother's chest floated up and set off,
in that milky river water,
in that honey-sweet river water,
into our Sholavandhan river...
your chest washed ashore, Mother!
Wondering what kind of chest it was,
as they looked up and stared,
it was the chest of my precious daughter Mariyamma!
O Goddess who arrived inside a chest,
shall I call you?
O Goddess of great name and renown,
shall I call you?
Where are you, our Sholavandhan
Mariyamma... O Mother!
Where are you, our Sholavandhan
Mariyamma...
Shall I call you?
Our Swarnamuthu Mariyamma,
shall I call you?
Our Swarnamuthu Mariyamma,
shall I call you... O Mother?
The chest has arrived!
All my people gathered
and stood around!
Wondering what kind of chest this was,
saying they were scared to look,
as they pondered over it,
'Aha, could there be gold inside the chest?
Or could there be diamonds?
Or could there be something else?'
As they thought about it,
'This is our Mother's chest!
The chest of Mari who protected
our Sholavandhan!' they cried.
Taking it, all our people,
all our kin and community gathered and set it down,
and as they watched,
year after year, for Mother Gauri,
as she sits in royal court,
in the open space where she is seated,
before all these people,
do you know how she appears?
With twenty-one guardian deities for her, hey!
And sixty-one feast rows laid out,
and as the watchman over all of them,
our Karuppan of the eighteenth step—
do you know how he stands guard?
It is fearsome to look at him,
Karuppa Sami!
Goosebumps rise when you come near!
Riding on a fine white horse,
brandishing a curved machete,
he comes dancing spiritedly,
he comes dancing spiritedly,
Fort Karuppa Sami!
Looking, looking, looking,
it fills one with awe and fear to look!
Karuppa Sami!
Goosebumps rise when you draw near!
Come running, Karuppa!
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Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This folk devotional song celebrates Sholavandan Mariyamman, a prominent village deity worshipped in Tamil Nadu. The lyrics vividly describe nature blossoming in anticipation of the Goddess's arrival, framing her emergence through a traditional myth where her sacred idol floats down the Vaigai river inside a crafted wooden box during a time of extreme drought and famine. The villagers gather in wonder and fear, discovering that the box holds their protective mother deity, Sornamuthu Mariyamman.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Imagery (Kaatchi Uruvagamm)
“Pooththa poovellaam kann mulichu”
Vivid nature imagery of blooming neem, tamarind, and punga trees waiting like open eyes to welcome the Goddess.
Anaphora (Mondai / Edhugai repetition)
“Azhaikattuma thaaiyae”
Repetition of the invocation 'Azhaikattuma' (Shall I call/invoke you) creates a rhythmic, hypnotic folk chant.
Hyperbole (Uruvagam / Viyappu)
“Antha paal aathu thanniyila / Antha thaen aathu thanniyila”
Describing river water metaphorically as milk and honey to emphasize sacred abundance upon the deity's arrival.
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Trivia
This track is a traditional Tamil folk deity invocation song ('Aaththaal Paattu' / 'Karuppasamy Paattu') rendered in the authentic Madurai/Sholavandan regional dialect, dedicated to Sholavandan Mariyamman and Karuppasamy.
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