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Basavanna

From Seetha Payanam · 2025

Lyricist
Suresh Jithan
Singers
Mahalingam, L Keerthana
Music director
Anup Rubens
Movie name
Seetha Payanam
Movie release year
2025
Lyrics added on
30 Dec 2025

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Oh..Eashwra..aaa..aaa..
Nandheeshwara.. haa..
Sooriyanai pola vandhaan paaru..
Magaveeranai pola kaathiduvaan paaru..
Un kangal sindhum kanneerinai kandaal
Than kannai pola unnai kaappan paaru..
Thottaa un tholurippan
Pakka sulukkeduppaan
Getthaa therikka viduvaan..aaahn..
Ottha aalaga nippaan.
Nittham anbai koduppaan..
Petha pullaya polathaan..
Gokulatthin kuladheivamdaa..
Annaikellam annai thaanada..
Nam pillayin vaazhkayin dheepamadaa..
Paasam konda pasuthaayada..
Hey..
Heyyy..ohhh..heyy..(2)
Sooriyanai pola vandhaan paaru..
Oru minnalai pol thulli vandhaan paaru..
Seeri varum vegatthai nee paaru..
Ivan veerathukku nigar ingu yaaru..
Sooravaliya pola
Vandhaan murattukkaala..
Suthi adikkum aalada…
Mosam panna nenacha
Modhi uyireduppaan
Veeram ivan veetu peradaa..
Vaayillaatha jeevan thaanadaa..
Nammel anbai konda
Thyaaga moorthida..
Dheivangal ellaam
Panindhe vanangum
Annaiyaval kamadhenuda..
Oh Ishwara...
Nandheeshwara... ha...
Look, he arrives shining like the sun!
Look, he will protect us like a mighty hero!
If he sees tears falling from your eyes,
Look, he will guard you like his very own eyes!
If anyone touches you, he will skin them alive,
He will knock the breath out of them,
And blow them away in true style!
He will stand strong all on his own,
And shower his love every single day,
Just like caring for his own child!
The guardian deity of Gokulam,
The mother of all mothers,
The guiding light in our children's lives,
A mother cow filled with boundless love!
Hey...
Hey... oh... hey...
Look, he arrives shining like the sun!
Look, he comes leaping like a flash of lightning!
Just look at the speed with which he charges!
Who could ever match his bravery here?
Just like a whirlwind,
The fierce bull came charging in,
He is a force that sweeps everything away!
If anyone dares to plot harm,
He will strike and take their life!
Bravery is his family name!
Though just a voiceless creature,
Filled with immense love for us,
He is the very symbol of sacrifice!
Whom even all the gods
Bow down and revere,
She is mother Kamadhenu (the divine cow)!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

'Seetha Payanam' is a powerful celebratory song glorifying the divine bull and cow in rural Indian culture. The lyrics revere the animal as both a fierce protector (Nandheeshwara/Bull) and a compassionate, self-sacrificing mother (Kamadhenu/Cow). It praises the animal's lightning speed, immense valor, and loyalty, while emphasizing its sacred role as a beloved family member and a divine guardian of the village.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Upamai)

Sooriyanai pola vandhaan paaru.. / Oru minnalai pol thulli vandhaan paaru..

Compares the arrival and movement of the animal to the sun and lightning using the comparative marker 'pola/pol'.

Metaphor (Uruvagamm)

Veeram ivan veetu peradaa..

Directly equates the bull's heritage to courage itself, elevating its status to a warrior line.

Alliteration / Monai

Mosam panna nenacha / Modhi uyireduppaan

Repetition of the initial 'M' sound across adjacent lines ('Mosam', 'Modhi').

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Trivia

The song incorporates imagery of both 'Nandheeshwara' (the sacred bull, vehicle of Lord Shiva) and 'Kamadhenu' (the divine wish-fulfilling cow), seamlessly blending fierce masculine protection with tender feminine care.

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