- Lyricist
- Mahakavi Subramanya Bharathiyaar
- Singer
- P. Susheela
- Music director
- G. Ramanathan
- Movie name
- Kappalotiya Tamizhan
- Movie release year
- 1961
- Lyrics added on
- 11 Mar 2025
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This song, composed by Mahakavi Subramanya Bharathiyar, celebrates the divine playfulness, innocence, and protective nature of Lord Krishna (Kannan). Bharathiyar describes Krishna as an innocent child who plays joyfully, diffusing anger with gentle humor and dissolving misunderstandings into joy. Beyond his childlike charm, Krishna acts as a supreme guardian who stands by his devotees in times of peril, destroying evil effortlessly just as a bright lamp flame consumes moths that fly into it.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Upamai)
“Chinna kuzhandhaigal pol vilaiyaadi”
Compares the divine playfulness of Lord Krishna directly to innocent little children playing.
Simile (Upamai)
“Sudar deebathilae vizhum poochigal pol varum”
Compares evil troubles being eradicated to moths/insects falling into a bright lamp flame and getting burned.
Rhyme (Edhugai)
“Kobathilae / Manasthabathilae / Aabathilae”
The second letter 'ba' ('pa') rhymes across 'Kobathilae', 'Manasthabathilae', and 'Aabathilae'.
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Trivia
This poem by Mahakavi Subramanya Bharathiyar highlights his 'Kannan Pattu' genre of devotional poetry. In the 1961 historical biographical film 'Kappalottiya Tamizhan', directed by B. R. Panthulu, this track was set to music by G. Ramanathan and sung by P. Susheela, featuring Gemini Ganesan and Savitri.
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