Deivam Neethana
From Kalaivanan · 1959
- Lyricist
- A. Maruthakasi
- Singers
- T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela
- Music director
- Pendyala Nageswara Rao
- Details
- Kalaivanan1959
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Deivam nee thaana | Are you truly God? |
| Dharmam nee thaana | Are you truly righteousness? |
| Deivamum dharmamum | Both God and righteousness, |
| Neeyenbadhu meiyaanal | If it is true that you are them, |
| Urudhi seiyava | Will you prove it? |
| Unnai ulagam kaana vaa | Come so that the world can see you! |
| Urudhi seiyavaa | Will you prove it? |
| Unnai ulagam kaana vaa | Come so that the world can see you! |
| Deivam nee dhaana | Are you truly God? |
| Male | |
| Uruvai pola unadhu | Just like your stone idol, |
| Nenjam karungal aandha | Has your heart also turned into hard stone? |
| Unaiyae silar poyienbadhu | Has the claim by some that you are a lie, |
| Unmaiyaaghi ponadhaa | Now become the ultimate truth? |
| Female :Karunai manam illa | Female: Without a compassionate heart, |
| Unai kadavul enbadha | Should you even be called God? |
| Both :Urudhi seiyavaa | Both: Will you prove it? |
| Unnai ulagam kaana vaa | Come so that the world can see you! |
| Female | |
| Maanida bali vaangida manam | Does your heart desire |
| Aasai kondatha | To take human sacrifice? |
| Aanava amdha peigalin veri | Has the fury of those blind, arrogant demons |
| Unnai kooda vendratha | Conquered even you? |
| Male | |
| Un thanmai un unmai | Has your true nature and your truth |
| Uyirattrae ponadha | Become completely lifeless? |
| Idhu unakkae avamaanam | This is a disgrace to you yourself; |
| Yen innum veen maunam | Why this continuous, futile silence? |
| Urudhi seiyavaa | Will you prove it? |
| Unnai ulagam kaana vaa | Come so that the world can see you! |
| Deivam nee dhaana | Are you truly God? |
| Female | |
| Neeyum indha paapam thannai | Will you not stop this sin, |
| Niruthaayoo jeghadheesa | O Lord of the Universe? |
| Male :Netri kannain oozhitheeyil | Male: In the cosmic fire of your third eye, |
| Suttu adhai posikkidu | Burn it and reduce it to ashes! |
| Neelakanda aalakaala vishathai engum sidharidu | O Blue-throated one, scatter the deadly poison everywhere, |
| Aniyaayam thunmaargam nirmoolam aagavae | So that injustice and evil are completely eradicated! |
தெய்வம் நீதானா
தர்மம் நீதானா
தெய்வமும் தர்மமும்
நீயென்பது மெய்யானால்
உறுதி செய்யவா
உன்னை உலகம் காண வா
உறுதி செய்யவா
உன்னை உலகம் காண வா
தெய்வம் நீதானா......
Are you truly God?
Are you truly righteousness?
Both God and righteousness,
If it is true that you are them,
Will you prove it?
Come so that the world can see you!
Will you prove it?
Come so that the world can see you!
Are you truly God?
உருவைப் போல உனது
நெஞ்சம் கருங்கல் ஆனதா
உனையே சிலர் பொய்யென்பது
உண்மையாகிப் போனதா
கருணை மனம் இல்லா
உனைக் கடவுள் என்பதா
இருவர் :
உறுதி செய்யவா
உன்னை உலகம் காண வா
Just like your stone idol,
Has your heart also turned into hard stone?
Has the claim by some that you are a lie,
Now become the ultimate truth?
Female: Without a compassionate heart,
Should you even be called God?
Both: Will you prove it?
Come so that the world can see you!
மானிட பலி வாங்கிட மனம்
ஆசை கொண்டதா
ஆணவ மதப் பேய்களின் வெறி
உன்னை கூட வென்றதா
Does your heart desire
To take human sacrifice?
Has the fury of those blind, arrogant demons
Conquered even you?
உன் தன்மை உன் உண்மை
உயிரற்றே போனதா
இது உனக்கே அவமானம்
ஏன் இன்னும் வீண் மௌனம்
உறுதி செய்யவா
உன்னை உலகம் காண வா
தெய்வம் நீதானா......
Has your true nature and your truth
Become completely lifeless?
This is a disgrace to you yourself;
Why this continuous, futile silence?
Will you prove it?
Come so that the world can see you!
Are you truly God?
நீயுமிந்த பாபம் தன்னை
நிறுத்தாயோ ஜெகதீசா
நெற்றி கண்ணின் ஊழித்தீயில்
சுட்டு அதைப் பொசுக்கிடு
நீலகண்ட ஆலகால விஷத்தை எங்கும் சிதறிடு
அநியாயம் துன்மார்க்கம் நிர்மூலம் ஆகவே......
Will you not stop this sin,
O Lord of the Universe?
Male: In the cosmic fire of your third eye,
Burn it and reduce it to ashes!
O Blue-throated one, scatter the deadly poison everywhere,
So that injustice and evil are completely eradicated!
Deivam nee thaana
Are you truly God?
Dharmam nee thaana
Are you truly righteousness?
Deivamum dharmamum
Both God and righteousness,
Neeyenbadhu meiyaanal
If it is true that you are them,
Urudhi seiyava
Will you prove it?
Unnai ulagam kaana vaa
Come so that the world can see you!
Urudhi seiyavaa
Will you prove it?
Unnai ulagam kaana vaa
Come so that the world can see you!
Deivam nee dhaana
Are you truly God?
Uruvai pola unadhu
Just like your stone idol,
Nenjam karungal aandha
Has your heart also turned into hard stone?
Unaiyae silar poyienbadhu
Has the claim by some that you are a lie,
Unmaiyaaghi ponadhaa
Now become the ultimate truth?
Female :Karunai manam illa
Female: Without a compassionate heart,
Unai kadavul enbadha
Should you even be called God?
Both :Urudhi seiyavaa
Both: Will you prove it?
Unnai ulagam kaana vaa
Come so that the world can see you!
Maanida bali vaangida manam
Does your heart desire
Aasai kondatha
To take human sacrifice?
Aanava amdha peigalin veri
Has the fury of those blind, arrogant demons
Unnai kooda vendratha
Conquered even you?
Un thanmai un unmai
Has your true nature and your truth
Uyirattrae ponadha
Become completely lifeless?
Idhu unakkae avamaanam
This is a disgrace to you yourself;
Yen innum veen maunam
Why this continuous, futile silence?
Urudhi seiyavaa
Will you prove it?
Unnai ulagam kaana vaa
Come so that the world can see you!
Deivam nee dhaana
Are you truly God?
Neeyum indha paapam thannai
Will you not stop this sin,
Niruthaayoo jeghadheesa
O Lord of the Universe?
Male :Netri kannain oozhitheeyil
Male: In the cosmic fire of your third eye,
Suttu adhai posikkidu
Burn it and reduce it to ashes!
Neelakanda aalakaala vishathai engum sidharidu
O Blue-throated one, scatter the deadly poison everywhere,
Aniyaayam thunmaargam nirmoolam aagavae
So that injustice and evil are completely eradicated!
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This powerful song from Kalaivanan (1959) is a dramatic rhetorical challenge directed at the Almighty. The singers question God's existence, compassion, and silence in the presence of evil, tyranny, and unjust human suffering. They mock the idea of a stone idol possessing a stone heart and demand that the divine power manifest itself to protect righteousness.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Upamai)
“Uruvai pola unadhu Nenjam karungal aandha”
Compares God's heart turning to cold black stone with His inanimate stone idol (Uruvai pola unadhu Nenjam karungal aandha).
Rhetorical Questioning (Vinaa)
“Deivam nee thaana / Dharmam nee thaana”
Uses a series of sharp questions challenging God's presence, mercy, and silence to evoke strong emotion.
Alliteration / Monai
“Un thanmai un unmai”
Repetition of starting sounds like 'Un' in 'Un thanmai un unmai' and 'Urudhi / Unnai'.
Mythological Allusion (Apostrophe)
“Netri kannain oozhitheeyil Suttu adhai posikkidu”
Directly invokes Shiva's attributes—Netrikkan (third eye fire) and Neelakanda (blue-throated eater of poison)—to destroy evil.
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Trivia
Kalaivanan (1959) was a famous Tamil film starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao and P. Bhanumathi, with music composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao. The song vividly combines classical devotional metaphors with dramatic social commentary written by legendary lyricist A. Maruthakasi.
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