- Lyricist
- Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass
- Singer
- S. Janaki
- Music director
- Pendyala Nageswara Rao
- Movie name
- Sree Krishna Arjuna Yudham
- Movie release year
- 1963
- Lyrics added on
- 29 Jan 2025
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This poetic piece expresses deep adoration and reverence for a beloved king, extolling his peerless grandeur and solar radiance. The speaker declares him to be the ultimate sovereign of her existence, whose beauty is so striking that even divine celestial maidens bow in homage to him. She hyperbolically asserts that no divine entity—neither Indra the ruler of gods, Kubera the lord of riches, nor the sacred Trimurti who rule the three realms—can compare to his magnificence, wealth, and supreme majesty.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Ravi Theja (Metaphor / Uvamai)
“Eedilla ravi theja”
Compares the beloved's radiance directly to the splendor of the sun ('Ravi Theja').
Uyarvu Navirtchi Ani (Hyperbole)
“Amarendhiran kubeeran nighara”
Exaggerates the king's magnificence by declaring him superior to divine figures like Indra, Kubera, and the Holy Trinity.
Moonaal / Assonance (Tamil Prosody)
“Aishwarya vaibhavathilum / Amarendhiran kubeeran nighara”
Use of matching initial vowel sounds in 'Aishwarya' and 'Amarendhiran' creates melodic rhythm across lines.
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Trivia
Sree Krishna Arjuna Yudham (1963) is a famous mythological film based on the Mahabharata tale of conflict between Krishna and Arjuna over Gaya. Originally made in Telugu by K. K. Rao and dubbed/adapted into Tamil, the soundtrack by Pendyala Nageswara Rao remains a masterpiece of Carnatic-infused filmi music, with Tamil lyrics adapted by veteran poet Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass.
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