- Lyricist
- Kannadasan
- Singer
- T. M. Soundararajan
- Music director
- D. Diwakar
- Movie name
- Deiva Cheyal
- Movie release year
- 1967
- Lyrics added on
- 12 Jul 2025
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This song conveys a profound moral and philosophical message about the power of love, understanding, and divine will. The lyricist emphasizes that everything in human life operates under divine guidance ('Ellam deiva seyal'). Through compassion and proper conduct, human relationships can undergo miraculous transformations: hostility melts away to turn foes into friends, and cruelty softens to turn even beasts into gentle, godlike beings.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Refrain
“Ellam deiva seyal”
The line 'Ellam deiva seyal' acts as a repeating refrain to anchor the song's central belief in divine providence.
Juxtaposition / Antithesis
“Pagaivan kooda nanbanae”
Contrasting 'Pagaivan' (enemy) with 'Nanbanae' (friend), and 'Mirugam' (beast) with 'Deivamae' (god) to highlight the transformative power of affection.
Iyaibu (End Rhyme)
“Mirugam kooda deivamae”
The lines end with rhythmic, rhyming suffixes like 'nanbanae' and 'deivamae' to heighten the lyricism.
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Trivia
'Deiva Cheyal' (1967) featured music composed by D. Diwakar, a lesser-known composer from the 1960s Tamil cinema era. Kannadasan's signature simple philosophical lyrics paired with T. M. Soundararajan's resonant voice made this song a classic moral anthem.
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