- Lyricist
- Kannadasan
- Singer
- S. Janaki
- Music director
- Ilayaraja
- Movie name
- Thiripura Sundari
- Movie release year
- 1978
- Lyrics added on
- 29 Jun 2020
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This powerful song from 'Thiripura Sundari' features a woman confronting a deceitful, womanizing man or ruler with intense vigilance and fierce warning. She asserts that while his eyes wander endlessly toward other women, her eyes remain fixed on him to hold him accountable. She references mythological and historical precedents where women demanded justice from kings and subdues powerful forces. Through vivid imagery of divine wrath, she warns him that goddesses descend to eliminate sinners. Her gaze, once gentle, now carries the destructive power of divine fire that burned Tripura, promising that retribution is swift and inescapable no matter where he tries to hide.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Ethugai (Second letter rhyming)
“En kangal endrum un meedhu / Un kangal nooru pen meedhu”
Matching second consonants across lines create rhythmic harmony, seen in 'En kangal' and 'Un kangal'.
Monai (First letter rhyming)
“Aadaigalai virithu aasaigalai mudithu”
Assonance and initial letter matching seen in 'Aadaigalai' and 'Aasaigalai'.
Allusion / Mythological Metaphor
“Andru oru purathai paartha kangal allavaa / Indru thiruppurathai yeritha kangal paaradaa…”
Direct mythological reference to Lord Shiva burning Tripura (the three demon cities), used here as a metaphor for divine feminine wrath destroying evil.
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Trivia
The mythological allusion to burning 'Tripura' directly ties into the film's title 'Thiripura Sundari' (1978), utilizing Kannadasan's signature style of combining classical puranic metaphors with intense dramatic confrontation in film song lyrics.
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