- Lyricist
- Kuyilan
- Singers
- Nageswara Rao, P. Susheela
- Music director
- Pendyala Nageswara Rao
- Movie name
- Veettukku Vandha Varalakshmi
- Movie release year
- 1958
- Lyrics added on
- 4 Mar 2025
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This excerpt portrays profound devotion and unconditional surrender of a woman to her beloved lord. She considers her heart as his exclusive realm and surrenders herself at his feet for ultimate protection. She praises him as a tangible, living god on earth, rhetorically asking if anyone else could possess such boundless compassion.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Rhetorical Question (Vinaa Ani)
“Kaarunya moorthy undoo”
The speaker asks 'undoo' (is there one?), not to receive an answer, but to assert that no one is as compassionate as her lord.
Alliteration (Mona)
“Kankanda devan un pol”
The repetition of the consonant sound 'K' in 'Kankanda' and 'Kaarunya' adds melodic rhythm to the Tamil lyrics.
Rhyme (Edhugai)
“Ennullam than sondhamae”
The second letter harmony 'n' in 'Ennullam' and 'Naanundhan' links the two core declarative lines together musically.
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Trivia
Veettukku Vandha Varalakshmi (1958) is the Tamil version of the blockbuster Telugu film 'Inti Guttu' starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao (ANR) and Savitri. The soundtrack composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao was celebrated for its classical Telugu-Tamil melody adaptations.
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