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Jaya Jaya Jaya Rama

From Engal Selvi · 1960

Lyricist
Kavi Rajagopal
Singer
V. N. Sundaram
Music director
K. V. Mahadevan
Movie name
Engal Selvi
Movie release year
1960
Lyrics added on
17 Dec 2024

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Jaya jaya jaya jaya
Rama maadhava raggula paalaa raagavaa gunaseelaa
Kaavaa vaa vaa seethaa manaalaa
Kaaththirunthaen rompa naalaa
Aanaiyiduveer arasae agilam ariya udan
Male :Aanaiyiduveer arasae agilam ariya udan
Andru enakkaliththa antha varanthanilae
Ondru enathu magan bharathan
Mudi soodi endrum arasaala
Umathu magan raman indrae
Vanam poga venum ena udanae
Aanaiyiduveer arasae agilam ariya udan
Thanthaikku pin mooththa
Thanaiyan aaluvathu
Tharani vazhakkamadi nee
Kondullla peraasai koodaathadi
Thaaikulaththukkae kalangamadi
Vaakku thavarum mannaa
Ummai vaiyagam thoottrum sonnaa
Kaalai vidiyum munnaal
En pinaththai paarum kannaal
Inikkum maambazhaththukkullae
Olinthirukkum vandu adhai polae
Mayakkum perazhagin munnae
Vanjam valarththu vanthaayadi pennae
Un manasu pola mudi maganukaatchi mudi
Soottu kodi naattu
Azhagennum saaviyinaal kaikeyi mannar
Arivu kadhavai saaththi poottivittaal
Kaakam kuyil kunjai virattuthal pol
Aval kaattukkae raamanaiyum oottivittaal
Victory, victory, victory, victory!
Rama, Madhava, scion of the Raghu clan, noble Raghava!
Come protect us, come, Sita's beloved groom!
I have waited for you for such a long time!
Give your royal command, O King, for the whole world to know at once!
Give your royal command, O King, for the whole world to know at once!
From the boons you granted me that day,
One is that my son Bharatha
Shall wear the crown and rule forever,
And your son Rama, this very day,
Must leave for the forest—so at once,
Give your royal command, O King, for the whole world to know at once!
After the father, for the eldest
Son to inherit and rule
Is the way of this world, woman!
This wild greed of yours is wrong and unjust!
You are a disgrace to all of motherhood!
O King who breaks his solemn word,
The whole world will curse and despise you if I speak out!
Before the morning dawns,
You will see my dead body with your own eyes!
Just like a beetle hiding
Deep inside a sweet mango,
Behind your enchanting beauty,
You harbored bitter deceit, O woman!
Have your way—hand the rule to your son,
Crown him and hoist your flag!
With the key of beauty, Kaikeyi
Shut and locked the King's door of wisdom.
Just like a crow driving away a baby cuckoo,
She banished Rama into the forest!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song presents a dramatic musical depiction of the crucial Ramayana episode where Queen Kaikeyi demands King Dasaratha to fulfill her two boons. Kaikeyi insists that her son Bharatha be crowned king and that Rama be exiled to the forest for fourteen years. King Dasaratha tries to reason with her, stating that prime lineage succession is the law of the land and warning her that her extreme greed brings dishonor to womanhood, but Kaikeyi threatens self-harm if her demands are not met.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Uvamai (Simile)

“Inikkum maambazhaththukkullae”

Compares Kaikeyi's hidden deceit within her beauty to a destructive beetle hiding inside a sweet mango ('Inikkum maambazhaththukkullae olinthirukkum vandu adhai polae').

Metaphor (Uruvagaim)

“Azhagennum saaviyinaal kaikeyi mannar”

Metaphorically describes Kaikeyi using beauty as a key to lock shut Dasaratha's door of wisdom ('Azhagennum saaviyinaal... arivu kadhavai saaththi poottivittaal').

Edhukai (Second Letter Rhyme)

“Inikkum maambazhaththukkullae”

Rhyming of the second letter 'n' across lines 22-25 ('Inikkum', 'Olinthirukkum', 'Mayakkum', 'Vanjam').

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Trivia

This track is a musical drama dance format song (Isai Nadagam) composed by K. V. Mahadevan for 'Engal Selvi' (1960), depicting the iconic confrontation between King Dasaratha and Queen Kaikeyi from the Ramayana.

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