- Lyricist
- Puratchi Dasan
- Singers
- P. Susheela, Chorus
- Music director
- Rajan Nagendra
- Movie name
- Rathna Manjari
- Movie release year
- 1961
- Lyrics added on
- 17 May 2024
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This song celebrates the joy, beauty, and bloom of youth and love. Through natural imagery such as blooming flowers, honeyed branches, and ripening fruit, the song depicts the awakening of romance and emotional fulfillment. It highlights how love immerses the mind in joy, washing away grief and inspiring poetic and musical expression among young maidens. The lyricist connects nature's flourishing state with the bloom of human youth, portraying love as a divine flood that enriches the arts and brings inner illumination to young women.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Uvamai (Simile / Metaphor)
“Kovai sevvidhazh kanindhadhadi”
Compares red lips to the ripe Kovai (ivy gourd) fruit ('Kovai sevvidhazh'), a classical Tamil poetic convention.
Rupakam (Metaphor)
“Anbu vellathil neeradi”
'Anbu vellam' metaphors love as an overflowing flood that immerses the soul.
Iyaibu (End Rhyme)
“Aasai tharungadhai namadhaagum”
The lines end with matching rhyming suffixes ('namadhaagum', 'kinaiyaagum', 'ondraagum').
Personification
“Uyirulla thunaiyulla poonjedigal”
Flowering plants ('poonjedigal') and vines ('kulakodigal') are personified as youthful companions capable of feeling and reflecting love.
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Trivia
Rathna Manjari (1961) was originally made in Kannada and dubbed/remade in Tamil. The soundtrack marked one of the early Tamil assignments for the legendary Kannada music composer duo Rajan-Nagendra.
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