Muruga Muruga
From Naalu Veli Nilam · 1959
- Lyricist
- Mahakavi Subramanya Bharathiyaar
- Singer
- Seerkazhi Govindarajan
- Music director
- K. V. Mahadevan
- Details
- Naalu Veli Nilam1959
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Muruga muruga muruga | Muruga, Muruga, Muruga! |
| Muruga muruga muruga | Muruga, Muruga, Muruga! |
| Male | |
| Varuvai mayil meedhinile | Come riding upon your peacock, |
| Vadi veludane varuvai | Come with your sharp spear! |
| Varuvai mayil meedhinile | Come riding upon your peacock, |
| Vadi veludane varuvai | Come with your sharp spear! |
| Tharuvai nalamum thagavum pugazhum | Grant us goodness, dignity, and fame, |
| Thavamum thiramum dhanamum ganamum | Penance, capability, wealth, and honor! |
| Male | |
| Muruga muruga muruga | Muruga, Muruga, Muruga! |
| Muruga muruga muruga | Muruga, Muruga, Muruga! |
| Male | |
| Suruthi porule varuga | O essence of the scriptures, welcome! |
| Thunive kanale varuga | O embodiment of courage, O divine flame, welcome! |
| Suruthi porule varuga | O essence of the scriptures, welcome! |
| Thunive kanale varuga | O embodiment of courage, O divine flame, welcome! |
| Karuthi karuthi kavalai paduvaar | To those who worry endlessly in their minds, |
| Kavalai kadalai kadiyum vadivel muruga | O sharp-speared Muruga who cuts away their ocean of sorrow! |
| Male | |
| Muruga muruga muruga | Muruga, Muruga, Muruga! |
| Muruga muruga muruga | Muruga, Muruga, Muruga! |
| Male | |
| Arivagiya koyilile | In the temple that is wisdom, |
| Arulgayathaiu madi mel | Upon the lap of divine grace, |
| Pori veludane valarvaai | Flourish along with your sparkling spear! |
| Adiyar pudhu vaazhvurave | So that your devotees may live a renewed life, |
| Puvi meedhu arulvaai | Bestow your grace upon this earth! |
| Male | |
| Muruga muruga muruga | Muruga, Muruga, Muruga! |
| Muruga muruga muruga | Muruga, Muruga, Muruga! |
| Male | |
| Guruve paraman magane | O Guru, Son of the Supreme Lord Shiva, |
| Guhayil valarum kanale | O flame growing within the cave of the heart, |
| Guruve paraman magane | O Guru, Son of the Supreme Lord Shiva, |
| Guhayil valarum kanale | O flame growing within the cave of the heart, |
| Tharuvai thozhilum payanum | Grant us purposeful work and its beneficial fruits, |
| Amarar samarathipane saranam saranam | O commander-in-chief of the celestial gods, I surrender to you! |
| Male | |
| Muruga muruga muruga | Muruga, Muruga, Muruga! |
| Muruga muruga muruga | Muruga, Muruga, Muruga! |
| Muruga……. | Muruga... |
முருகா முருகா முருகா!
முருகா முருகா முருகா!
Muruga, Muruga, Muruga!
Muruga, Muruga, Muruga!
வருவாய் மயில்மீதினிலே
வடிவேலுடனே வருவாய்!
வருவாய் மயில்மீதினிலே
வடிவேலுடனே வருவாய்!
தருவாய் நலமும் தகவும் புகழும்
தவமும் திறமும் தனமும் கனமும்
Come riding upon your peacock,
Come with your sharp spear!
Come riding upon your peacock,
Come with your sharp spear!
Grant us goodness, dignity, and fame,
Penance, capability, wealth, and honor!
முருகா முருகா முருகா!
முருகா முருகா முருகா!
Muruga, Muruga, Muruga!
Muruga, Muruga, Muruga!
சுருதிப் பொருளே வருக!
துணிவே கனலே வருக!
சுருதிப் பொருளே வருக!
துணிவே கனலே வருக!
கருதிக் கருதிக் கவலைப் படுவார்
கவலைக் கடலைக் கடியும் வடிவேல் முருகா
O essence of the scriptures, welcome!
O embodiment of courage, O divine flame, welcome!
O essence of the scriptures, welcome!
O embodiment of courage, O divine flame, welcome!
To those who worry endlessly in their minds,
O sharp-speared Muruga who cuts away their ocean of sorrow!
அறிவாகிய கோயிலிலே
அருளாகியதாய் மடிமேல்
பொறிவேலுடனே வளர்வாய்!
அடியார் புதுவாழ்வுறவே புவிமீதருள்வாய்
Muruga, Muruga, Muruga!
Muruga, Muruga, Muruga!
முருகா முருகா முருகா!
முருகா முருகா முருகா!
In the temple that is wisdom,
Upon the lap of divine grace,
Flourish along with your sparkling spear!
So that your devotees may live a renewed life,
Bestow your grace upon this earth!
குருவே!பரமன் மகனே!
குகையில் வளருங் கனலே!
குருவே!பரமன் மகனே!
குகையில் வளருங் கனலே!
தருவாய் தொழிலும் பயனும்
அமரர் சமராதிபனே! சரணம்!சரணம்
Muruga, Muruga, Muruga!
Muruga, Muruga, Muruga!
முருகா முருகா முருகா!
முருகா முருகா முருகா!
முருகா ......
O Guru, Son of the Supreme Lord Shiva,
O flame growing within the cave of the heart,
O Guru, Son of the Supreme Lord Shiva,
O flame growing within the cave of the heart,
Grant us purposeful work and its beneficial fruits,
O commander-in-chief of the celestial gods, I surrender to you!
Muruga, Muruga, Muruga!
Muruga, Muruga, Muruga!
Muruga...
Muruga muruga muruga
Muruga, Muruga, Muruga!
Muruga muruga muruga
Muruga, Muruga, Muruga!
Varuvai mayil meedhinile
Come riding upon your peacock,
Vadi veludane varuvai
Come with your sharp spear!
Varuvai mayil meedhinile
Come riding upon your peacock,
Vadi veludane varuvai
Come with your sharp spear!
Tharuvai nalamum thagavum pugazhum
Grant us goodness, dignity, and fame,
Thavamum thiramum dhanamum ganamum
Penance, capability, wealth, and honor!
Muruga muruga muruga
Muruga, Muruga, Muruga!
Muruga muruga muruga
Muruga, Muruga, Muruga!
Suruthi porule varuga
O essence of the scriptures, welcome!
Thunive kanale varuga
O embodiment of courage, O divine flame, welcome!
Suruthi porule varuga
O essence of the scriptures, welcome!
Thunive kanale varuga
O embodiment of courage, O divine flame, welcome!
Karuthi karuthi kavalai paduvaar
To those who worry endlessly in their minds,
Kavalai kadalai kadiyum vadivel muruga
O sharp-speared Muruga who cuts away their ocean of sorrow!
Muruga muruga muruga
Muruga, Muruga, Muruga!
Muruga muruga muruga
Muruga, Muruga, Muruga!
Arivagiya koyilile
In the temple that is wisdom,
Arulgayathaiu madi mel
Upon the lap of divine grace,
Pori veludane valarvaai
Flourish along with your sparkling spear!
Adiyar pudhu vaazhvurave
So that your devotees may live a renewed life,
Puvi meedhu arulvaai
Bestow your grace upon this earth!
Muruga muruga muruga
Muruga, Muruga, Muruga!
Muruga muruga muruga
Muruga, Muruga, Muruga!
Guruve paraman magane
O Guru, Son of the Supreme Lord Shiva,
Guhayil valarum kanale
O flame growing within the cave of the heart,
Guruve paraman magane
O Guru, Son of the Supreme Lord Shiva,
Guhayil valarum kanale
O flame growing within the cave of the heart,
Tharuvai thozhilum payanum
Grant us purposeful work and its beneficial fruits,
Amarar samarathipane saranam saranam
O commander-in-chief of the celestial gods, I surrender to you!
Muruga muruga muruga
Muruga, Muruga, Muruga!
Muruga muruga muruga
Muruga, Muruga, Muruga!
Muruga…….
Muruga...
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This devotional song is a passionate invocation composed by Mahakavi Subramanya Bharathiyar, pleading with Lord Murugan to shower his divine grace on humanity. The poet calls upon Murugan to arrive riding his majestic peacock, wielding his sharp spear (Vel) to destroy human anxieties and suffering, which are described as an overwhelming ocean. Bharathiyar addresses Murugan as the ultimate teacher, the son of Shiva, the essence of the Vedas, and the commander of celestial forces, asking him to bless his devotees with physical prosperity, moral courage, noble intellect, and purposeful endeavor on earth.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Repetition / Invocation (Adukkuthodar)
“Muruga muruga muruga”
Repeated invocation of the deity's name 'Muruga' creates a rhythmic, meditative, and passionate devotional chant.
Metaphor (Uruvagaim)
“Kavalai kadalai kadiyum vadivel muruga”
'Kavalai kadal' compares life's anxieties to an endless, drowning ocean that only Murugan's spear can cut through.
Metaphor (Uruvagaim)
“Arivagiya koyilile”
'Arivagiya koyilile' metaphorically presents true wisdom as a sacred temple where divinity resides.
Assonance and Rhythm (Iyaibu / Monai)
“Thavamum thiramum dhanamum ganamum”
Rhyming ending suffixes (-am) across multiple virtues creates musicality and emphasis on the blessings sought.
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Trivia
This song features lyrics by the renowned national poet Mahakavi Subramanya Bharathiyar. Set to music by legendary composer K. V. Mahadevan and rendered in the commanding, resonant voice of Seerkazhi Govindarajan, it remains one of the most celebrated classical devotional compositions in Tamil cinema from the 1959 movie 'Naalu Veli Nilam'.
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