- Lyricist
- Sahithi
- Singer
- Vijay Prakash
- Music director
- G. V. Prakash Kumar
- Movie name
- Adangathey
- Movie release year
- 2018
- Lyrics added on
- 27 Jul 2018
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This song is a high-octane devotional and fierce hymn dedicated to Lord Shiva in his wrathful form as Rudra and Mahakala. Incorporating heavy Sanskritized chants and imagery, the lyrics invoke Shiva's sacred names—such as Sasidhara, Pasupati, Mahakal, and Bholenath—and depict his cosmic duty of maintaining cosmic balance and righteousness (Dharma). The text recounts Shiva rising with his divine battle-axe to defend the helpless and righteous from tyrannical demonic forces. As evil escalates, Shiva unleashes his fierce Tandava dance, sounding his damaru drum and opening his third eye to reduce evil-doers and tyrants to ashes. The emotional arc transitions from solemn chant to intense divine vengeance.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Anaphora
“Om sasidhar shiva hare om om ... Om prakatith pur hare om om”
Repetition of the sacred syllable 'Om' at the beginning of consecutive lines creates a rhythmic, incantatory chanting effect.
Iyaipu (Rhyme)
“Om ripuhar layakar om om / Om prabhavit dinkar om om / Om prachalith bhaykar om m”
End rhyming with the suffix '-kar' ('layakar', 'dinkar', 'bhaykar') builds cadence and poetic symmetry.
Imagery / Epithet
“Pramathnath amarnaath pasupathi / Mahaa kaal ujjainpathi”
Use of grand classical epithets and spatial imagery ('Mahaa kaal', 'Pasupati', 'Ujjainpathi') to invoke the awe-inspiring majesty of Lord Shiva.
Hyperbole / Violent Imagery
“Dushta duritha jana bhasmeepatalam”
Exaggerated dramatic visual imagery describing evil-doers instantly incinerating into heaps of ash from the fire of Shiva's third eye.
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Trivia
The song is part of the soundtrack for the film 'Adangathey', featuring lyrics penned by renowned lyricist Sahithi. Written in a heavy Sanskritized chant style, it blends traditional devotional hymn structures with high-octane action background score elements designed to accompany intense cinematic heroics.
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