- Lyricist
- Kalidasan
- Singer
- K. S. Chitra
- Music director
- Deva
- Movie name
- Purusha Lakshanam
- Movie release year
- 1993
- Lyrics added on
- 19 May 2021
Lyrics & meaning
♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
: Kola vizhiyammaa raja kaaliyammaa
Palaiyath thaayammaa pangaaru maayammaa
Muththu maariyammaa pathra kaliyaammaa
Munda kanniyammaa enga senniyammaa
Kunguma kodhaiyae annaiyae sodhaiyae
Senthoora dheivaanai singaara bhoopathi
Annai visaalaatchi sowdaambaa viruppaatchchu
Sundhara neeliyae sownthara maaliyae
Valliyammaa engal alliyammaa
Thanga selliyammaa sella kolliyammaa
Adi angaalammaa engal sengaalammaa
Arul muppaaththammaa anal veppaaththammaa
Singaari oiyaari sangari umaiyaamapaa
Mannmaari ponmaari sellaayi silambaayi
Maruvaththoor ammaavae vaa
Om om om om om om om om
Om om om om om om om om
Oru thaali varam kettu vanathaen thayammaa
Kann thiranthu paarammaa Veru thunai yaarammaa
Oru thaali varam kettu vanathaen thayammaa
Kann thiranthu paarammaa Veru thunai yaarammaa
Kuththmillaa oru uththama nenjukku
Sodhanaigal edhukku
Avar kattiya thaalikkum pottukkum poovukkum
Kaaval kodu enakku
Needhikku kann thandhu sodhikkum thunbaththai
Nee vanthu maattridammaa
Madiyaendhi pichchai ketkiraen
Ammaa maru vaazhvu unnai ketkiraen
Madiyaendhi pichchai ketkiraen
Ammaa maru vaazhvu unnai ketkiraen
Oru thaali varam kettu vanathaen thayammaa
Kann thiranthu paarammaa Veru thunai yaarammaa
Kaanaatha poi vazhakku veenaaga vanthirukku
Vaadhaada saatchi yaedhammaa
Oor vaazha aatchi seiyyum meenatchi deviyamma
Naan vaazha needhi koorammaa
Sodhanaiyai vedhanaiyai
Saerththu vittaen unnadiyil
Sogangalai thurogangalai
Theerththuvidu en vazhiyil
Vaazhvarasi aavatharkku thaali thantha kanniyammaa
Vaasal vantha pillai manam
Vaadalaamaa ponniyammaa
Akilaanda eshwari sabai yaerammaa
Avar meedhu veezhntha pazhi theerammaa
Thirupaththoor gowmaari thiruvaanaikkaavammaa
Maangaattu kaamatchi malaiyaala pagavathi
Thanjavur mariyae kanyaakumaariyae
Malaiyanoor senbagam mayilapur karpagam
Kannigaa parameshvarai annaiyae jegathambaa
Thulukkaanathammaavae durgai ammaavae
Mukkuzhi ammaavae kulambi ammaavae
Ellai ammaavae gangai ammaavae
Naachchiyammaa thanga pechiyammaa
Annai moogaambigaa engal yogaambigaa
Adi alamelammaa thaayae varikolammaa
Thooya pachchaiyammaa veera padavettammaa
Bairavi vairavi thaenaatchi thirupaatchchi
Ammaayi pommaayi azhaammaa kanagammaa
Aadhi paraasakthiyae…..
Om om om om om om om om
Om om om om om om om om
Ooyaatha saththiyamum saayaatha sakkaramum
Nedhaanae bhoomi meedhilae
Aaththa nee kann thiranthu paarhthaalae
Vanjanaigal veezhaatho unthan kaalilae
Penninangal venduvathu
Annai unthan kungumamae
Kungumaththil nee irunthu kaakkanum en mangalamae
Saththiyaththai kaakka unthan sakkaraththai suththi vidu
Ukkiraththil nee ezhunthu unmaikkoru vettri kodu
Un needhi bhoomiyil thavaraagumaa
En vazhvil adhu innum vegu thooramaa
Thaayae periyammaa thaali tharum ammaa
Theppa kulaththammaa theradi poovammaa
Mangalam neeyammaa manthveli ammaa
Arththnaariyammaa ennai jodhiyammaa
Vadivudaiyammaavae thiripurasundhari
Verkkaadu maayammaa kasthoori thaayammaa
Urumaari ulagammaa uruthraatcha thilagammaa
Unnaamulai ammaa pannaari ammaavae
Mageshwari sarppa yaakeshvari
Adi logeshwari nalla yogeshwari
Sakthi jegatheeshvari annai parameshwari
Engal buvaneshwari thaayae rajeshwari
Abiraami sivagaami arulmaari magaamaayi
Maamundi saamundi paanjaali aththaayee
Solaiyoor agaamaayi vaa….
Om om om om om om om om
Om om om om om om om om
Kuththmillaa oru uththama nenjukku
Sodhanaigal edhukku
Avar kattiya thaalikkum pottukkum poovukkum
Kaaval kodu enakku
Needhikku kann thandhu sodhikkum thunbaththai
Nee vanthu maattridammaa
Om om om om om om om om
Om om om om om om om om
Om sakthi om sakthi om sakthi om
Om sakthi om sakthi om sakthi om….
O fierce-eyed Mother! O Raja Kali Mother!
O Mother of Palayam! O golden Mother Maya!
O Muthu Mariamman! O Bhadrakali Mother!
O Mundakanni Mother! O our Chenniyamma!
O lady of kumkum, O Mother, divine light!
O sindoor-adorned Deivayanai, gracefully adorned queen!
Mother Visalakshi, Chowdamba, Mother of Viruppachi!
O beautiful Neeli! O lovely Malini!
Mother Valli! Our Mother Alli!
Golden Chelliyamma! Beloved Kolliyamma!
O Angalamma! Our Sengalamma!
Grace-giving Muppathamma! Fiery Veppathamma!
Charming one, graceful one, Shankari, Mother Uma!
Shower of earth, shower of gold, Chellayi, Silambayi!
O Mother of Maruvathur, come!
Om Om Om Om Om Om Om Om
Om Om Om Om Om Om Om Om
I have come begging for the blessing of my thali (sacred marriage thread), Mother!
Open your eyes and look at me, Mother; who else is my refuge?
I have come begging for the blessing of my thali (sacred marriage thread), Mother!
Open your eyes and look at me, Mother; who else is my refuge?
For a pure, innocent heart without any guilt,
why must there be these trials?
For the sacred thread he tied, for the bindi and flowers I wear,
give me your protection!
Give eyes to justice, and this agonizing sorrow,
come and turn it away, Mother!
Holding out the edge of my saree, I beg you,
Mother, I plead with you for a new life!
Holding out the edge of my saree, I beg you,
Mother, I plead with you for a new life!
I have come begging for the blessing of my thali (sacred marriage thread), Mother!
Open your eyes and look at me, Mother; who else is my refuge?
A false case unseen before has wrongly fallen upon him,
and what witness is there to plead his cause, Mother?
O Goddess Meenakshi, who rules so that all people may flourish,
give your verdict of justice so that I may live!
All my trials and my heartaches,
I have surrendered at your feet!
The sorrows and the betrayals,
clear them away from my path!
O Kanniyamma, who gave me the sacred thread to be the queen of my home,
the heart of this child who came to your door,
should it wither away in sorrow, O Ponniyamma?
O Goddess of the whole universe, step into the court!
Wipe away the false blame cast upon him!
Kaumari of Tiruppattur! Mother of Thiruvanaikaval!
Kamakshi of Mangadu! Bhagavathi of Kerala!
Mariamman of Thanjavur! Kanyakumari!
Shenbagam of Melmalayanur! Karpagam of Mylapore!
Kannika Parameshwari! O Mother Jagadamba!
O Mother Thulukkanathamman! O Mother Durga!
O Mukkuzhi Amman! O Kulambi Amman!
O Ellai Amman (guardian goddess of borders)! O Mother Ganga!
Nachiyamma! Golden Pechiyamma!
Mother Mookambika! Our Yogambika!
O Mother Alamelu! O Mother Varigolamma!
Pure Pachaiyamma! Brave Padavettamma!
Bhairavi, Vairavi, Thenatchi, Thiruppatchi!
Ammami, Bommayi, Azhamma, Kanagamma!
O Adi Parashakti (primordial cosmic goddess)...!
Om Om Om Om Om Om Om Om
Om Om Om Om Om Om Om Om
The endless truth and the unswerving wheel of cosmic order,
are they not you upon this earth?
Mother, if only you open your eyes and look,
won't all deceits fall crushed at your feet?
What all womankind prays for,
is only the sacred kumkum from you, Mother!
Dwelling within that kumkum, you must protect my married life!
Spin your sacred wheel to defend the truth!
Rise in your fierce power and grant victory to the truth!
Can your justice ever fail in this world?
In my life, is it still so far away?
O Mother Periyamma, Mother who blesses us with the sacred marriage thread!
Mother of the temple tank! Poovamma of the chariot square!
You are auspiciousness, O Mother of Mandaveli!
Ardhanari Mother! Mother of the divine flame!
O Vadivudai Amman! Tripurasundari!
Mother Maya of Thiruverkadu! Mother Kasthuri!
All-transforming Mother of the world, adorned with the sacred rudraksha mark!
Unnamalai Amman! O Bannari Amman!
Maheshwari! Sarpa Yageshwari!
O Lokeshwari, noble Yogeshwari!
Shakti, Jagadeeshwari, Mother Parameshwari!
Our Bhuvaneshwari, Mother Rajeshwari!
Abhirami, Sivakami, Arulmari, Mahamayi!
Mamundi, Chamundi, Panchali, Athayi!
O Mother Akamayi of Solaiyur, come...!
Om Om Om Om Om Om Om Om
Om Om Om Om Om Om Om Om
For a pure, innocent heart without any guilt,
why must there be these trials?
For the sacred thread he tied, for the bindi and flowers I wear,
give me your protection!
Give eyes to justice, and this agonizing sorrow,
come and turn it away, Mother!
Om Om Om Om Om Om Om Om
Om Om Om Om Om Om Om Om
Om Shakti Om Shakti Om Shakti Om
Om Shakti Om Shakti Om Shakti Om...
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Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This emotional devotional song is a passionate plea by a distressed wife to Goddess Parasakthi (and her various regional manifestations across Tamil Nadu) to protect her husband, defend her marital bliss (Thaali), and vindicate innocence against false accusations. Faced with injustice and betrayal, she surrenders entirely at the Mother Goddess's feet, invoking dozens of localized names and shrines of the Divine Mother to awaken divine intervention and restore justice.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Adukkuthodar / Anaphora
“Kola vizhiyammaa raja kaaliyammaa / Palaiyath thaayammaa pangaaru maayammaa...”
Continuous invocation of Goddess names ending with 'ammaa' creates rhythmic repetition and ecstatic devotional energy.
Ethugai (Second Letter Rhyme)
“Kuththmillaa oru uththama nenjukku / Sodhanaigal edhukku”
The second consonant sound 'th' aligns across the lines to produce a harmonious poetic cadence.
Metaphor
“Madiyaendhi pichchai ketkiraen / Ammaa maru vaazhvu unnai ketkiraen”
Comparing begging with her lap outstretched to asking the Divine Mother for a second life for her husband and family.
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Trivia
The lyricist Kalidasan is well-known for writing intense, highly evocative devotional and emotional songs in 1990s Tamil cinema, often using extensive lists of local Tamil female deities to heighten the drama and spiritual resonance.
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