Paalile Vennai
From Devi Sri Karumari Amman · 1974
- Lyricist
- A. Maruthakasi
- Singers
- L. R. Eswari, Vani Jairam
- Music director
- Shankar Ganesh
- Details
- Devi Sri Karumari Amman1974
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| Paalilae vennai undu | Butter exists within milk, |
| Paarkkumpothu theriyumaa | Is it visible just by looking at it? |
| Paar muzhuthum sakthi undu | Divine Sakthi exists throughout the entire world, |
| Paavi kannil puriyumaa….. | Can a sinner's eye ever understand it?... |
| Female | |
| Paalilae vennai undu | Butter exists within milk, |
| Paarkkumpothu theriyumaa | Is it visible just by looking at it? |
| Paar muzhuthum sakthi undu | Divine Sakthi exists throughout the entire world, |
| Paavi kannil puriyumaa….. | Can a sinner's eye ever understand it?... |
| Female | |
| Neril sakthi thannai | The divine Sakthi itself in person, |
| Neeyum kaatta mudiyumaa….mudiyumaa | Can you show her directly?... Can you? |
| Nerilae sakthi thannai | The divine Sakthi itself in person, |
| Neeyum kaatta mudiyumaa | Can you show her directly? |
| En nenjilae avalai vaithaen | I have placed her inside my heart, |
| Niraiththu nirkkum uruvamaai | As a form that fully fills it. |
| Female | |
| Sakthiyaam ammanukku | For the Goddess who is Sakthi, |
| Thaththuvangal nooradi | Philosophies exist by the hundreds of feet! |
| Sakthiyaam ammanukku | For the Goddess who is Sakthi, |
| Thaththuvangal nooradi | Philosophies exist by the hundreds of feet! |
| Antha thaththuvaththai unarnthu kolla | To realize and comprehend that wisdom philosophy, |
| Sakthi unakku yaedhadi | Where do you have the power, woman? |
| Female | |
| Naalaikku nadapathellaam | Everything that will happen tomorrow, |
| Naanarivaen keladi | I know it beforehand, listen woman! |
| Naalaikku nadapathellaam | Everything that will happen tomorrow, |
| Naanarivaen keladi | I know it beforehand, listen woman! |
| En naavilae varuvathellaam | Whatever comes upon my tongue, |
| Nadakka vaippaen naanadi | I will make it come to pass, woman! |
| Female | |
| Ammanin peyarai solli | In the name of the Goddess, |
| Aal vizhungum pennadi | You are a woman who swallows people whole! |
| Ammanin peyarai solli | In the name of the Goddess, |
| Aal vizhungum pennadi | You are a woman who swallows people whole! |
| Antha ammanae neril vanthaal | If that Mother Goddess comes in person, |
| Adangi pogum sangathi | This affair of yours will be subdued! |
| Female | |
| Aaththa en maariyammaa | Mother Mariyamma, |
| Aadugindraal ennidam | Dances divine inside me! |
| Aaththa en maariyammaa | Mother Mariyamma, |
| Aadugindraal ennidam | Dances divine inside me! |
| Nee paarththaal pol pesugindraai | You speak as if you have seen her directly, |
| Bakthiyillai unnidam | There is no true devotion in you! |
| Bakthiyillai unnidam | There is no true devotion in you! |
| Female | |
| Maariyai aattuvathu | Is making Mari dance divine, |
| Manthira kolaa | Done by a magical stick? |
| Maariyai aattuvathu | Is making Mari dance divine, |
| Manthira kolaa | Done by a magical stick? |
| Antha manthiraththai unnidaththilae | Did she teach that magic secret, |
| Solli thanthaalaa | Unto you? |
| Female | |
| Kaariyaththai naanarivaen | I have known how things work, |
| Aayiram naalaa | For a thousand days! |
| Kaariyaththai naanarivaen | I have known how things work, |
| Aayiram naalaa | For a thousand days! |
| Adhan karanaththai ketka | To inquire about its deep reason, |
| Unnai anuppi vaiththaalaa | Did she send you here? |
| Female | |
| Mannil ullaal sakthi | Sakthi resides in the earth, |
| Female :En manathil undu bakthi | Devotion resides in my heart! |
| Female :Mannil ullaal sakthi | Sakthi resides in the earth, |
| Female :En manathil undu bakthi | Devotion resides in my heart! |
| Female | |
| Kannil ullaal sakthi | Sakthi resides in the eye, |
| Female :En karuththil undu bakthi | Devotion resides in my consciousness! |
| Female :Kannil ullaal sakthi | Sakthi resides in the eye, |
| Female :En karuththil undu bakthi | Devotion resides in my consciousness! |
| Female | |
| Vilangavilai unakku | You have not understood it, |
| Female :Aval vendiyaval enakku | She is desired and dear to me! |
| Female :Kandathundo avalai | Have you ever seen her? |
| Female :En kannil ullaal avalae | She resides inside my very eyes! |
| Female | |
| Andamaagai agilamaagi | As the universe and as the cosmos, |
| Amarnthirukkum ammanai nee | The Goddess who sits enthroned, |
| Kandathaaga koorugindra | You claim to have seen her, |
| Kaarigai un karpanai | O woman, it is mere imagination! |
| Female | |
| Aadhiyaagi anthamaagi | Becoming the beginning and the end, |
| Aalugindra sakthiyai | The Sakthi who rules everything, |
| Naathiyaaya naathiyaagi | Becoming the sovereign refuge, |
| Naadu kaakkum deviyai | The Goddess who protects the land, |
| Female | |
| Sothidaththil aada vittu | Making her dance in astrology and fortune-telling, |
| Sodhanai seithaayadi | You tested her, woman! |
| Yaaridaththil aarudaththai | To whom have you come to perform fortune-telling? |
| Aada vanthaai paaradi…. | Look and think, woman!... |
பாலிலே வெண்ணெய் உண்டு
பார்க்கும்போது தெரியுமா
பார் முழுதும் சக்தி உண்டு
பாவிக் கண்ணில் புரியுமா...
Butter exists within milk,
Is it visible just by looking at it?
Divine Sakthi exists throughout the entire world,
Can a sinner's eye ever understand it?...
பாலிலே வெண்ணெய் உண்டு
பார்க்கும்போது தெரியுமா
பார் முழுதும் சக்தி உண்டு
பாவிக் கண்ணில் புரியுமா...
Butter exists within milk,
Is it visible just by looking at it?
Divine Sakthi exists throughout the entire world,
Can a sinner's eye ever understand it?...
நேரிலே சக்தி தன்னை
நீயும் காட்ட முடியுமா......முடியுமா
நேரிலே சக்தி தன்னை
நீயும் காட்ட முடியுமா
என் நெஞ்சிலே அவளை வைத்தேன்
நிறைத்து நிற்கும் உருவமாய்....
The divine Sakthi itself in person,
Can you show her directly?... Can you?
The divine Sakthi itself in person,
Can you show her directly?
I have placed her inside my heart,
As a form that fully fills it.
சக்தியாம் அம்மனுக்கு
தத்துவங்கள் நூறடி
சக்தியாம் அம்மனுக்கு
தத்துவங்கள் நூறடி
அந்த தத்துவத்தை உணர்ந்து கொள்ள
சக்தி உனக்கு ஏதடி
For the Goddess who is Sakthi,
Philosophies exist by the hundreds of feet!
For the Goddess who is Sakthi,
Philosophies exist by the hundreds of feet!
To realize and comprehend that wisdom philosophy,
Where do you have the power, woman?
நாளைக்கு நடப்பதெல்லாம்
நானறிவேன் கேளடி
நாளைக்கு நடப்பதெல்லாம்
நானறிவேன் கேளடி
என் நாவிலே வருவதெல்லாம்
நடக்க வைப்பேன் நானடி
Everything that will happen tomorrow,
I know it beforehand, listen woman!
Everything that will happen tomorrow,
I know it beforehand, listen woman!
Whatever comes upon my tongue,
I will make it come to pass, woman!
அம்மனின் பெயரைச் சொல்லி
ஆள் விழுங்கும் பெண்ணடி
அம்மனின் பெயரைச் சொல்லி
ஆள் விழுங்கும் பெண்ணடி
அந்த அம்மனே நேரில் வந்தால்
அடங்கி போகும் சங்கதி
In the name of the Goddess,
You are a woman who swallows people whole!
In the name of the Goddess,
You are a woman who swallows people whole!
If that Mother Goddess comes in person,
This affair of yours will be subdued!
ஆத்தா என் மாரியம்மா
ஆடுகின்றாள் என்னிடம்
ஆத்தா என் மாரியம்மா
ஆடுகின்றாள் என்னிடம்
நீ பார்த்தால் போல் பேசுகின்றாய்
பக்தியில்லை உன்னிடம்
பக்தியில்லை உன்னிடம்
Mother Mariyamma,
Dances divine inside me!
Mother Mariyamma,
Dances divine inside me!
You speak as if you have seen her directly,
There is no true devotion in you!
There is no true devotion in you!
மாரியையே ஆட்டுவது
மந்திரக் கோலா
மாரியையே ஆட்டுவது
மந்திரக் கோலா
அந்த மந்திரத்தை உன்னிடத்திலே
சொல்லி தந்தாளா
Is making Mari dance divine,
Done by a magical stick?
Is making Mari dance divine,
Done by a magical stick?
Did she teach that magic secret,
Unto you?
காரியத்தை நானறிவேன்
ஆயிரம் நாளா
காரியத்தை நானறிவேன்
ஆயிரம் நாளா
அதன் காரணத்தை கேட்க
உன்னை அனுப்பி வைத்தாளா
I have known how things work,
For a thousand days!
I have known how things work,
For a thousand days!
To inquire about its deep reason,
Did she send you here?
மண்ணில் உள்ளாள் சக்தி.....
என் மனதில் உண்டு பக்தி
மண்ணில் உள்ளாள் சக்தி.....
என் மனதில் உண்டு பக்தி
Sakthi resides in the earth,
Devotion resides in my heart!
Sakthi resides in the earth,
Devotion resides in my heart!
கண்ணில் உள்ளாள் சக்தி.......
என் கருத்தில் உண்டு பக்தி
கண்ணில் உள்ளாள் சக்தி.......
என் கருத்தில் உண்டு பக்தி
Sakthi resides in the eye,
Devotion resides in my consciousness!
Sakthi resides in the eye,
Devotion resides in my consciousness!
விளங்கவில்லை உனக்கு........
அவள் வேண்டியவள் எனக்கு
கண்டதுண்டோ அவளை..........
என் கண்ணில் உள்ளாள் அவளே
You have not understood it,
She is desired and dear to me!
Have you ever seen her?
She resides inside my very eyes!
அண்டமாகி அகிலமாகி
அமர்ந்திருக்கும் அம்மனை நீ
கண்டாதாக கூறுகின்ற
காரிகை உன் கற்பனை
As the universe and as the cosmos,
The Goddess who sits enthroned,
You claim to have seen her,
O woman, it is mere imagination!
ஆதியாகி அந்தமாகி
ஆளுகின்ற சக்தியை
நாதியாய நாதியாகி
நாடு காக்கும் தேவியை
Becoming the beginning and the end,
The Sakthi who rules everything,
Becoming the sovereign refuge,
The Goddess who protects the land,
சோதிடத்தில் ஆட விட்டு
சோதனை செய்தாயடி
யாரிடத்தில் ஆருடத்தை
ஆட வந்தாய் பாரடி.......
Making her dance in astrology and fortune-telling,
You tested her, woman!
To whom have you come to perform fortune-telling?
Look and think, woman!...
Paalilae vennai undu
Butter exists within milk,
Paarkkumpothu theriyumaa
Is it visible just by looking at it?
Paar muzhuthum sakthi undu
Divine Sakthi exists throughout the entire world,
Paavi kannil puriyumaa…..
Can a sinner's eye ever understand it?...
Paalilae vennai undu
Butter exists within milk,
Paarkkumpothu theriyumaa
Is it visible just by looking at it?
Paar muzhuthum sakthi undu
Divine Sakthi exists throughout the entire world,
Paavi kannil puriyumaa…..
Can a sinner's eye ever understand it?...
Neril sakthi thannai
The divine Sakthi itself in person,
Neeyum kaatta mudiyumaa….mudiyumaa
Can you show her directly?... Can you?
Nerilae sakthi thannai
The divine Sakthi itself in person,
Neeyum kaatta mudiyumaa
Can you show her directly?
En nenjilae avalai vaithaen
I have placed her inside my heart,
Niraiththu nirkkum uruvamaai
As a form that fully fills it.
Sakthiyaam ammanukku
For the Goddess who is Sakthi,
Thaththuvangal nooradi
Philosophies exist by the hundreds of feet!
Sakthiyaam ammanukku
For the Goddess who is Sakthi,
Thaththuvangal nooradi
Philosophies exist by the hundreds of feet!
Antha thaththuvaththai unarnthu kolla
To realize and comprehend that wisdom philosophy,
Sakthi unakku yaedhadi
Where do you have the power, woman?
Naalaikku nadapathellaam
Everything that will happen tomorrow,
Naanarivaen keladi
I know it beforehand, listen woman!
Naalaikku nadapathellaam
Everything that will happen tomorrow,
Naanarivaen keladi
I know it beforehand, listen woman!
En naavilae varuvathellaam
Whatever comes upon my tongue,
Nadakka vaippaen naanadi
I will make it come to pass, woman!
Ammanin peyarai solli
In the name of the Goddess,
Aal vizhungum pennadi
You are a woman who swallows people whole!
Ammanin peyarai solli
In the name of the Goddess,
Aal vizhungum pennadi
You are a woman who swallows people whole!
Antha ammanae neril vanthaal
If that Mother Goddess comes in person,
Adangi pogum sangathi
This affair of yours will be subdued!
Aaththa en maariyammaa
Mother Mariyamma,
Aadugindraal ennidam
Dances divine inside me!
Aaththa en maariyammaa
Mother Mariyamma,
Aadugindraal ennidam
Dances divine inside me!
Nee paarththaal pol pesugindraai
You speak as if you have seen her directly,
Bakthiyillai unnidam
There is no true devotion in you!
Bakthiyillai unnidam
There is no true devotion in you!
Maariyai aattuvathu
Is making Mari dance divine,
Manthira kolaa
Done by a magical stick?
Maariyai aattuvathu
Is making Mari dance divine,
Manthira kolaa
Done by a magical stick?
Antha manthiraththai unnidaththilae
Did she teach that magic secret,
Solli thanthaalaa
Unto you?
Kaariyaththai naanarivaen
I have known how things work,
Aayiram naalaa
For a thousand days!
Kaariyaththai naanarivaen
I have known how things work,
Aayiram naalaa
For a thousand days!
Adhan karanaththai ketka
To inquire about its deep reason,
Unnai anuppi vaiththaalaa
Did she send you here?
Mannil ullaal sakthi
Sakthi resides in the earth,
Female :En manathil undu bakthi
Devotion resides in my heart!
Female :Mannil ullaal sakthi
Sakthi resides in the earth,
Female :En manathil undu bakthi
Devotion resides in my heart!
Kannil ullaal sakthi
Sakthi resides in the eye,
Female :En karuththil undu bakthi
Devotion resides in my consciousness!
Female :Kannil ullaal sakthi
Sakthi resides in the eye,
Female :En karuththil undu bakthi
Devotion resides in my consciousness!
Vilangavilai unakku
You have not understood it,
Female :Aval vendiyaval enakku
She is desired and dear to me!
Female :Kandathundo avalai
Have you ever seen her?
Female :En kannil ullaal avalae
She resides inside my very eyes!
Andamaagai agilamaagi
As the universe and as the cosmos,
Amarnthirukkum ammanai nee
The Goddess who sits enthroned,
Kandathaaga koorugindra
You claim to have seen her,
Kaarigai un karpanai
O woman, it is mere imagination!
Aadhiyaagi anthamaagi
Becoming the beginning and the end,
Aalugindra sakthiyai
The Sakthi who rules everything,
Naathiyaaya naathiyaagi
Becoming the sovereign refuge,
Naadu kaakkum deviyai
The Goddess who protects the land,
Sothidaththil aada vittu
Making her dance in astrology and fortune-telling,
Sodhanai seithaayadi
You tested her, woman!
Yaaridaththil aarudaththai
To whom have you come to perform fortune-telling?
Aada vanthaai paaradi….
Look and think, woman!...
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This classic song features a spirited musical and philosophical duel between two female perspectives: one representing genuine, internal devotional faith (Bakthi) and the other representing fortune-telling, rituals, and claims of supernatural possession or direct vision of Goddess Mariyamman. The lyrics contrast inner devotion with superficial claims, arguing that true divine energy (Sakthi) pervades the universe subtly—just as butter resides unseen within milk until churned—rather than being a spectacle to be displayed or exploited for fortune-telling.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Uvamai)
“Paalilae vennai undu”
Comparing the invisible presence of Sakthi throughout the cosmos to butter hidden unchurned inside milk ('Paalilae vennai undu').
Monai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)
“Paalilae vennai undu”
Repetition of initial consonant/vowel sounds across lines (e.g., 'Paalilae', 'Paarkkumpothu', 'Paar', 'Paavi').
Edugai (Second Letter Rhyming)
“Andamaagai agilamaagi”
Rhyming of the second letter across successive lines (e.g., 'Andamaagai', 'Amarnthirukkum', 'Kandathaaga').
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Trivia
This track from the 1974 devotional movie 'Devi Sri Karumari Amman' presents an iconic duet between two legendary singers, L. R. Eswari and Vani Jairam, composed by the duo Shankar-Ganesh with lyrics by the celebrated poet A. Maruthakasi.
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