Pallikoodam Pogama Padatha
From Ini Oru Sudhanthiram · 1987
- Lyricist
- Gangai Amaran
- Singers
- Venkat Prabhu, Premji
- Music director
- Gangai Amaran
- Details
- Ini Oru Sudhanthiram1987
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Arasa maram thedi amarntha pillaiyaarae | O Lord Ganesha, who searched for and sat under the sacred fig tree |
| Nee endha palliyilum ennai pol padichadhundaa | Did you ever study in any school like I do? |
| Padikaama bharathatha padapadannu ezhuthiniyae | Without studying, you wrote the Mahabharata so fluently |
| Enakkandha gnyaanatha pirappilae kodukkaliyae | Why did you not give me such divine wisdom at birth? |
| Pona jenmama naanga senja paavathula ippa indha | Due to the sins we committed in our past life, now in this life |
| Pallikoodam vandhuttu thaan thittughala vaangikkirom | We come to school only to receive scoldings |
| Male | |
| Pallikoodam pogama paadatha padikkama | Without going to school, without studying lessons |
| Paritchaiyum ezhudhaama | And without writing exams |
| Naangha paasaaga venum pillaiyaarae | We must pass, O Lord Ganesha! |
| Chorus | |
| Pallikoodam pogama paadatha padikkama | Without going to school, without studying lessons |
| Paritchaiyum ezhudhaama | And without writing exams |
| Naangha paasaaga venum pillaiyaarae | We must pass, O Lord Ganesha! |
| Male | |
| Adhukku unakku ethana thengha venum | How many coconuts do you need for that? |
| Chorus :Adhukku unakku ethana thengha venum | Chorus: How many coconuts do you need for that? |
| Chorus | |
| Pallikoodam pogama paadatha padikkama | Without going to school, without studying lessons |
| Paritchaiyum ezhudhaama | And without writing exams |
| Naangha paasaaga venum pillaiyaarae | We must pass, O Lord Ganesha! |
| Male | |
| {Admission vangida thaan | Just to get school admission |
| Alaiyuraangha engappa | My father wanders around endlessly |
| Male | |
| Avanga padum thunbathathaan | The suffering that he goes through |
| Solla vaarthai illaiyappa} (2) | There are no words to describe it, father |
| Male | |
| Pallikoodam neraiya irunthum | Just to get school admission |
| Edam kedaikkavillaiyappaa | My father wanders around endlessly |
| Male | |
| Palliyil idam kedaichaa | The suffering that he goes through |
| Paadam yeravillaiyae | There are no words to describe it, father |
| Chorus | |
| Pallikoodam pogama paadatha padikkama | Even though there are plenty of schools |
| Paritchaiyum ezhudhaama | We do not get a seat anywhere |
| Naangha paasaaga venum pillaiyaarae | Even if we get a seat in school |
| Male | |
| Adhukku unakku ethana thengha venum | The lessons do not enter our heads! |
| Chorus :Adhukku unakku ethana thengha venum | Without going to school, without studying lessons |
| Male | |
| {Teacherukku mood iruntha | And without writing exams |
| Nalla solli kodupangha | We must pass, O Lord Ganesha! |
| Male | |
| Veetula thaan sandaiyinaa | How many coconuts do you need for that? |
| Sidi sidunnu viluvangha} (2) | Chorus: How many coconuts do you need for that? |
| Male | |
| Homework seiya solli | If the teacher is in a good mood |
| Odha odhannu odhaippaangha | They will teach us nicely |
| Male | |
| Vaaram vaaram test vechi | If they have a fight at home |
| Vaatti vaatti eduppaangha | They snap at us with frustration |
| Male | |
| Pallikoodam pogama paadatha padikkama | If the teacher is in a good mood |
| Paritchaiyum ezhudhaama | They will teach us nicely |
| Naangha paasaaga venum pillaiyaarae | If they have a fight at home |
| Chorus | |
| Pallikoodam pogama paadatha padikkama | They snap at us with frustration |
| Paritchaiyum ezhudhaama | Telling us to do our homework |
| Naangha paasaaga venum pillaiyaarae | They beat us up soundly |
| Male | |
| Adhukku unakku ethana thengha venum | Conducting tests week after week |
| Chorus :Adhukku unakku ethana thengha venum | They torment and drain us |
| Chorus | |
| Pallikoodam pogama paadatha padikkama | Without going to school, without studying lessons |
| Paritchaiyum ezhudhaama | And without writing exams |
| Naangha paasaaga venum pillaiyaarae | We must pass, O Lord Ganesha! |
அரச மரம் தேடி அமர்ந்த பிள்ளையாரே
நீ எந்த பள்ளியிலும் என்னைப் போல் படிச்சதுண்டா
படிக்காம பாரதத்த படபடன்னு எழுதினேயே
எனக்கந்த ஞானத்ததான் பிறப்பிலே கொடுக்கலையே
போன ஜென்மம் நாங்க செஞ்ச பாவத்தில இப்ப இந்த
பள்ளிக்கூடம் வந்துட்டுத்தான் திட்டுகள வாங்கிக்கிறோம்
O Lord Ganesha, who searched for and sat under the sacred fig tree
Did you ever study in any school like I do?
Without studying, you wrote the Mahabharata so fluently
Why did you not give me such divine wisdom at birth?
Due to the sins we committed in our past life, now in this life
We come to school only to receive scoldings
பள்ளிக்கூடம் போகாம பாடத்த படிக்காம
பரீட்சையும் எழுதாம
நாங்க பாஸாக வேணும் பிள்ளையாரே
Without going to school, without studying lessons
And without writing exams
We must pass, O Lord Ganesha!
பள்ளிக்கூடம் போகாம பாடத்த படிக்காம
பரீட்சையும் எழுதாம
நாங்க பாஸாக வேணும் பிள்ளையாரே
அதுக்கு உனக்கு எத்தன தேங்கா வேணும்
குழு :
அதுக்கு உனக்கு எத்தன தேங்கா வேணும்
Without going to school, without studying lessons
And without writing exams
We must pass, O Lord Ganesha!
பள்ளிக்கூடம் போகாம பாடத்த படிக்காம
பரீட்சையும் எழுதாம
நாங்க பாஸாக வேணும் பிள்ளையாரே
How many coconuts do you need for that?
Chorus: How many coconuts do you need for that?
{அட்மிஷன வாங்கிடத்தான்
அலையறாங்க எங்கப்பா
Without going to school, without studying lessons
And without writing exams
We must pass, O Lord Ganesha!
அவங்க படும் துன்பத்தத்தான்
சொல்ல வார்த்தை இல்லையப்பா} ( 2 )
Just to get school admission
My father wanders around endlessly
பள்ளிக்கூடம் நிறைய இருந்தும்
எடம் கெடைக்கவில்லையப்பா
The suffering that he goes through
There are no words to describe it, father
பள்ளியிலே எடம் கெடச்சா
பாடம் ஏறவில்லையப்பா
Just to get school admission
My father wanders around endlessly
பள்ளிக்கூடம் போகாம பாடத்த படிக்காம
பரீட்சையும் எழுதாம
நாங்க பாஸாக வேணும் பிள்ளையாரே
The suffering that he goes through
There are no words to describe it, father
அதுக்கு உனக்கு எத்தன தேங்கா வேணும்
குழு :
அதுக்கு உனக்கு எத்தன தேங்கா வேணும்
Even though there are plenty of schools
We do not get a seat anywhere
Even if we get a seat in school
{டீச்சருக்கு மூடிருந்தா
நல்லா சொல்லி கொடுப்பாங்க
The lessons do not enter our heads!
Without going to school, without studying lessons
வீட்டுலத்தான் சண்டையின்னா
சிடுசிடுன்னு விழுவாங்க... } ( 2 )
And without writing exams
We must pass, O Lord Ganesha!
ஹோம்வொர்க்கு செய்ய சொல்லி
ஓதஓதன்னு ஒதைப்பாங்க
How many coconuts do you need for that?
Chorus: How many coconuts do you need for that?
வாரம் வாரம் டெஸ்ட்டு வச்சு
வாட்டி வாட்டி எடுப்பாங்க
If the teacher is in a good mood
They will teach us nicely
பள்ளிக்கூடம் போகாம பாடத்த படிக்காம
பரீட்சையும் எழுதாம
நாங்க பாஸாக வேணும் பிள்ளையாரே
If they have a fight at home
They snap at us with frustration
பள்ளிக்கூடம் போகாம பாடத்த படிக்காம
பரீட்சையும் எழுதாம
நாங்க பாஸாக வேணும் பிள்ளையாரே
If the teacher is in a good mood
They will teach us nicely
If they have a fight at home
அதுக்கு உனக்கு எத்தன தேங்கா வேணும்
குழு :
அதுக்கு உனக்கு எத்தன தேங்கா வேணும்
They snap at us with frustration
Telling us to do our homework
They beat us up soundly
பள்ளிக்கூடம் போகாம பாடத்த படிக்காம
பரீட்சையும் எழுதாம
நாங்க பாஸாக வேணும் பிள்ளையாரே....
Conducting tests week after week
They torment and drain us
Without going to school, without studying lessons
And without writing exams
We must pass, O Lord Ganesha!
Arasa maram thedi amarntha pillaiyaarae
O Lord Ganesha, who searched for and sat under the sacred fig tree
Nee endha palliyilum ennai pol padichadhundaa
Did you ever study in any school like I do?
Padikaama bharathatha padapadannu ezhuthiniyae
Without studying, you wrote the Mahabharata so fluently
Enakkandha gnyaanatha pirappilae kodukkaliyae
Why did you not give me such divine wisdom at birth?
Pona jenmama naanga senja paavathula ippa indha
Due to the sins we committed in our past life, now in this life
Pallikoodam vandhuttu thaan thittughala vaangikkirom
We come to school only to receive scoldings
Pallikoodam pogama paadatha padikkama
Without going to school, without studying lessons
Paritchaiyum ezhudhaama
And without writing exams
Naangha paasaaga venum pillaiyaarae
We must pass, O Lord Ganesha!
Pallikoodam pogama paadatha padikkama
Without going to school, without studying lessons
Paritchaiyum ezhudhaama
And without writing exams
Naangha paasaaga venum pillaiyaarae
We must pass, O Lord Ganesha!
Adhukku unakku ethana thengha venum
How many coconuts do you need for that?
Chorus :Adhukku unakku ethana thengha venum
Chorus: How many coconuts do you need for that?
Pallikoodam pogama paadatha padikkama
Without going to school, without studying lessons
Paritchaiyum ezhudhaama
And without writing exams
Naangha paasaaga venum pillaiyaarae
We must pass, O Lord Ganesha!
{Admission vangida thaan
Just to get school admission
Alaiyuraangha engappa
My father wanders around endlessly
Avanga padum thunbathathaan
The suffering that he goes through
Solla vaarthai illaiyappa} (2)
There are no words to describe it, father
Pallikoodam neraiya irunthum
Just to get school admission
Edam kedaikkavillaiyappaa
My father wanders around endlessly
Palliyil idam kedaichaa
The suffering that he goes through
Paadam yeravillaiyae
There are no words to describe it, father
Pallikoodam pogama paadatha padikkama
Even though there are plenty of schools
Paritchaiyum ezhudhaama
We do not get a seat anywhere
Naangha paasaaga venum pillaiyaarae
Even if we get a seat in school
Adhukku unakku ethana thengha venum
The lessons do not enter our heads!
Chorus :Adhukku unakku ethana thengha venum
Without going to school, without studying lessons
{Teacherukku mood iruntha
And without writing exams
Nalla solli kodupangha
We must pass, O Lord Ganesha!
Veetula thaan sandaiyinaa
How many coconuts do you need for that?
Sidi sidunnu viluvangha} (2)
Chorus: How many coconuts do you need for that?
Homework seiya solli
If the teacher is in a good mood
Odha odhannu odhaippaangha
They will teach us nicely
Vaaram vaaram test vechi
If they have a fight at home
Vaatti vaatti eduppaangha
They snap at us with frustration
Pallikoodam pogama paadatha padikkama
If the teacher is in a good mood
Paritchaiyum ezhudhaama
They will teach us nicely
Naangha paasaaga venum pillaiyaarae
If they have a fight at home
Pallikoodam pogama paadatha padikkama
They snap at us with frustration
Paritchaiyum ezhudhaama
Telling us to do our homework
Naangha paasaaga venum pillaiyaarae
They beat us up soundly
Adhukku unakku ethana thengha venum
Conducting tests week after week
Chorus :Adhukku unakku ethana thengha venum
They torment and drain us
Pallikoodam pogama paadatha padikkama
Without going to school, without studying lessons
Paritchaiyum ezhudhaama
And without writing exams
Naangha paasaaga venum pillaiyaarae
We must pass, O Lord Ganesha!
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This playful track from 'Ini Oru Sudhanthiram' (1987) presents a humorous satire on the struggles of school life through the perspective of innocent children. The kids address Lord Ganesha (Pillaiyar), noting how he effortlessly scribed the epic Mahabharata without ever attending school, and request him to grant them effortless success in their education without forcing them to attend classes or write exams.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Erattai Kilavi (Onomatopoeia)
“Padikaama bharathatha padapadannu ezhuthiniyae”
Use of rhythmic sound-words like 'padapadannu' (rapidly) and 'sidi sidunnu' (irritably) to vividly depict action and emotion.
Monaai (Initial Alliteration)
“Pallikoodam pogama paadatha padikkama / Paritchaiyum ezhudhaama”
Repetition of the initial 'Pa' sound across consecutive lines to create melodic rhythm.
Satire and Personification
“Adhukku unakku ethana thengha venum”
Playfully treating the deity Ganesha as a school peer while satirizing the modern educational system, admission struggles, and erratic teacher behaviors.
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Trivia
Written by lyricist Gangai Amaran for the 1987 film 'Ini Oru Sudhanthiram' directed by K. Bhagyaraj, the song cleverly juxtaposes classical mythology (Ganesha writing the Mahabharata for Sage Vyasa) with contemporary student grievances regarding school admissions, strict teachers, and examination anxiety.
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