- Lyricist
- Vairamuthu
- Singers
- Bombay Jayashree, P. B. Sreenivas
- Music director
- G. V. Prakash Kumar
- Movie name
- Aayirathil Oruvan (2010)
- Movie release year
- 2010
- Lyrics added on
- 29 Sept 2018
Lyrics & meaning
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Overall song meaning
This poignant, classical hymn from Aayirathil Oruvan expresses the agonized plea of an ancient Chola royal lineage trapped in exile and dire suffering. Addressing Lord Shiva with sacred epithets, the people lament their extreme starvation, physical decay, loss of ancestral land, and fading existence. Despite being reduced to living corpses, they display fierce, unbroken pride in their heritage, declaring that they will not succumb completely until they reclaim their native soil.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor
“Moochu vidum pinam aanom”
Compares starving, frail survivors to living corpses that merely breathe.
Mythological Allusion
“Andru muzhu nanjundavanae”
Refers to the ancient legend of Lord Shiva drinking the cosmic poison (Halahala) to save creation, contrasting it with the present plight of His worshippers.
Anaphora
“Kulam peyarnthom / Polivizhanthom / Pulan kazhinthom”
Repetition of the rhythmic end-rhyme structure and grief-laden lamentations to emphasize intense despair.
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Trivia
This track features legendary playback singer P. B. Sreenivas alongside Bombay Jayashree, marking one of his final prominent vocal recordings in Tamil cinema under G. V. Prakash Kumar's composition for Selvaraghavan's epic adventure film.
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