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Lyrics & meaning

Santhana Nilavoli

From Lakshmi Vandhachu · 1986

Lyricist
Vairamuthu
Singer
Malaysia Vasudevan
Music director
Raveendran
Movie name
Lakshmi Vandhachu
Movie release year
1986
Lyrics added on
27 Mar 2022

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Gasari sanithama gagama garisani gagari sanithani saa
Sasagaga sasamama sasathatha sasanini sagama gamatha mathani thnisa
Thanisaga sagamapa mapasani sanithnisanithapa gamatha mathani sanisaga
Santhana nilavoli thanthanam enumpadi aadadi poomagalae
Viralgalil abhinayam pulavann kavi nayam
Irandum inainthu pugazhai aninthu valam varum
Sudhanthira paravaiyin niranthara urimagal
Madiyil kaniyaai vizhunthathu
Santhana nilavoli thanthanam enumpadi aadadi poomagalae
Nee oru brinthaavanam dheiveega raaga mandramae
Nee oru brinthaavanam dheiveega raaga mandramae
Nalthorum punnagaikkum poongaavanam
Poo thoovi naan vanagum dheiva gunam
Pasiyin madiyil amuthasurabi
Kasiyum vizhigal ninaivil urugi
Karunai niraintha idhayamae
Kadavul unathu vadivamae
Santhana nilavoli thanthanam enumpadi aadadi poomagalae
Viralgalil abhinayam pulavann kavi nayam
Irandum inainthu pugazhai aninthu valam varum
Sudhanthira paravaiyin niranthara urimagal
Madiyil kaniyaai vizhunthathu
Santhana nilavoli thanthanam enumpadi aadadi poomagalae
Thendralaai en veetilae vanthaayae thaayae dheivamae
Thendralaai en veetilae vanthaayae thaayae dheivamae
Lakshmiyae vanthu ennai seeraatinaal
Santhosha thottilittu thaalaattinaal
Idhayam muzhuthum ulavum nilavae
Unathu varugai veyilin nilavae
Karunai nadhiyaai nadanthaval
Kavithai variyaai nirainthaval
Santhana nilavoli thanthanam enumpadi aadadi poomagalae
Viralgalil abhinayam pulavann kavi nayam
Irandum inainthu pugazhai aninthu valam varum
Sudhanthira paravaiyin niranthara urimagal
Madiyil kaniyaai vizhunthathu
Santhana nilavoli thanthanam enumpadi aadadi poomagalae
Ga Ga Ri Sa Ni Dha Ma Ga Ga Ma Ga Ri Sa Ni Ga Ga Ri Sa Ni Dha Ni Saa
Sa Sa Ga Ga Sa Sa Ma Ma Sa Sa Dha Dha Sa Sa Ni Ni Sa Ga Ma Ga Ma Dha Ma Dha Ni Dha Ni Sa
Dha Ni Sa Ga Sa Ga Ma Pa Ma Pa Sa Ni Sa Ni Dha Ni Sa Ni Dha Pa Ga Ma Dha Ma Dha Ni Sa Ni Sa Ga...
Dance, daughter of the earth, as the sandalwood moonlight sways to the rhythm!
Expressive gestures in the fingers and the beauty of a poet's verse—
both unite, adorned with glory, dancing all around!
The eternal freedoms of a free bird
have fallen into my lap like a ripe fruit!
Dance, daughter of the earth, as the sandalwood moonlight sways to the rhythm!
You are a sacred Brindavan garden, a hall of divine melodies!
You are a sacred Brindavan garden, a hall of divine melodies!
A flower garden that smiles every single day,
a divine soul I worship with showers of flowers!
An inexhaustible vessel of food (Amudhasurabi) in the lap of hunger,
eyes well up with tears, melting at your memory,
O heart overflowing with kindness,
God is seen in your very form!
Dance, daughter of the earth, as the sandalwood moonlight sways to the rhythm!
Expressive gestures in the fingers and the beauty of a poet's verse—
both unite, adorned with glory, dancing all around!
The eternal freedoms of a free bird
have fallen into my lap like a ripe fruit!
Dance, daughter of the earth, as the sandalwood moonlight sways to the rhythm!
You came into my home like a gentle breeze, O mother, my goddess!
You came into my home like a gentle breeze, O mother, my goddess!
Goddess Lakshmi herself came to pamper me with care,
rocking me to sleep in a cradle of joy!
O moon that wanders through my entire heart,
your arrival is like soothing moonlight in the scorching heat!
The one who walked like a river of compassion,
the one who filled life like a line of poetry!
Dance, daughter of the earth, as the sandalwood moonlight sways to the rhythm!
Expressive gestures in the fingers and the beauty of a poet's verse—
both unite, adorned with glory, dancing all around!
The eternal freedoms of a free bird
have fallen into my lap like a ripe fruit!
Dance, daughter of the earth, as the sandalwood moonlight sways to the rhythm!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This celebratory and expressive composition from the movie Lakshmi Vandhachu praises a woman of immense grace, artistic talent, and virtuous nature. The lyrics compare her arrival and presence in the household to Goddess Lakshmi entering a home, bringing prosperity, solace, and divine joy like a cooling breeze or soft sandalwood-scented moonlight. The song weaves classical artistic elements like dance abhinaya and grand metaphors of maternal compassion, describing her heart as an inexhaustible source of love and kindness that relieves suffering and brings light into life.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Uvamaani (Simile)

Thendralaai en veetilae vanthaayae thaayae dheivamae

Comparing her soothing presence to a gentle breeze ('Thendralaai') entering the household.

Metaphor (Uruvagaimai)

Pasiyin madiyil amuthasurabi

Metaphorically referring to her compassion as 'Amuthasurabi' (the divine inexhaustible vessel) in the lap of hunger.

Edhukai (Second-letter Rhyming)

Pasiyin madiyil amuthasurabi / Kasiyum vizhigal ninaivil urugi

Rhyming of the second consonant in consecutive lines ('si' in Pasiyin and Kasiyum).

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Trivia

Lakshmi Vandhachu (1986) featured music composed by the acclaimed composer Raveendran, who was renowned for his rich classical and semi-classical melodies in Malayalam and Tamil cinema. The film starred legend Sivaji Ganesan alongside Revathi and Padmini.

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