- Lyricist
- Udumalai Narayanakavi
- Music director
- Alandur Sivasubramaniyam
- Movie name
- Ashok Kumar
- Movie release year
- 1941
- Lyrics added on
- 7 Mar 2020
Lyrics & meaning
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Overall song meaning
This song from the 1941 Tamil movie Ashok Kumar reflects on human moral decay and the soul's earnest search for spiritual liberation under Lord Buddha's divine grace. The speaker laments how people fall into vices like anger, lust, lying, and greed, selfishly seeking worldly pleasures without empathy, unlike even a humble crow that shares its food. Instead of savoring divine virtue (sweet mangoes), humans foolishly choose bitter, toxic desires (kanjiranga fruit). In the second half, the devotee turns toward Lord Buddha, praising him as a sky of compassion and a mountain of pure virtue seated under the Bodhi tree. Desperate to escape the painful cycle of karmic rebirths, dark illusion, and worldly suffering, the speaker surrenders at the lotus feet of the Buddha, begging to be accepted as a servant and guided toward eternal peace.
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Metaphor (Uvamai / Uruvagam)
“Thaemaangani irukka kaanjirangaa Yunna ennum / Karunai vinnae punidha yen Gunakkundrae...ae...ae... Buddha moorthi...ee...aa...aa...aa... Bodhi nizhalamarndhavanae...ae...ae...ae... Aru kann paaraai...aa...aa... Aa...aa...aa...aa...aa...aa...aa... Aa...aa...aa... aa...aa...aa Aa...aa...aa... aa...aa...aa..aa...aa...aa.. Paarulagil uzhandru nondhen nondhen Paarulagil uzhandru nondhen nondhen Paabhavinai purindhazhindhen vandhen Kaarirul maayai kidandhen thandhen Kaarirul maayai kidandhen thandhen Kamalappadham marandhalaindhen endhaai Garba vaasa minitthaalaen thaalaen Garba vaasa minitthaalaen thaalaen Karma bandha piravi meelaen meelaen Arpudha buddha moorthi naalum naalum Arpudha buddha moortthi naalum naalum Arpudha buddha moortthi naalum naalum Adimai kondennai ini aalum aalum Adimai kondennai ini aalum aalum Paarulagil uzhandru nondhen Nondhen…aa…oo…aaa…”
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Trivia
Ashok Kumar (1941) is a historic Tamil feature film starring M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar (MKT) and T. R. Rajakumari, directed by Raja Chandrasekhar. The film was based on the Buddhist legend of Prince Kunala, the son of Emperor Ashoka.
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