- Lyricist
- Kannadasan
- Singer
- P. Susheela
- Music director
- Vishwanathan-Ramamoorthy
- Movie name
- Vaazhkai Padagu
- Movie release year
- 1965
- Lyrics added on
- 1 Aug 2019
Lyrics & meaning
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Overall song meaning
Thanga Magal Vayitril from the 1965 film Vaazhkai Padagu is a traditional Tamil lullaby and celebration song honoring pregnancy and upcoming motherhood. Written by Kannadasan, the song beautifully describes a tender baby growing like a young plant shoot inside a mother's womb, bringing immense joy and smiles even before birth. The lyrics invoke blessings from divine entities like Thirumagal (Lakshmi) and Kalaimagal (Saraswati), comparing the newborn to Lord Murugan. Furthermore, the song captures the transformative power of family life, noting how a woman's motherhood brings prosperity to both her marital home and her birth home, while transforming her husband into a caring child in her loving presence.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“Thaliraai valarudhadi”
Compares the growing fetus inside the womb to a tender leaf/sprout ('Thaliraai valarudhadi') to evoke innocence and delicate growth.
Anaphora / Alliteration (Monai)
“Vandha idam vaazha / Thandha kulam vaazha”
Repetition of initial sounds and structured repetition across consecutive lines ('Vandha idam vaazha / Thandha kulam vaazha').
Paradox / Imagery
“Kanavan saeiyaanaan ho”
Describes the psychological transformation of marriage and fatherhood, where the grown husband poetically becomes a child ('saei') on the wife's lap.
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Trivia
Vaazhkai Padagu (1965) starred Gemini Ganesan and Devika. The iconic soundtrack was composed by the duo Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy with memorable lyrics penned by Kaviyarasu Kannadasan.
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