- Lyricist
- Kannadasan
- Singers
- S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sarala
- Music director
- T. R. Pappa
- Movie name
- Yaen
- Movie release year
- 1970
- Lyrics added on
- 1 Mar 2020
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This classic devotional-style family song from the 1970 movie 'Yaen' invokes Lord Muruga to bless a loving household filled with familial affection. The singer compares her home to a temple where family unity and joyful prospective marriages are celebrated. She invites the deity to witness the happy milestones of her family—finding a suitable bride for her elder brother and a groom for her sister. The lyrics use evocative natural imagery to describe family bonds, comparing the eldest brother to a strong, sheltering banyan tree and the younger brother to a rising coconut tree. The song captures the quintessential Tamil cultural blend of deep spiritual devotion and deep commitment to domestic harmony.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Uruvagam (Metaphor)
“Munnavano aala maram / Thambi mulaithu varum thenna maram”
The speaker directly compares her brothers to trees—the eldest to an 'aala maram' (banyan tree) offering protection, and the younger to a 'thenna maram' (coconut tree) growing tall.
Visual Imagery
“Maadhulam pookkal dheepam yaetrum”
The red blossoms of the pomegranate tree are poetically depicted as bright lit oil lamps ('dheepam yaetrum') in a sanctuary.
Edhugai (Second letter rhyme)
“Annanukku pen paarkka / Varum anniyai en kan paarkka”
Rhyming second consonants 'nn' in 'Annanukku' and 'anniyai' creates melodic harmony standard in classical Tamil lyric writing.
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Trivia
Written by the legendary lyricist Kannadasan, 'Varuvaayaa Vel Murugaa' uses devotional motifs to celebrate family relations, a recurring theme in 1970s Tamil cinema where familial devotion and religious piety were deeply intertwined.
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