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Velodu Vilaiyadum

From Chitrangi · 1964

Lyricist
Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam
Singer
P. Susheela
Music director
S. Vedhachalam
Movie name
Chitrangi
Movie release year
1964
Lyrics added on
14 Jun 2025

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Velodu vilaiyadum murugaiya
Velodu vilaiyadum murugaiya
En vaazhvodum vilaiyada vanthanaiya
Velodu vilaiyadum murugaiya
En vaazhvodum vilaiyada vanthanaiya
Velodu vilaiyadum murugaiya
Kuravalli manamaalaithanai soodinaai
Dhevakulathodu inainthe ne uravaadinaai
Kuravalli manamaalaithanai soodinaai
Dhevakulathodu inainthe ne uravaadinaai
En kurai kandu enakintha nilai kaatinaai
En kurai kandu enakintha nilai kaatinaai
Ne kudi konda en nenjai yaen vaatinaai
Ne kudi konda en nenjai yaen vaatinaai
Velodu vilaiyadum murugaiya
Velodu vilaiyadum murugaiya
En vaazhvodum vilaiyada vanthanaiya
Velodu vilaiyadum murugaiya
En vaazhvodum vilaiyada vanthanaiya
Velodu vilaiyadum murugaiya
Uravu thantha ne pirivu thanthu
Manam uruga seinthal sariya
Iru uyir kalanthapin thunai izhantha pen
ulagil vaazhthal muraiya
Naan manatha nathanai adainthu illaram
Magizhum kaalam varuma
Vaazhvu malarum naalum varuma…varuma
O Lord Muruga, you who play with your spear,
O Lord Muruga, you who play with your spear,
did you come to play with my life as well?
O Lord Muruga, you who play with your spear,
did you come to play with my life as well?
O Lord Muruga, you who play with your spear,
You wore the wedding garland of Valli, the mountain girl,
and united with the family of the gods as well.
You wore the wedding garland of Valli, the mountain girl,
and united with the family of the gods as well.
Did you find some fault in me to reduce me to this state?
Did you find some fault in me to reduce me to this state?
Why did you break this heart where you reside?
Why did you break this heart where you reside?
O Lord Muruga, you who play with your spear,
O Lord Muruga, you who play with your spear,
did you come to play with my life as well?
O Lord Muruga, you who play with your spear,
did you come to play with my life as well?
O Lord Muruga, you who play with your spear,
Having given me love, now bringing separation
and making my heart melt with grief—is that fair?
After two souls have merged into one, for a woman who lost her partner,
is it right to keep living in this world?
Will the time come to reunite with the husband I wed
and find happiness in our home?
Will the day come when my life blossoms again? Will it come?
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Female
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Female

Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This emotional composition from the film Chitrangi (1964) is a heart-wrenching plea directed at Lord Muruga. The heroine laments her sorrowful state, drawing a contrast between Murugan's divine pastime of wielding his spear ('Vel') and his apparent decision to play with her life. She reminds the Lord of His divine mercy—how He embraced both Valli from the earthly tribal community and Devasena from the celestial realm—and questions why He has forsaken her. Overwhelmed by separation and grief, she asks why the deity torments the very heart in which He resides. She questions the justice of being separated from her beloved after two souls had united as one, desperately longing for a time when her life will blossom again into domestic happiness.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Ethirai (Second-Letter Rhyme) / Metaphor

“Velodu vilaiyadum murugaiya / En vaazhvodum vilaiyada vanthanaiya”

The word 'Velodu' (with spear) is paired with 'vaazhvodum' (with life) in adjacent lines, creating a second-letter rhyming pattern while drawing a metaphorical parallel between playing with a weapon and playing with a person's fate.

Iyaibu (End Rhyme)

“Kuravalli manamaalaithanai soodinaai / Dhevakulathodu inainthe ne uravaadinaai”

The lines end with the matching suffix 'soodinaai' and 'uravaadinaai', establishing a rhythmic and melodic flow.

Vina (Rhetorical Question)

“Manam uruga seinthal sariya / ulagil vaazhthal muraiya”

The lyricist uses rhetorical questions like 'sariya' (is it right?) and 'muraiya' (is it fair?) to emphasize the heroine's intense helplessness and moral questioning of fate.

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Trivia

Composed by S. Vedhachalam with lyrics by Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam, 'Velodu Vilaiyadum Murugaiya' is one of singer P. Susheela's most expressive classical Tamil film songs. The song beautifully blends classical Carnatic musical phrasing with narrative emotion, expressing 'Nindastuthi'—a poetic style in South Indian devotion where the devotee lovingly reproaches the deity.

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