Vetkapada Vendum
From Samarpanam · 1974
- Lyricist
- Pattukottai Dhandayuthapani
- Singer
- M. S. Rajeswari
- Music director
- N. S. Thiyagarajan
- Details
- Samarpanam1974
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| Vetkkapada vendum | Every human being should feel ashamed |
| Ovvoru manithanum | Every human being |
| Vetkkapada vendum | Every human being should feel ashamed |
| Ovvoru manithanum | Every human being |
| Vedhanai pada vendum | Should feel deep agony and grief |
| Vedhanai pada vendum | Should feel deep agony and grief |
| Avanavan nenjai thottapadi | Upon touching one's own conscience and heart |
| Female | |
| Vetkkapada vendum | Every human being should feel ashamed |
| Ovvoru manithanum | Every human being |
| Vedhanai pada vendum | Should feel deep agony and grief |
| Avanavan nenjai thottapadi | Upon touching one's own conscience and heart |
| Female | |
| Sorkaththin thanthaiyaana | Did the heavenly Father |
| Antha kadavul kudiththaaraa | Did that Almighty God ever consume alcohol? |
| Yazhai varkaththin thanthaiyaana | Did the father of the impoverished working class |
| Annal ganthi kudiththaaraa | Did the revered Mahatma Gandhi ever consume alcohol? |
| Female | |
| Paaratha poril kadamaiyai seitha | Who fulfilled His moral duty in the epic Bharata war |
| Kannan kudiththaara | Did Lord Krishna ever consume alcohol? |
| Uyar kaaviyathalaivi seedhaiyai pirikka | To separate Sita, the heroine of the great epic |
| Raman kudiththaaraa | Did Lord Rama ever consume alcohol? |
| Female | |
| Vetkkapada vendum | Every human being should feel ashamed |
| Ovvoru manithanum | Every human being |
| Vedhanai pada vendum | Should feel deep agony and grief |
| Avanavan nenjai thottapadi | Upon touching one's own conscience and heart |
| Female | |
| Gandhiyai pootti punnagai seitha | Oh prison doors that locked up Mahatma Gandhi and smiled |
| Siraiyin kadhavugalae | Oh doors of the prison |
| Gandhiyai pootti punnagai seitha | Oh prison doors that locked up Mahatma Gandhi and smiled |
| Siraiyin kadhavugalae | Oh doors of the prison |
| Paalum kudiyai pootti unakkul vaiththaal | If you lock up the habit of drinking liquor inside yourself |
| Kudiyaa muzhugi vidum | Will the lineage and home sink into ruin? |
| Paalum kudiyai pootti unakkul vaiththaal | If you lock up the habit of drinking liquor inside yourself |
| Kudiyaa muzhugi vidum | Will the lineage and home sink into ruin? |
| Female | |
| Vetkkapada vendum | Every human being should feel ashamed |
| Ovvoru manithanum | Every human being |
| Vedhanai pada vendum | Should feel deep agony and grief |
| Vedhanai pada vendum | Should feel deep agony and grief |
| Avanavan nenjai thottapadi | Upon touching one's own conscience and heart |
| Avanavan nenjai thottapadi | Upon touching one's own conscience and heart |
வெட்கப்பட வேண்டும்
ஒவ்வொரு மனிதனும்
வெட்கப்பட வேண்டும்
ஒவ்வொரு மனிதனும் சட்டப்படி
வேதனை பட வேண்டும்
வேதனை பட வேண்டும்
அவனவன் நெஞ்சை தொட்டப்படி
Every human being should feel ashamed
Every human being
Every human being should feel ashamed
Every human being
Should feel deep agony and grief
Should feel deep agony and grief
Upon touching one's own conscience and heart
வெட்கப்பட வேண்டும்
ஒவ்வொரு மனிதனும் சட்டப்படி
வேதனை பட வேண்டும்
அவனவன் நெஞ்சை தொட்டப்படி
Every human being should feel ashamed
Every human being
Should feel deep agony and grief
Upon touching one's own conscience and heart
சொர்க்கத்தின் தந்தையான
அந்த கடவுள் குடித்தாரா
ஏழை வர்க்கத்தின் தந்தையான
அண்ணல் காந்தி குடித்தாரா....
Did the heavenly Father
Did that Almighty God ever consume alcohol?
Did the father of the impoverished working class
Did the revered Mahatma Gandhi ever consume alcohol?
பாரதப் போரில் கடமையை செய்த
கண்ணன் குடித்தாரா
உயர் காவியத்தலைவி சீதையை பிரிந்த
ராமன் குடித்தாரா....
Who fulfilled His moral duty in the epic Bharata war
Did Lord Krishna ever consume alcohol?
To separate Sita, the heroine of the great epic
Did Lord Rama ever consume alcohol?
வெட்கப்பட வேண்டும்
ஒவ்வொரு மனிதனும் சட்டப்படி
வேதனை பட வேண்டும்
அவனவன் நெஞ்சை தொட்டப்படி
Every human being should feel ashamed
Every human being
Should feel deep agony and grief
Upon touching one's own conscience and heart
இவை பூமி அது இல்லை சாமி
மேதைகள் சொன்னாரே
இந்த குடி ஒரு பூதம் இது இல்லை வேதம்
என்பதை சொன்னாரா
Oh prison doors that locked up Mahatma Gandhi and smiled
Oh doors of the prison
Oh prison doors that locked up Mahatma Gandhi and smiled
Oh doors of the prison
If you lock up the habit of drinking liquor inside yourself
Will the lineage and home sink into ruin?
If you lock up the habit of drinking liquor inside yourself
Will the lineage and home sink into ruin?
காந்தியை பூட்டி புன்னகை செய்த
சிறையின் கதவுகளே
காந்தியை பூட்டி புன்னகை செய்த
சிறையின் கதவுகளே
பாழும் குடியை பூட்டி உனக்குள் வைத்தால்
குடியா முழுகி விடும்...
பாழும் குடியை பூட்டி உனக்குள் வைத்தால்
குடியா முழுகி விடும்...
Every human being should feel ashamed
Every human being
Should feel deep agony and grief
Should feel deep agony and grief
Upon touching one's own conscience and heart
Upon touching one's own conscience and heart
வெட்கப்பட வேண்டும்
ஒவ்வொரு மனிதனும் சட்டப்படி
வேதனை பட வேண்டும்
வேதனை பட வேண்டும்
அவனவன் நெஞ்சை தொட்டப்படி
அவனவன் நெஞ்சை தொட்டப்படி
Vetkkapada vendum
Every human being should feel ashamed
Ovvoru manithanum
Every human being
Vetkkapada vendum
Every human being should feel ashamed
Ovvoru manithanum
Every human being
Vedhanai pada vendum
Should feel deep agony and grief
Vedhanai pada vendum
Should feel deep agony and grief
Avanavan nenjai thottapadi
Upon touching one's own conscience and heart
Vetkkapada vendum
Every human being should feel ashamed
Ovvoru manithanum
Every human being
Vedhanai pada vendum
Should feel deep agony and grief
Avanavan nenjai thottapadi
Upon touching one's own conscience and heart
Sorkaththin thanthaiyaana
Did the heavenly Father
Antha kadavul kudiththaaraa
Did that Almighty God ever consume alcohol?
Yazhai varkaththin thanthaiyaana
Did the father of the impoverished working class
Annal ganthi kudiththaaraa
Did the revered Mahatma Gandhi ever consume alcohol?
Paaratha poril kadamaiyai seitha
Who fulfilled His moral duty in the epic Bharata war
Kannan kudiththaara
Did Lord Krishna ever consume alcohol?
Uyar kaaviyathalaivi seedhaiyai pirikka
To separate Sita, the heroine of the great epic
Raman kudiththaaraa
Did Lord Rama ever consume alcohol?
Vetkkapada vendum
Every human being should feel ashamed
Ovvoru manithanum
Every human being
Vedhanai pada vendum
Should feel deep agony and grief
Avanavan nenjai thottapadi
Upon touching one's own conscience and heart
Gandhiyai pootti punnagai seitha
Oh prison doors that locked up Mahatma Gandhi and smiled
Siraiyin kadhavugalae
Oh doors of the prison
Gandhiyai pootti punnagai seitha
Oh prison doors that locked up Mahatma Gandhi and smiled
Siraiyin kadhavugalae
Oh doors of the prison
Paalum kudiyai pootti unakkul vaiththaal
If you lock up the habit of drinking liquor inside yourself
Kudiyaa muzhugi vidum
Will the lineage and home sink into ruin?
Paalum kudiyai pootti unakkul vaiththaal
If you lock up the habit of drinking liquor inside yourself
Kudiyaa muzhugi vidum
Will the lineage and home sink into ruin?
Vetkkapada vendum
Every human being should feel ashamed
Ovvoru manithanum
Every human being
Vedhanai pada vendum
Should feel deep agony and grief
Vedhanai pada vendum
Should feel deep agony and grief
Avanavan nenjai thottapadi
Upon touching one's own conscience and heart
Avanavan nenjai thottapadi
Upon touching one's own conscience and heart
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
Vetkkapada Vendum is a socially conscious reform song from the 1974 Tamil film Samarpanam. The song urges every individual to deeply introspect and feel ashamed of the vice of alcoholism. It uses a series of powerful rhetorical questions involving divine and historical icons—God, Mahatma Gandhi, Lord Krishna, and Lord Rama—asking if any of these great figures ever consumed alcohol while carrying out their duty or enduring trials.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Rhetorical Question (Vina Vani)
“Antha kadavul kudiththaaraa”
Repeated use of rhetorical questions ending with 'kudiththaaraa' to challenge the listener's conscience by appealing to moral role models.
Personification
“Gandhiyai pootti punnagai seitha Siraiyin kadhavugalae”
Addressing the prison doors as living beings capable of smiling after locking up Gandhi.
Repetition (Anaphora)
“Vetkkapada vendum”
The line 'Vetkkapada vendum' is repeated systematically to emphasize the urgency of moral shame and social reform.
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Trivia
Samarpanam (1974) features music composed by N. S. Thiyagarajan, with lyrics penned by Pattukottai Dhandayuthapani. Sung by veteran singer M. S. Rajeswari, the track stands out as a prohibition movement song in 1970s Tamil cinema.
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