Virunthagum Isai
From Kuzhanthaigal Kanda Kudiyarasu · 1960
- Lyricist
- Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam
- Singer
- Seerkazhi Govindarajan
- Music director
- T. G. Lingappa
- Details
- Kuzhanthaigal Kanda Kudiyarasu1960
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Virunthaagum isai amudham | Music is a divine nectar that serves as a feast. |
| Virunthaagum isai amudham | Music is a divine nectar that serves as a feast. |
| Amara virunthaagum isai amudham | Music is an immortal divine nectar that serves as a feast. |
| Kanindha naruthaen enum raagamudan | Accompanied by ragas that are like ripe, fragrant honey, |
| Arumarundhaana layam kalandhu arundhum | And blended with rhythm that acts as a precious medicine, consumed as a feast, |
| Virunthaagum isai amudham | Music is a divine nectar that serves as a feast. |
| Male | |
| Navarasamaagiya..haaa..aaa..aaa..aaa | Expressing the nine emotional flavors... ah... |
| Navarasamaagiya kanirasa madhuoorum | Dripping with the sweet nectar of fruit containing the nine emotional flavors, |
| Navarasamaagiya kanirasa madhuoorum | Dripping with the sweet nectar of fruit containing the nine emotional flavors, |
| Kavi nayam kettida kanma vinai theerum | Listening to the poetic elegance dissolves past karma and sins, |
| Kavi nayam kettida kanma vinai theerum | Listening to the poetic elegance dissolves past karma and sins, |
| Suvai migundha sevi kulirndha sendhamizh | To drink the exquisite, ear-soothing words of pure classical Tamil, |
| Sollai paruga ulla nilai maarum | Consuming those words transforms the state of the inner mind. |
| Virunthaagum isai amudham | Music is a divine nectar that serves as a feast. |
| Kanindha naruthaen enum raagamudan | Accompanied by ragas that are like ripe, fragrant honey, |
| Arumarundhaana layam kalandhu arundhum | And blended with rhythm that acts as a precious medicine, consumed as a feast, |
| Virunthaagum isai amudham | Music is a divine nectar that serves as a feast. |
| Male | |
| Paal manam maaratha paalagarum | Innocent children whose milky fragrance has not faded, |
| Perum padaikalanga seerum naagangalum | Fierce, hissing cobras that terrify large armies, |
| Gnyaalathai veruthidum gyaanigalum | Ascetics and sages who renounce the material world, |
| Padu naasangalae seiyum paavigalum | And even sinners who commit absolute destruction, |
| Male | |
| Unna sirandhu ullam niraindhu | Are all captivated, their hearts filled with overflowing joy, |
| Thanai marandha nilayadainthu inburum | Reaching a selfless state of blissful ecstasy. |
| Virunthaagum isai amudham | Music is a divine nectar that serves as a feast. |
| Male | |
| Virunthaagum isai amudham | Music is a divine nectar that serves as a feast. |
| Male | |
| Virunthaagum isai amudham | Music is a divine nectar that serves as a feast. |
| Male | |
| Virunthaagum isai amudham | Music is a divine nectar that serves as a feast. |
விருந்தாகும் இசையமுதம்
விருந்தாகும் இசையமுதம்
அமர விருந்தாகும் இசையமுதம்
கனிந்த நறுந்தேன் எனும் ராகமுடன்
அருமருந்தான லயம் கலந்து அருந்தும்
விருந்தாகும் இசையமுதம்.......
Music is a divine nectar that serves as a feast.
Music is a divine nectar that serves as a feast.
Music is an immortal divine nectar that serves as a feast.
Accompanied by ragas that are like ripe, fragrant honey,
And blended with rhythm that acts as a precious medicine, consumed as a feast,
Music is a divine nectar that serves as a feast.
நவரசமாகிய ஹா ...ஆஅ..ஆஅ..ஆ..
நவரசமாகிய கனிரச மதுவூறும்
நவரசமாகிய கனிரச மதுவூறும்
கவிநயம் கேட்டிட கன்மவினை தீரும்
கவிநயம் கேட்டிட கன்மவினை தீரும்
சுவை மிகுந்த செவி குளிர்ந்த செந்தமிழ்
சொல்லைப் பருக உள்ளநிலை மாறும்
விருந்தாகும் இசையமுதம்.......
கனிந்த நறுந்தேன் எனும் ராகமுடன்
அருமருந்தான லயம் கலந்து அருந்தும்
விருந்தாகும் இசையமுதம்.......
Expressing the nine emotional flavors... ah...
Dripping with the sweet nectar of fruit containing the nine emotional flavors,
Dripping with the sweet nectar of fruit containing the nine emotional flavors,
Listening to the poetic elegance dissolves past karma and sins,
Listening to the poetic elegance dissolves past karma and sins,
To drink the exquisite, ear-soothing words of pure classical Tamil,
Consuming those words transforms the state of the inner mind.
Music is a divine nectar that serves as a feast.
Accompanied by ragas that are like ripe, fragrant honey,
And blended with rhythm that acts as a precious medicine, consumed as a feast,
Music is a divine nectar that serves as a feast.
பால்மணம் மாறாத பாலகரும்
பெரும் படைகலங்கச் சீரும் நாகங்களும்
ஞாலத்தை வெறுத்திடும் ஞானிகளும்
படு நாசங்களே செய்யும் பாவிகளும்
Innocent children whose milky fragrance has not faded,
Fierce, hissing cobras that terrify large armies,
Ascetics and sages who renounce the material world,
And even sinners who commit absolute destruction,
உண்ணச் சிறந்து உள்ளம் நிறைந்து
தனை மறந்த நிலையடைந்து இன்புறும்
விருந்தாகும் இசையமுதம்........
Are all captivated, their hearts filled with overflowing joy,
Reaching a selfless state of blissful ecstasy.
Music is a divine nectar that serves as a feast.
முனகல் :
.........................
Music is a divine nectar that serves as a feast.
விருந்தாகும் இசையமுதம்.......
Music is a divine nectar that serves as a feast.
முனகல் :
.........................
Music is a divine nectar that serves as a feast.
விருந்தாகும் இசையமுதம்.......
விருந்தாகும் இசையமுதம்.......
Virunthaagum isai amudham
Music is a divine nectar that serves as a feast.
Virunthaagum isai amudham
Music is a divine nectar that serves as a feast.
Amara virunthaagum isai amudham
Music is an immortal divine nectar that serves as a feast.
Kanindha naruthaen enum raagamudan
Accompanied by ragas that are like ripe, fragrant honey,
Arumarundhaana layam kalandhu arundhum
And blended with rhythm that acts as a precious medicine, consumed as a feast,
Virunthaagum isai amudham
Music is a divine nectar that serves as a feast.
Navarasamaagiya..haaa..aaa..aaa..aaa
Expressing the nine emotional flavors... ah...
Navarasamaagiya kanirasa madhuoorum
Dripping with the sweet nectar of fruit containing the nine emotional flavors,
Navarasamaagiya kanirasa madhuoorum
Dripping with the sweet nectar of fruit containing the nine emotional flavors,
Kavi nayam kettida kanma vinai theerum
Listening to the poetic elegance dissolves past karma and sins,
Kavi nayam kettida kanma vinai theerum
Listening to the poetic elegance dissolves past karma and sins,
Suvai migundha sevi kulirndha sendhamizh
To drink the exquisite, ear-soothing words of pure classical Tamil,
Sollai paruga ulla nilai maarum
Consuming those words transforms the state of the inner mind.
Virunthaagum isai amudham
Music is a divine nectar that serves as a feast.
Kanindha naruthaen enum raagamudan
Accompanied by ragas that are like ripe, fragrant honey,
Arumarundhaana layam kalandhu arundhum
And blended with rhythm that acts as a precious medicine, consumed as a feast,
Virunthaagum isai amudham
Music is a divine nectar that serves as a feast.
Paal manam maaratha paalagarum
Innocent children whose milky fragrance has not faded,
Perum padaikalanga seerum naagangalum
Fierce, hissing cobras that terrify large armies,
Gnyaalathai veruthidum gyaanigalum
Ascetics and sages who renounce the material world,
Padu naasangalae seiyum paavigalum
And even sinners who commit absolute destruction,
Unna sirandhu ullam niraindhu
Are all captivated, their hearts filled with overflowing joy,
Thanai marandha nilayadainthu inburum
Reaching a selfless state of blissful ecstasy.
Virunthaagum isai amudham
Music is a divine nectar that serves as a feast.
Virunthaagum isai amudham
Music is a divine nectar that serves as a feast.
Virunthaagum isai amudham
Music is a divine nectar that serves as a feast.
Virunthaagum isai amudham
Music is a divine nectar that serves as a feast.
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
Virunthaagum Isai Amudham from the 1960 movie Kuzhanthaigal Kanda Kudiyarasu is a classical celebration of the transcendent, therapeutic power of music and Tamil poetry. Rendering with grand vocal resonance by Seerkazhi Govindarajan and composed by T. G. Lingappa, the song metaphorically likens music to a celestial feast of nectar infused with sweet honey-like ragas and rhythm that acts as a soul-healing medicine. Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam's lyrics describe how drinking the sweet, ear-cooling words of classical Tamil imbued with the nine emotional rasas can dissolve past karma and alter one's consciousness. The song echoes the traditional adage that music universally entrances all beings—captivating innocent infants, deadly cobras, worldly-detached sages, and wicked sinners alike into a state of selfless bliss.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Uruvagam (Metaphor)
“Kanindha naruthaen enum raagamudan / Arumarundhaana layam”
Music is metaphorically equated to divine nectar (Isai Amudham), ragas to ripe honey (Naruthaen enum raagam), and rhythm to precious medicine (Arumarundhaana layam).
Auditory and Gustatory Imagery
“Suvai migundha sevi kulirndha sendhamizh / Sollai paruga ulla nilai maarum”
The lyricist blends senses by describing the act of 'drinking' ear-pleasing classical Tamil words (sevi kulirndha sendhamizh sollai paruga).
Monai (Initial Alliteration / Harmony)
“Paal manam maaratha paalagarum / Perum padaikalanga seerum naagangalum”
Repetition of consonant sounds across lines (Paalagarum, Padaikalanga, Paavigalum) creates a rhythmic, musical structure.
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Trivia
This song creatively articulates the ancient Indian Sanskrit aesthetic principle 'Shishur vetti pashur vetti vetti ganarasam phani' (Music is enjoyed by infants, animals, and cobras) by listing children, cobras, sages, and sinners as being equally entranced by divine melody. Kuzhanthaigal Kanda Kudiyarasu (1960) was a prominent children's fantasy film directed by K. B. Nagabhushanam.
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