KANNADASAN[Dharmam thalai kaakum] Oruvan manadhu onbadhada…

The song captures the current state of people in the world.. nice composition, nice thathuvam.

Movie: Dharmam thalai kaakum
Poet: Kannadasan
Music: K.V.Mahadevan
Singer : T.M.Sounderajan
Song Sequence: (1)-(1)-(2)-(2)-(1)-(3)-(3)-(4)-(1)-(5)-(5)-(6)-(1)-(2)-(1)

DHARMAM THALAI KAAKUM****ORUVAN MANATHU**** M.G.R.

(1)oruvan manadhu onbadhada,
adhil olindhu kidappadhu enbadhada,

If one’s heart has nine things, (Can be interpreted as one’s heart being an eunuch, lost in identity),
In it is hidden eighty things, ( which means that our hearts are filled with many unwanted feeling and thoughts although we seem to be not so sophisticated)

(2)uruvathai paarppavan manidhanada,
adhil ullathai kaanbavan iraivanada,

Human only see’s the external appearance (form),
Only god goes beyond external appearance and see’s (feels) the heart,

(3)erumbodhu erigindraan,
irangumbodhu sirikkindraan,

When one climbs (goes up in life/ is successful), he is filled with selfishness , jealousy to others etc,
When one falls (goes down in life/ experiences failure), he laughs,

(4)vaalum nerathil varugindraan,
varumai vandhaal pirigindraan,

When the time is to live, he moves around (comes),
When one experiences poverty, he breaks away,

(5)thaayin perumai marakkindraan,
thannala setril vilugindraan,

One forgets the glory of mother,
he falls is the marsh of self focus (selfishness),

(6)pei pol panathai kaakkindraan,
periyavar thammai palikkindraan,

he protects money like a demon,
he does not follow the ideals of forefathers, instead ridicules them,