Request for meaning of illAdadai virumbi

[Lakshman]

I have received a request from a rasika for the meaning of this song. Here are the lyrics:

illAdadai virumbi. rAgA: mAyAmALavagauLa. Adi tALA. Papanasham Shivan.

P: illAdadai virumbik-keDugirAi adu eTTAdadAl varundi koTTAvi viDugirAi
A: ellAm unadu manattuLLE irukka inbam engE irukkudenr-alaindE ulagamengum
C: kAnal tanaik-kuLirnda nIrenru karudi venkAnam tanil alaindAl dAham taNindiDumO
koDiya agjnAnam tannil tUya oLi tOnrumO tunba mayamAm ulagil inbam ingirundu varum

Thanks.

[Rajani]

Translation

P: illAdadai virumbik-keDugirAi adu eTTAdadAl varundi koTTAvi viDugirAi

keDugirAi - You are ruining yourself
virumbi - desiring
illAdadai - the unreal.
adu eTTAdadAl - Since it is unreachable,
varundi - you grieve and
koTTAvi viDugirAi - yawn (in false hope),'

A: ellAm unadu manattuLLE irukka inbam engE irukkudenr-alaindE ulagamengum'

ellAm - (When) everything
irukka - is
unadu - your
manattuLLE - mind,
enru - enquiring
engE- where
inbam irukkudu - is happiness,
alaindE - and wandering
ulagamengum = all around the world (you are ruining yourself)

C: kAnal tanaik-kuLirnda nIrenru karudi venkAnam tanil alaindAl dAham taNindiDumO
koDiya agjnAnam tannil tUya oLi tOnrumO tunba mayamAm ulagil inbam ingirundu varum

karudi - Considering
kAnal (nIr) tanai - (the water seen in) a mirage
kuLirnda nIr enru - to be cool (drinking) water,
alaindAl - if one roams
venkAnam tanil - in the merciless forest,
dAham taNindiDumO - will one's thirst be quenched?

tUya oLi - (Will) the pure light (of realization)
tOnrumO - appear
koDiya agjnAnam tannil- in/from harsh ignorance ?

inbam engirundu varum - Whence can happiness come
tunba mayamAm ulagil - in/from this sorrow-filled world?

[Rajani]

The last line of C should have engirundu rather than ingirundu, for the meaning to be complete.

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Rajani

The song has such appeal,

Fantastic interpretation from.you

as brilliant as ever.

Regards.

Savitri

[Lakshman]

My sincere thanks to you Rajani.

[Rajani]

Thank you Savitriji for your kind words. Lakshman Sir, very glad to be of help to you.