Learn to sing Devi Neeye Thunai
Devi Neeye Thunai
Raagam: Keeravani
Thaalam: Aadhi
Aa:S R2 G2 M1 P D1 N3 S
Av: S N3 D1 P M1 G2 R2 S
Composer: Paapanaasam Shivan
Language: Tamil
Pallavi
dEvi nIyE tuNai ten madurai vAzh mIna lOcani
Anupallavi
dEvAdi dEvan sundarEshan siddham kavar bhuvana sundari amba
Charanam
malayadvajan mAdhavamE Kaanchana mAlai pudalvi mahaA Raani
alai maghaL kalai maghaL paNi kIrvANi amudhanaiya iniya muththamizh valarththa
MEANING:
(“Courtesy: R Shankar, rasikas.org”)
Oh dEvI with beautiful eyes (“lOcanI”) like a fish (“mIna”), who lives (“vAzh”) in southern (“ten”) mathurA (“madurai”), you (“nIyE”) are my only companion (“tuNai”) in this journey of life.
The most beautiful woman (“sundarI”) in the entire world (“bhuvana”)! You are the one that has captured/ensnared (“kavazh”) the heart (“cittam”) of that Lord (“dEvan”) of the Lords (“dEvAdi”), SrI sundarESvaran (“sundarESan”).
Oh dEvI (“mahArAgnI”)! As the fruit of mighty (“mA”) penance (“tavamE”) [1] performed by the pANDya king, malayadhvajan [2], you appeared/became the daughter (“pudalvi”) of the king, and his queen (“kAncanmAlai”). Oh lady with the speech (“vANI”) of parrots (“kIra”) [3] to whom lakshmI (“alaimagaL”) [4] and sarasvatI (“kalaimagaL”) bow down to (“paNi”), you are the one who nourished (“vaLarta”) the three forms of tamizh (“muttamizh”) [5] that are sweet (“iniya”) like nectar (“amudanaya”).