[Saraswathi sabatham] kalviya selvama veerama?

A discussion about what is more important in life… is it education? is it wealth? or is it bravery? brilliant composition!

Movie : Saraswathi sabatham
Poet: Kannadasan
Music Director : K V Mahadevan
Singer : T.M.Sounderajan
Song Sequence: (1)-(2)-(1)-(2)-(3)-(3)-(1)-(4)-(4)-(5)-(4)-(5)-(6)-(6)-(7)-(7)-(1)-(8)- (8)-(9)-(9)-(10)-(1)-(11)-(11)-(12)-(12)-(13)-(13)-(1)-(14)-(14)-(15)-(15)-(16)-(16)-(1)-(2)-(3)-(1)

(1)kalviya selvama veerama?
(2)annaiya thandhaiya deivama?

is it education? wealth? bravery? that is the most important
it is like asking if mother? father? or god? that are the most important

(3)ondrillamal mattondru uruvaaguma?
idhil uyarvendrum thalvendrum pirivaaguma?

without one how can the other begin ( or exist) ?
where is the separation of which is more important than the other?

(4)karporku porul indri pasi theeruma?
(5)porul petrorku arivindri pugal seruma?
(6)katraalum petraalum balamagumaa?
(7)veeram kaanadha vaalvendrum vaalvaaguma?

for the learned ( educated people) , without wealth how will their hunger satiate?
for the wealthy, without intellect ( which comes by education) how will they become famous?
even if one is learned, or has all the wealth, does it lead to strength?
if you don’t have bravery, then is such a life worth living?

(8)padithavan karuthellam sabai yeruma?
porul padaithavan karuthanaal sabai meeruma?
(9)padithavan padaithavan yaarayinum
(10)balam padaithirundaal avanukkinaiaguma?

do all the idea’s or ideals of learned people , get accepted or lead to accolades?
how can the idea’s or ideals of creator, be rejected? ( since he has already proved thats his ideas work),
whether it is the learned or the creator,
if they also possess bravery, then there is no one comparable to them.

(11)ondrukkul ondraga karuvanadu,
adu ondrinil ondraga porulanadu ,
(12)ondrai ondru pagaithal uyarvedu ?
(13)moondrum Or idathil irundaal nigar edu?

each of these qualities are intertwined and began within each other,
they all are meaningful only when taken together,
if each of them detest the other, where is progress or elevation?
if all of them are at a place, then what is comparable to its power?

(14)moondru thalaimuraikkum nidhi venduma ?
kaalam mutrum pugal valarkkum mathi venduma ?
(15)thondrum pagai nadungum balam venduma ?
(16)ivai moondrum thunai irukkum nalam venduma?

so do you want wealth that will last the next 3 generations?
or do you want a powerful intellect that will be remembered and revered till the end of time?
or do you need the strength that will send shivers down the enemy who opposes you?
or do you need the goodness that comes with help of all three qualities?