AKAM 002

Tiṇai:

kuṟiñci

Author:

Kapilar

Translation:

V. M. Subramanya Ayyar (1975) [IFP, unpublished]

Original MS location:

IFP Library [TA LIT-CL 180 (1)(2)(3)]

Original data entry (VYAPTI format):

Ramya (1999-2000, IFP)

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Table of contents (by lines):

(1-9) The pleasure enjoyed by the male monkey

(11-14) The natures of talaivi and talaivaṉ

(16-17) The opportune time for marriage.

Colophon(s):

The companion informed (the talaivaṉ) about the restraint at house, in the secret meeting place by day, and urged marriage.

Syntactical link:

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Difficult words:

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Variant readings:

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Notes:

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• Ruler of the land (9)
• where the male monkey (5)
• having drunk the highly fermented honey produced in the deep pool in the rock (4)
• by the ripe and sweet fruits of plantain trees which have abundant bunches and whose leaves are slippery (1-2),
• and by the mature pulps of jack fruits which grow in the slopes and which prevent people from eating any other fruits (3),
• without knowing (5)
• it to be honey (4);
• could not climb up the nearby sandalwood tree, on which pepper creeper spreads (6),
• and sleeps on a bed of fragrant flowers with joy (7)
• and enjoys easily the unexpected pleasure which it did not think of and strive for (8)!
• (Not only the male monkeys) but also all other animals of different species of living beings in your mountain enjoy that unexpected pleasure (9)
• How can those pleasures which you think of and strive for, be difficult of enjoyment by you (10)?
• As this lady too (13)
• who has abundant beauty, and shoulders which resemble bamboos (11)
• is in this state of love (13)
• with a mind that gets out of control even when it is made to stop (12),
• you are likely to come at night also (15)
• knowing secretly the particular moment when the strict watchmen of the house (of this lady's father) are unwary. (13-14).
• The east indian kino-trees which are surrounded by green bushes have blossomed bright bunches of flowers (15-16)
• The exceedingly bright white moon is in its full form and surrounded by a circle (ஊர் கோள்) (17)

நாட (9)! குறித்த இன்பம் நினக்கு எவன் அரிய (10)? இவளும் இனையளாயின் (13), கங்குல் வருதலும் உரியை (15); வேங்கையும் இணர் விரிந்தன (16); திங்களும் ஊர் கொண்டன்று (17)

• .3. கோண்முதிர்
• .8. மெளிதென
• .11. வேய்மருள்