AKAM 015
(15) pālai
- Lines 1-8 Wish of the mother
- Lines 9-19 Description of the path in which the daughter went.
Translation
- Having escaped the rigourous guard
of the well-protected extensive mansion
which can be compared to Pāḻi of Naṉṉaṉ
who wears bright jewels and has state elephants
adorned with ornamental coverings on the face
(10-12),
- in order to make myself and (her) friends
grieve on account of her absence
(9),
- my mother of soft shoulders which are cylindrical
like the bamboos growing on hills,
went in a path, having joined her sweet company
thinking about him, with attachment.
(17-19)
- (In that path) the powerful group of bears
with strong hands, having eaten
with their mouths the fresh flowers
of mahua trees
(இருப்பைமரம்.)
in the difficult desert tract,
which have dropped from the stems,
go from there for the dust to rise
from the soil and cull out the contents
of the fruits on the beautiful branches
of indian laburnum
(கொன்றைமரம்)
which resemble flute by their shape,
and spread themselves.
(13-16)
- If what we desire much
is to become possible of achievement
(1)
- let the superior old place
which has many streets
(சேரிகள்)
close to one another
and which has the good nature of helping strangers
who come there empty-handed,
have people of familiar faces;
it is my wish
(6-8)
- (The old place) is like the tuḷu country
which belongs to superior Kōcar
famous for their truthfulness
who wear large-sized ornaments,
where in the garden the peacocks,
which have feathers, with stars in their tails
like the drum, eat the round
matured fruits of balsam pears
(பாகல்)
which becomes ripe after leaving
the unripe stage, and which has a stem on its head
(2-5).
Syntactical link :- எம் வெங்காமம் இயைவதாயின்(1)
அவனொடு போகி(12) என் அஞ்ஞை சென்ற ஆறு(19)
துளு நாட்டன்ன(5) செம்மல்மூதூர்(7) அறிந்தமாக்கட்டு ஆகுகதில்ல
The mother who was the cause
for the daughter to go (to the desert) spoke (thus)
māmūlaṉār
(Note : The daughter is spoken as "mother'
which is a term of endearment
which is allowed in Tamil grammar)
variant readings:- $$ட.12.கர்ப் பிறந். $$ட.14.பரிப்ப.
$$ட.19.மஞ்ஞை