AKAM 049

Tiṇai:

pālai

Author:

vaṇṇappuṟakkantarattaṉār
(variant readings) vaṇṇappuṟakkallātaṉār

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V. M. Subramanya Ayyar (1975) [IFP, unpublished]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

HTML conversion, text revising & editing:

Date of last revision:

2002/10/06

Table of contents (by lines):

(Lines 1-7). Change in the nature of talaivi

(8-9) talaivi embracing the foster-mother

(10-13) The severity of the desert

(14-18) The mother's wish that she would have followed her like a shadow, if she had an inkling of her elopement.

Colophon(s):

The foster-mother became distressed in the house, thinking of her daughter who eloped with her talaivaṉ.

Syntactical link:

see below

Difficult words:

see below

Variant readings:

see below

Notes:

see below

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• "My daughter is very fond of her parrot, ball and molucca beans (கழங்கு) (and never leaves them to slip from her hands). (1)
• She does not resemble her former self in respect of grace, love, tenderness and actions, and she is changed. Let my life leave my body'. (2-3)
• So saying, I saw the back of my daughter like the cow that looks at its calf many times in quick succession, which has a bending thigh tied to the tree (4-5)
• along with its mother. I came near her and softly rubbed her semicircular forehead and slightly embraced her. My daughter embraced me tightly several times when her breasts in her perspired chest. Alas! It has gone (6-9)
• If I had an inkling (13)
• that she would be enticed into crossing the desert by the person of great worth and valour, by praising her in several ways, (10)
• and staying in the dried up shade of trees (11)
• in the forest (13)
• where the herds of young deer which disliked the clouds and were weary, taste the shrunk bow-string hemp plant (மரல்) (11-12),
• I would have followed her (18)
• like her shadow (15)
• in the house (14)
• of her father (13)
• which has abundant food that can stay for a long time, and is severely guarded, (14)
• wherever she went, (15)
• and in all places (18)
• wherever she would spend her time with her circle of playmates wearing garlands, (16)
• indulging in plays with them, (18)
• when the anklets into which a cluster of pieces of metal () has been put to make them tinkle, would produce a pleasant sound. (17)
• It has gone! (18)

வெய்யோள்(1) முன்னாட் போலாள்; இறீஇயர் என் உயிர் எனக்(3) கறவையின் நோக்கி(5) வந்துநீவித்(6) தழுவிளேனாக என்மகள்(7) வியர்ப்ப(8) முயங்கினள் மன்னே(9); காடுடன் கழிதல் அறியின்(13) வியல் நகர்(14) செல்வுழிச்செல்வுழி நிழல்போல(15) ஓரைதழீஇ(16) ஆடு வழி ஆடு வழி அகலலேன் மன்னே(18). நெடுந்தகை(10) பாராட்டி(10) அசைஇக்(11) கழிதல் அறியின்(13) மெய்ந்நிழல் போல(15) அகலேன்(18).

• .1. குறுகச்சென்று

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