AKAM 069

Tiṇai:

pālai

Author:

Umaṭṭūr Kiḻār Makaṉār Paraṅkoṟṟaṉār

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V. M. Subramanya Ayyar (1975) [IFP, unpublished]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

(1-4) The companion advising the talaivi not to weep as it would spoil her beauty

(5-6) The talaivaṉ deriving pleasure from giving money to the poor

(7-13) The description of the desert into which the talaivaṉ went

(13-20) Assuring the early return of talaivaṉ.

Colophon(s):

The companion consoled and pacified the talaimakaḷ who grew anxious that the talaimakaṉ exceeded the time-limit set to acquire wealth, by telling her that he would definitely return.

Syntactical link:

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Difficult words:

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Variant readings:

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Notes:

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• Friend! (13)
• May you live long! (13).
• You do not get yourself immersed in sorrow looking at your body which has lost the beauty added to it discerningly by your mates, eyes that have lost the worthy beauty of the black flowers, the yellow spots on the skin which do not have their former nature and lost their beauty (1-4)
• Our talaivar, in order to make the pleasure derived from giving, as his monopoly, has gone to acquire wealth desiring that quality (4-6)
• He went to the desert perplexed and without thinking that it was a very hot path where the young herd of indian elk in the forest eat the spherical fruits of agreable sour taste of emblic myrobalan (தெல்லிமரம்) of small leaves and large trunks (6-9)
• Though he crossed the hills which were cut to make way for the wheels which were made of gold, of the chariots of Mōriyar (மோரியர்) to roll on without any obstacle, which can travel in the high and big mountain which seem to touch the sky (10-12),
• he will not stay there even for a very short while (12-13)
• forgetting the sweet sleep on your chest which have broad breasts (19)
• in the forest belonging to Āy (ஆய்) who adorns himself with big ornaments set with dazzling precious stones (18),
• chief of the strong warriors who bring as spoils of war good jewels by destroying the fortresses of enemies, (16-17)
• with the help of the superior arrows of many kinds (14-15)
• held in their hands, who tie round their strong bows made of cilai (சிலை) trees (of loud noise) (15),
• the feathers of young dancing peacocks which were cast away by them, having peeled them off. (13-14)

தோழி! வாழி(13); மேனியும்(1) கண்ணும்(2) வரியும் நோக்கி(3) ஆழல் ஆன்றிசின்(4); (நம் தலைவர்) ஈதல் இன்பம் வெஃகிச்(5) செய்பொருள் திறவராகி(6); அத்தம் என்னாது ஏமுற்று(9), மேரியர்(10) குறைத்த(11) அதைஇறந்து அகன்றரையாயினும்(12), ஆஅய்கா�த்து(18) அலரி நானும் நின்(19) அலர் முலை ஆகத்து இன்துயில் மறந்து(20) எனையதூஉம்(12) நீடலர்(13).

[Note:] The incident mentioned in this stanza about Mōriyar is mentioned in this anthology (stanza, 251 : 12-14, 281: 8-12) and in stanza. 175 : 5-9 of Puṟam

சிலை: the name of a tree;
cf. the old gloss for this line; கலித்தொகை: 16-1 and its commentary.