AKAM 078

Tiṇai:

Kuṟiñci

Author:

maturai nakkīraṉār (variant reading : maturaikkīraṉar)

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V. M. Subramanya Ayyar (1975) [IFP, unpublished]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

Date of last revision:

2004/11/05

Table of contents (by lines):

(1-6) The fear of female elephant for the āḷi though protected by its male

(7-10) Description of the dewy season

(11-4) The companion questioning talaivaṉ

(15-22) Help rendered by Kapilar during the fight between pāri and the three kings of tamiḻnātu

(23-4) The forehead of talaivi fragrant like the flowers growing in the mountain springs belonging to pāri.

Colophon(s):

The companion spoke to talaimakaṉ who returned, having parted (from her) during the time of kaḷavu (clandestine love)

Syntactical link:

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Difficult words:

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Variant readings:

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Notes:

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• Chief of the region of high mountains! (14)
• In the slope of the mountains (6)
• the young female elephant having conceived for the first time (6)
• trembles being afraid of the āḷi (ஆளி) in the the widening forest, (1)
• though it is embraced by its very strong male chief (4)
• to afford protection (5)
• with its big rough trunk which is beautiful by the spots on its forehead (4)
• and whose must (மதநீர்) flows into its mouth and on which the bees having lines, hum (3),
• which gathers its group with it by its immense strength (2).
• In the frontyard of the inhabitants of the hilly tract (குறவர்) who have liquor fermented and squeezed from honey (7),
• in the first half of the dewy season, which has just begun (10),
• the cool North wind blows to make the beautiful flowers of bamboos drop and to bend the big flowers of malabar glory lily having long petals.
• (At that time) did you even for a short while within a few days after you left us (13-4),
• remember the forehead of this lady which is by itself fragrant like the fresh flowers with the fragrance of honey (24),
• which blossomed in the green, sweet and big mountain pools (23)
• of (23-4)
• Pāri, who is munificent in his gifts, who has horses of galloping gait, (22),
• who made the kings who had armies of elephants of raised tusks flee from the battle-field showing their backs, (21)
• having vanquished them in the sword-fight and winning the battle by his strenuous efforts (20)
• not running away from the site of battle, though years rolled on (19),
• when Kapilaṉ of truthful words and world-wide fame praised by many, with great deliberation (15-16),
• helped to feed the armies by bringing the ripe ears of paddy grown in fertile fields (12)
• from a great distance, (16)
• and preparing food by mixing them with the flowers of water lily of big stems (18),
• thinking within yourself, (14)
• "What will befall solitary people in their village (11-12)
• by the loneliness caused by our absence ? (11)
• They are to be pitied and protected. (11-12)"

மலைநாட(14)! ஆளி அஞ்சி(1) ஒருத்தல்(4) தழுவவும்(5) பிடி நடுங்கும் சாரலிடத்துக் (குறவர் முன்றிலில் (7) வாடை தூக்கும் அற்சிரம்(10) "நம் இல்புலம்பின்(11) அளியர் என் ஆகுவர் கொல்'(12) பாரியின்(22) சுனை பூத்த(23) புது மலர் நாறும் இவள் நுதலைச்(24) சிறிதும்(13) உள்ளியும் அறிதிரோ(14)?

• .10. தூங்கி.
• .18. நெடுந்தா.
• .20. நாளிடூஉக்.

(The help rendered by kapilar in the siege is also mentioned in stanza 303, $$l$$l.8-14. The author is avvaiyār. This is found in stanzas of Puṟaṉāṉūṟu).