AKAM 087

Tiṇai:

pālai

Author:

maturaippērālavāyār

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V. M. Subramanya Ayyar (1975) [IFP, unpublished]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) talaivan staying in the little hamlet at night

(5-14) starting again at day-break and proceeding in the forest where the sounds of drums strike in the minds of travellers

(12-16) talaivaṉ advising his mind to rejoice by embracing the shoulders of talaivi by appreciating the beauty of her breasts.

Colophon(s):

1. The talaivaṉ who was returning after finishing his work spoke to his mind in the middle of the desert.

(1 variant reading - talaimakaṉ spoke to his mind which was thinking of returning after having gone half of the desert)

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Variant readings:

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Notes:

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• My mind! May you live long! (12)
• After staying at night in the poverty-stricken little village (4)
• in the cottage covered with grass, which has a pantal (பந்தல்) made by the shade of trees (3)
• where the calf licks with its tongue the churning-staff which has a round rod with which sweet curd had been churned, (1-2)
• you had to start at day-break hearing the first crowing of the cock having a crest, which lives in the tall tree (5-6)
• You suffered very much for a long time in the forest which has branching paths adjoining a hill where in the old fortresses situated among stones the sound produced by the fearless warriors in the spacious central portion of the (taṇṇumai) drum is heard by travellers and strikes fear in their hearts (5-11)
• Therefore, you rejoice now by embracing the shoulders, which have the beauty of long bamboos (15-16)
• of our loving wife who has flowing black tresses, and praising the pleasure of the beautiful breasts adorned with yellow spreading spots, in the expansive mansion which is so high as to touch the sky, where the lamp that burns till break of day shines to dispel the darkness.

நெஞ்சே! வாழிய!(12); (நீ) சீனூர் எல்லித் தங்கி(4) விடியற் போகி(6) அத்தம்(10) நீடு உழந்தணை மன்னே(11); அதனால்(11) வியல்நகர்(13) நம் காதலி(15) முலைநலம் பாராட்டித்(14) தோளும் அணைந்து(16) இனி உவ(12);

(No variant reading in the text of the poem)

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