AKAM 112

Tiṇai:

Kuṟiñci

Author:

neytaṟ caittuytta kiḻār āvūr

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V. M. Subramanya Ayyar (1975) [IFP, unpublished]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

2004/05/08

Table of contents (by lines):

(1-7) talaivaṉ coming all alone in the woods where bears and tigers roam about

(8-10) The reciprocal love of talaivi and talaivaṉ.

(11-2) wise people always desirous of pleasures with no reproach attached to them.

(13-16) The parents celebrating the marriage in the traditional way

(17-19) Companion eager to see the subjugation of talaivi born of new bashfulness at the time of wedding.

Colophon(s):

The companion spoke to the tālaimakaṉ whom she met at the appointed secret place at night.

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 mountain which touches the sky! (13)
• You committed a harmful act by coming here all alone in the cool and dark woods without thinking of your loneliness (7-8)
• (In that wood) at midnight, the group of bears which have curved backs and a gait of short paces (1)
• remove the high tops of the ant-hills which are constructed with mud by the termites and are red in colour (2),
• and surround them being partial to the termites in them (3-4)
• (At that time) the fearless male tiger kills an elephant of shining and raised tusks to appease the hunger of its female which recently gave birth to cubs and is exceedingly desirous of food, and roars (5-6).
• My friend will not survive if a day passes without your coming here (9).
• Just like that, you too are eager to embrace the shoulders of my friend, daily (10).
• Noble and wise people will not wish for pleasures with blame attached to them, though they may be extremely eager to enjoy them (11-2).
• (Therefore) what harm is there if you marry the talaivi? (If you come forward with proposals of marriage) my relations who are not aware of the secret love through which you were united due to your longing (காமம்) which is very difficult to get, (15)
• in the slopes of the mountain where the pepper creeper spreads and the herd of stags make a sound in a low pitch, (14)
• will celebrate the wedding in the traditional way handed down from very ancient times (16)
• We will be glad to witness like utter strangers the celebration of your marriage with her to the satisfaction of our eyes, and we shall also see the subjugation of the body of this lady born out of new bashfulness at the time of wedding (17-9)

வெற்ப(13)! அரை நாட்கங்குல்(4) புலி(5) களிறு அட்டுக் குழுமும்(6) சோலையில்(7) ஈங்கு வந்தோய்; தீங்கு செய்தனை(8); நாள் இடைப்படின் என் தோழி வாழாள்(9); தோளிடை முயக்கம் நீயும் வெய்யை(10); சான்றோர்(11) பழியொடு வரும் இன்பம் வெஃகார்(12); வரையின் எவன்(13)? மன்றல் அயரப்(16) பெண் கோள் ஒழுக்கம் நோக்கி(17) யாம்(19) இவள்(18) புது நாண் ஒடுக்கமும் காண்குவம்(19).

• .1. கானலெண்கின், கூருகிரெண்கி, கூரலெண்கி.
• .10. முயங்கமதி.
• .11. கழிபெருங்கழியாக்.
• .15. மணப்பெருங்.