AKAM 130

Tiṇai:

neytal

Author:

veṇkaṇṇaṉar

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V. M. Subramanya Ayyar (1975) [IFP, unpublished]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

jlc

Date of last revision:

2002/10/21

Table of contents (by lines):

(1-2) talaivaṉ saying to his confident friend, `you would not rebuke me if you had seen the talaivi's beauty'

(3-8) Description of the shore at Koṟkai (கொற்கை)

(9-10) The pearls at Koṟkai belonging to Vaḻuti, injures the legs of horses and make them limp and to go slow

(11-2) The eyes of talaivi compared to flowers of white indian water-lily (நெய்தல்) growing in the backwaters of Koṟkai (கொற்கை).

Colophon(s):

The talaimakaṉ rejected the dissuasions of his bosom friend who admonished him severely.
(variant readings: கழறிய பாங்கற்குத் தலைமகன் கழற்றெதிர் மறுத்தது; கழற்றெதிர்மறை.)

Syntactical link:

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Difficult words:

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Variant readings:

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Notes:

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• My bosom friend! Listen to what I have to say. May you live long! (1)
• If you had stood before talaivi (1)
• and seen the imperious looks of her eyes (14)
• coated with collyrium (13)
• set in her beautiful bright face (14)
• to which the flowers of white indian water-lily (நெய்தல்) growing in the bending backwaters, which were opened by the bees (12)
• in the foreshore of Koṟkai (கொற்கை) which belongs to Vaḻuti possessing (11)
• good chariots showed their backs as a sign of defeat (13),
• you would not have admonished me in this manner (20)
• (as you have not seem them you admonish me in this manner). (2)
• (at that koṟkai) the fragrant screw-pine which has a rugged trunk, has a top resembling a devil's head (5)
• grows in the shore having sand-dunes in which are found Indian night shade கழிமுள்ளி) (4)
• of fertile buds of red stalk which contains inside them minute pollen, (3)
• destroys completely the stench of fish and spreads its fragrance only in the vast stretch (8)
• by the blossoming of the central portion of its (7) buds in white colour,
• which are protected by all the long external petals which have thorns resembling teeth (6)
• (In that vast stretch) the pearls of cool rays which are washed ashore by the surging waves, (9)
• injure the legs of the horses which have a desirable gait, and slacken their speed (10)

கேளிர்(1)! வாழி(1)! கொற்கை முன்துறையில் நின்ற(11) (அவள்) உண்கண்(13) நோக்கு(14) முன் நின்று(1) கண்டனிராயின் கழறலிர்(2); (கண்டிலிர்; ஆதலின் கழறுகின்றீர்).

• .3. குறுமுகை.
• .5. பெய்தற்லைலைஇய.
• .6. நெருங்கோடு.
• .7. விரிய; விரைஇ.
• .8. பொருதிழிந்த.
• .10. கவர்பரி; கவர்காற்.
• .12. திறக்கும்; துறந்த.
• .13. புறக்கொடுத்த.

Koṟkai at the mouth of the tamparaparṇi river was famous for pearls and is spoken of highly in Tamiḻ literature.