AKAM 159

Tiṇai:

pālai

Author:

āmūrkkavutamaṉe cātevaṉār

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V. M. Subramanya Ayyar (1975) [IFP, unpublished]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

2006/04/06

Table of contents (by lines):

(1-4) The used stone ovens left by salt-sellers in the desert

(5-10) The warriors who harassed those who lifted cows, dance to the tune of the small drums () and eat cooked meat, using those ovens

(11-2) Companion requesting talaivi not to be sorrowful on behalf of talaivaṉ,

(13-9) Kotumuti, a chieftain of āmūr, who destroyed the tusks of elephants belonging to vāṉavaṉ; āmūr situated to the east of Kuṟumpoṟai, a hill,

(20-21) talaivaṉ would not stay longer than necessary, even if he gets āmūr, forgetting union with talaivi.

Colophon(s):

The companion asseverated with consolling talaimakaḻ who became changed during separation.

Syntactical link:

see below

Difficult words:

see below

Variant readings:

see below

Notes:

see below

• Loving friend (12)!
• The ovens improvised by arranging stones (4)
• by the salt-sellers after eating food cooked in them are left as they are (4),
• relaxing themselves (4)
• and releasing and spreading all the bullocks of strong napes (3)
• which were attached to carts which have curved yokes (2),
• to graze (3),
• selling white crystal salt (2)
• which was produced in the clear backwaters, (1)
• by announcing its price openly (2).
• The warriors (who adorns themselves with arrow head plant flowers), (கரந்தை) who have bent bows and sharpened arrows (5)
• afflicted and made the warriors (who adorned themselves with flowers of scarlet ixora (வெட்சி மலர்) who very much bent their strong bows on which the goddess of victory resides (6)
• who, having lifted a long herd of many cows, were returning with a great uproar, flee from the front (8).
• Those warriors felt elated on account of their victory over their (8)
• opponents and to celebrate their victory, they adorned themselves on their heads with garlands made of leaves (10)
• and danced to the tune of the dreadful small drum (துடி) of loud noise (9)
• and cooked their food of meat in those ovens in the branching ways of the desert (10-11).
• Do not feel much distressed that talaivar crossed those branching ways (11-2)
• Even if our talaivar gets āmūr (19)
• whose fame has spread far and wide (19)
• which has fortified walls of lustrous places (18);
• which is protected by Koṭumuṭi (18)
• who destroyed the elephants of small eyes, and temples on which bees swarm (16),
• by breaking their big tusks wearing ornamental knobs, which belong to vāṉavaṉ of victorious battles who holds a bow in his hand. (15)
• It is situated to the east of Kuṟumpoṟai which has slopes of fragrant flowers (14),
• whose high peaks resound with the violent thunder of the sky, (13),
• (Even if our talaivaṟ gets āmūr) he will not stay where he has gone, feeling contented (20),
• forgetting the sleep on your chest which is burdened heavily with jewels (21)

காதல் அம் தோழி(12)! உமண் உயிர்த்து இறந்த ஒழிகல் அடுப்பின்(4) கொடுவில் ஆடவர்(5) ஊன்புழுக்கு அயரும்(10) கவலையைக் காதலர் இறந்தனரென(11) அவலம் கொள்லில்(12); அவர் ஆமூர் எய்தினும்(19) நின் ஆகம் பொருந்துதல் மறந்து(21) ஆண்டு அமைந்து உறையுநர் அல்லர்(20)

• .4. ஒழுக்கலகுப்பின்.
• .11. கவலை காதலர்.
• .18. தாக்குங் (ஆவூர்).

In the last line a variant reading பூண்தயங்கு ஆகம் is found. It means your chest which lends beauty to the jewels

(Note Perhaps this poet is a native of āmūr.

அணங்குடை நோன்சிலை may mean also strong bows which are capable of inflicting pain)