AKAM 166

Tiṇai:

marutam

Author:

iṭaiyaṉ neṭuṅkīraṉār

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V. M. Subramanya Ayyar (1975) [IFP, unpublished]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

2006/04/26

Table of contents (by lines):

(1-4) vēlūrvayil that has old paddy in abundance and abundant toddy

(5-7) The dreadful deity on whose garland the bees avoid swarming, and which receives superior sacrificiall offerings.

(8-9) talaivaṉ swearing to talaivi that the deity would afflict him, if he had anything to do with the lady whom talaivi suspected of having union with talaivaṉ

(11-5) harlot curious to know that person who bathed with her.

Colophon(s):

Talaimakaṉ bathed in the river with a harlot. He went to talaivi and swore, `I did nothing of that sort ! The harlot who heard about this spoke to those who were by her side, to be heard by them. (பரத்தையொடு புனலாடிய தலைமகன் தலைமகளிடைப்புக்கு, யானாடிற்றிலனென்று சூளுற்றானென்பது கேட்ட பரத்தை 1.தன்பாங்காயினார் கேட்டச் சொல்லியது variant readings: (கருத்து) தன் பாங்கிக்குச் சொற்றது

Syntactical link:

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Difficult words:

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Variant readings:

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Notes:

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• Companion! May you live long ! (11)
• Vēlūrvayil has abundant old paddy (4)
• and has streets (3)
• in which the vessel that bales out toddy is caused to break (2)
• the jar in which the toddy that has been produced, after filtering for many days, is kept (1-2)
• in a shop which is surrounded by shady trees, (1)
• which are sprinkled by the drops of toddy running in the streets like the drops of rain falling from mixing clouds (3).
• The husband of talaivi swears before her and clears her mind by telling her, (10)
• "If I had bathed with the lady who has black tresses which has been adorned well, and whom you suspect (8)
• let the fearful deity which receives superior sacrificial offerings (7)
• and which is the cause for the swarm of bees with spots and lines (6)
• to avoid out of fear the garland on which scented water has been sprinkled, and made with fragrant bunches, (5)
• without humming (6),
• afflict me (9)
• " Who was that person ) who was brilliant with the big adornments fit for union (14),
• who bathed (15),
• with us (13)
• yesterday (11)
• in the fresh (14)
• floods (15)
• which flowed touching the branches of trees (15),
• sitting on the front portion of the float like a male elephant which is adorned with garlands ?

"வேளூர் வாயிலில்(4) உயர் பலி பெறூ உம் உருகெழு தேய்வம்(7) நிககுத் தோள் வயின்(8) அனையேனாயின்(9); என்னை அணங்குக்' என(9) மனை மகிழ் நன் மனையோளைத் தேற்றுமாயின்(10) நெருநல்(11) காவிரி(14) மலிர்நிறை(15) நம்மொடு(13); ஆடியோர்(15) யார் கொல்(11)?

• .2. தோயுடையுப்பின்; கோதுடைவைப்பின்.
• 4. பேரூர்.
• .8. நீ வெய்யோன்வலின்.
• .15. தோகுதோய்.