AKAM 167

Tiṇai:

pālai

Author:

Kaṭiyalūr uruttiraṅkaṇṇaṉar

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V. M. Subramanya Ayyar (1975) [IFP, unpublished]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

2002/07/10

Table of contents (by lines):

(1-5) talaimakaṉ happy about the day he spent staying in the company of talaivi

(6, 20) talaivaṉ not feeling happy when he thought he would have to stay the next day in the village assembly hall which is ruins

(7-10) The old deserted and desolate village from which the inhabitants migrated fearing the enmity of highway robbers.

(11-13) The elephant which eats the horse radish tree (முருங்கை) in that place rubs its back and the cross-beam on the brick wall falls.

(14-16) The spotted dove abandons the storey, and the god residing in the image painted on the walls also leaves that place and the daily offering of food is forgotten from being placed on the pial which is not cleaned with cow-dung water

(15-16) The bitch which gave birth to pups stays in the worn-out small house

(17-19) The public hall with the thatched roof eaten by white ants (19-20)

Colophon(s):

Talaimakaṉ spoke to his mind which was determined upon acquiring wealth, and desisted from parting.

Syntactical link:

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Difficult words:

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Variant readings:

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Notes:

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• My mind ! (7)
• The whole of the day was almost spent pleasantly (4-5)
• by staying in the long mansion which is very high so as to touch the sky (4),
• in the bed spread and adorned with flowers, and which is beautiful with exquisite workmanshiip (3),
• with the lady of black (மாமை) complexion who wears on her waist mēkalai containing strings of emeralds (2);
• which is comparable to crystal quartz and which has beauty of various kinds (1).
• The inhabitants of the forest region have abandoned their habitations (10)
• being afraid of the severe enmity of warriors who have bent bows (9)
• and arrows inflicting pain (8),
• who killed the caravan of merchants who happened to travel that way (8) and (7)
• and robbed them of their marchandise, and that place is without any fertility (10).
• In the extensive old barren land the sponge gourd (பீர்க்கு) has grown (10).
• The cross-beams resting upon the brick wall (13)
• which have become weak (12)
• fall down (3)
• as the back side of the neck of the elephant which rises high from its back, (12)
• which has a big trunk with which it eats the horse radish muruṅkai which grows there, (11)
• rubs against them (12).
• As a result of it the spotted small dove leaves the storey from which all wooden parts have fallen (14)
• The god also abandons the beautiful form which was painted with colours and has lost its beauty (15)
• In the ugly looking pial (16)
• which is not cleansed with cow-dung water (16)
• and to which offerings were offered daily without fail have been stopped since a long time! (16).
• The bitch which recently gave birth to pups stays in the small house which has worn-out places (17)
• Shall we, who have eyes that know no sleep on account of loneliness, have to stay tomorrow in the common assembly hall which has eaven in good condition, but whose covering of thatched roof is eaten away by the white ants which have sharp mouth resembling the pointed end of lance and which have spread over the rafters fixed to that place, to destroy them ?

நெஞ்சே(7)! இன்று நெடுநகர்(4) சேக்கைக்கண்(3) மாயோளொடு(2) இனிதுடன் கழிந்தன்று மன்னே(5); நாளைப்(5) பொதியிலின்கண்(20) பொருந்திக்கண்ணேம் புலம்புவந்து உறுதரச்(6) சேக்குவம் கொல்லோ(7)? மாடத்தினையும்(14) சிற்றில்லையும்(17) இறப்பினையும் உடைய பொதியில்(20).

• .12. உரிஞ்ச.
• .14. மாடக்கெழுதணி.
• .17. துள்ளிய, துள்ளிப்பறைக்கட்

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NOTES

Note. In line 17 there is a variant reading துள்ளிய. It means the dog that jumped other variant readings