AKAM 168

Tiṇai:

Kuriñci

Author:

Kōṭṭampalattuttuñciya cēramāṉ

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V. M. Subramanya Ayyar (1975) [IFP, unpublished]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

2002/10/11

Table of contents (by lines):

(1-2) talaivi spending the night with talaivaṉ and feeling sorrowful about the dangers in coming by night, and shedding tears

(3,14) talaivi requesting talaivaṉ to stop coming in the small path at night

(4-7) The kitchen of utiyaṉ at Kuḻumūr always full of bustle and the noise produced by the mountain streams compared to that

(8-10) The male elephant guarding the female elephant which gave birth to a calf, and the calf while it is sleeping

(11-3) the night in which even the hunters are fast asleep and the tiger roars near the cave.

Colophon(s):

(The companion) prevented the talaimakaṉ who came to the appointed secret place by night, from coming there and urged him to think of marriage.

Syntactical link:

see below

Difficult words:

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Variant readings:

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Notes:

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• Chief of the mountain which seems to reach the sky! (3)
• We will spend the night with you happily and after that we will be full of distemper (1)
• shedding tears when we think of the dangers in the way you come by night (2).
• The kitchen on utiyaṉ (7)
• who has an impartial mind and who has taken upon himself the duty of liberal donation (6),
• is situated in that place called Kuḻumūr (5)
• where there are large herds of cows (5)
• which stay in the shade of the hill known as Pallāṉ Kuṉṟu (பல்லான் குன்று) (4)
• In the adjoining hillock of the big mountain where the streams descend down with a big roar (like the kitchen of utiyaṉ) (7-8)
• the male elephant embraces the female one which calved recently (9)
• and guards the place where the calf, tired after slow moving, is sleeping (10)
• The strong and fearless tiger with stripes resembling sickle (11-12)
• leaves the cave in which it was hiding to make solitary and roars in the mountain cave (12).
• You (14)
• must hereafter (2)
• renounce (3)
• coming (14)
• in the narrow path in which beasts roam about (14)
• at midnight (13)
• when even the hunters are having sound sleep (13).

வெற்ப(3)! யாமம் நும் மொடு கழிப்பி(1) பனிவார் கண்ணேம் வைகுதும்(2); ஆதலின் சிலம்பில்(18) களிறு காப்ப(10), புலி உரற(12), கானவர் மடிந்தகங்குலில்(13) சிறு நெறிக்கண் நீவருதலை(14) இனி ஆன்றல் வேண்டும்(3).

• .4. வல்லாண்குன்றிற்

The tiger roars ((in such a way that it makes)JLC) ((so as to make)VMS) the elephant keep guard over its female elephant; ((this)JLC) ((it)VMS) is found in Kuṟuntokai, stanza 215-4-6.