AKAM 169

Tiṇai:

pālai

Author:

toṇṭi āmūrccattaṉār

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V. M. Subramanya Ayyar (1975) [IFP, unpublished]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

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Date of last revision:

2004/05/12

Table of contents (by lines):

(1-8) Description of the desert in which talaivaṉ has gone

(8-14) The description of the unhappy state of talaivi who is always of thinking of talaivaṉ

Colophon(s):

Talaimakaṉ spoke to his mind in the middle of the desert

Syntactical link:

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Difficult words:

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Variant readings:

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Notes::

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• In the extensive desert region heat is shining as the rays of the moving sun surrounds that region (2).
• There the trees are charred and the fertility of the soil has decreased (1)
• The big group of salt sellers who transport salt that is produced in the ocean of roaring waves, (5-6)
• kindle a small fire with the help of a fire-drill (5),
• and the remains of the big elephant's flesh left over by the tiger which killed and which was left in turn after having strung it in an iron rod by the noisy highway robbers, (4)
• and eat it (4),
• with the sweet water got from the mountain pool and poured intothe cooking pot. (7)
• We have crossed many deserts like that (8).
• As the mind of the talaivi has gone with us (8),
• the lady with perfect ornaments (14)
• has sallowness spreading on her body (9),
• in the evening which has solitude, as the rays of the setting sun have become dim (10),
• broods over something for a long time (9)
• She places her soft fingers on her forehead (11);
• Her eyes are filled up with tears (10-11)
• and they roll down like the water will suffer (14)
• with the affliction as a result of which her big shoulders become lean (13)
• She deserves our pity (14).

(நெஞ்சே)! சுரம் பல கடந்த நம் வயின்(8) (தன் உள்ளம்) படர்தலின்(8), திருந்திழை(14) மாலையானே(10) நெடிது நினைந்து(9), பசலை பாய்ந்த மேனியளாய்(9), விரல் சேர்த்திய நுதலளாய்க்(11) கண்பனி வாரச்(12) செல்லலொடு(13) வருந்தும்(14); அளியள்(14).

• .2. வயங்கு, விலங்கு.
• .10. செல்கடர் மழுங்கிய.
• .11. நுதலினள்.
• .13. நெகிழ்த்த தொண்டி மாமூர்ச்.