AKAM 173

Tiṇai:

pālai

Author:

muḷḷiyurppūtiyār (Variant reading: muṉṉiyūr vaḻutiyar.)

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V. M. Subramanya Ayyar (1975) [IFP, unpublished]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

2006/04/03

Table of contents (by lines):

(1-4) talaivaṉ going to acquire wealth explaining its indispensability

(4-8) Companion assuring talaivi of talaivaṉ's return as he had told her that she should put up with the unbearability for a few days.

(8-11) The herd of deers run helter-skelter on hearing the shouts of salt-sellers

(16-17) The mountain which belongs to Naṉṉaṉ and which has gold in it.

(12-5) The extreme heat of summer makes the bamboos dry and the pearls spread in the old pits, as the joints split and scatter them.

Colophon(s):

The companion asseverated to the talaimakaḷ who became changed in mind during the separation of talaimakaṉ.

Syntactical link:

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Difficult words:

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Variant readings:

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Notes:

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• Friend ! May you live long ! (8)
• The one crossed the mountain belonging to naṉṉaṉ (16)
• which has places with deposits of gold (17)
• and adjoining high hills extending to the sky, where tall bamboos grow (18)
• He has liquor of sweet intoxication and well-built chariots (16)
• The salt-sellers (10)
• shout to drive (10)
• their bullocks to whose strong necks the carts which are tied with long ropes of many strands, are yoked (9),
• in the difficult ascents of ghats (10)
• The herd of stags and deer, frightened by the shouts, run helter-skelter (10-11)
• The summer has spread throughout the forest and destroyed its beauty (12)
• As summer absorbs the water in the tall and beautiful bamboos, they become dried up (13)
• The unpolished pearls as big as the molucca beans in their joints fly off as they split (14-5)
• They fall and spread in the old pits (15)
• where the inhabitants played games with molucca beans and having their appearance (15).
• He set his heart upon acquiring wealth (4)
• saying `Leading a house holder's life without swerving from the path of righteousness (1)
• and relieving the distress of near and dear relations (2)
• are not possible for those who are always of a lazy temper and do not want to undergo any suffering on account of strenous efforts (2-3)"
• If he had arranged and adjusted your bangles of beauty and brilliance and spoken loving and kind words to you (7-8),
• by telling you `lady with a fragrant forehead (4),
• and black, luxuriant tresses (5)!
• You must put up with the suffering, which is very difficult to do so, for a short period (4-5).
• He will return quickly (8).

தோழி! வாழி! (8) செய்வினை புரிந்த நெஞ்சினராய்(4), மலை இறந்தோர் ஆகிய(18) (நம் தலைவர்) "அரும்படர் உழத்தல்(5) சின்னாள் தாங்கல் வேண்டும்'(6) என்று நின் எல்வளை திருத்தினர் ஆதலின்(7) (விரைவில்) வருவர்(8).

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Toddy and chariots are always spoken together; ""களி மலி கள்ளின் நற்றேரவியன்'', ""தூவற்கன்னிக் துனைதேரெந்தை'' (அகம். 271-12, 298-15.)