AKAM 175

Tiṇai:

pālai

Author:

ālampēri cāttaṉār
((NOTE_jlc: I find a village called Alalaperi in VRD_04))

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V. M. Subramanya Ayyar (1975) [IFP, unpublished]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

2004/02/07

Table of contents (by lines):

(1-4) The hunter kill wayfarers in the desert with their arrows.

(5-6) The kite invites its flock and preys upon the human flesh

(6-9) Talaivan coaxing talaivi into consenting to his parting by swearing oaths and speaking kind words holding her forearms wearing bangles and assuring her of his return in the rainy season

(10-17). The rainy season compared to the battlefield of ālaṅkāṉam, it being the time-limit set by talaivaṉ for his return.

Colophon(s):

Syntactical link:

see below

Difficult words:

see below

Variant readings:

see below

Notes:

see below

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• Companion ! Our (9) lover crossed and went beyond the hot desert (6)
• where the kite invites its flock eats the human flesh which is available in plenty (5)
• when the merciless hunters who never miss their aim (2)
• and who discharge their swift arrows from their strong bows having speed and which graze the edge of their stout shoulders and which put an end to the lives of wayfarers making a sound every time they are shot (1).
• Did he not say to me (9)
• by swearing rare oaths (7)
• and speaking kind words many times (7)
• by holding in his hands my forearms wearing choice bangles, (8)
• ``we would return after finishing my duty (8)'',
• to convince our mind (6)
• in the season when the clouds come down low and pour their cool water (19),
• spreading themselves on the sky so as to make the earth give good yield (18) ?
• They emit lightning many times more than the number of lances (வேல்கள்) (12)
• which were raised high (11)
• by ceḻiyan who has tall charriots that speed like wind, and liberal munificence (10)
• when he won the battle fought at ālaṅkaṉam without any treachery, as a mark of victory (11)
• They produce fearful thunders in the blue and expansive sky like his war drum (போர்முரசு) (12-13)
• They produce bent rainbows of several colours (17)
• in the sky like the garland that rests on the chest (16)
• and which is itself enough for the enemies to give up the idea of fighting with him (16),
• of the wealthy one who has a discus (15)
• which is full of spokes arranged in an order (15)
• (He has not returned according to his promise. What shall I do?)

வெஞ்கரம் இறந்த காதலர்(6) வர்சினம் சொல்லியும்(7), முன்கைபற்றியும்(8), "தண்பெயல் எழிலி தாழ்ந்த போழ்து(9); (அங்ஙமை வந்திலரே! என் செய்வல்)?

• variant readings $$ட.5. நிதைந்த, நிறைந்த.

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