AKAM 181

Tiṇai:

pālai

Author:

paraṇar

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V. M. Subramanya Ayyar (1975) [IFP, unpublished]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

2003/03/31

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Table of contents (by lines):

(1-3) Talaivaṉ requesting his mind to tell about his state to talaivi

(3-10) The battle between miñili (மிஞிலி) and āy eyiṉaṉ in which the latter fell dead, the birds protecting the body of eyiṉaṉ from the sun's heat by forming themselves into a circle in the sky.

(11-19) The birds come and stay in the facade of the fortified walls of ālamuṟṟam which belongs to mukkatcelvaṉ (civa), and ruled by the coḻar

(20-26) The sand-dune in which talaivi was sitting situated in pukār naṭu

(22-25) The beauty of talaivi and her quality of a divine damsel.

Colophon(s):

(Talaimakaṉ) spoke to his heart, in the middle of the desert, which thought of giving up its effort of amassing wealth.

Syntactical link:

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Difficult words:

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Variant readings:

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Notes:

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• The miñili (5),
• who had a very big army which captured without treachery the fortress guarded (4)
• by his enemies (3)
• and who was capable of killing his enemies in battle (5),
• threw his lance in the battle on Āy eyiṉaṉ (ஆய் எயினன்) (5)
• and eyiṉaṉ was defeated and fell in the battlefield after turning it red with the blood of warriors (6)
• and fighting with the strength like that of Muruku (முருகு) (6).
• When he fell, the big flock of new birds making an uproarious noise (9)
• encircled around his body together to hide the sky (10)
• and to protect his body from the heat of the bright sun's rays scorching his body (8).
• They flew and settled in the ghat (துறை) (19)
• of Pukār (22)
• where young girls who were playing by building toy-houses in sand (18)
• and making beautiful images in the garden which surrounds the big tank (18)
• which was constructed and made beautiful in the place calleed Ālamuṟṟam (ஆலமுற்றம்) (17).
• That Ālamuṟṟam is the place dedicated to the three-eyed lord Sivaṉ who revealed the old books of the four Vēda-s (maṟai) (மறை) (16)
• and who has a good fame which has spread throughout the length breadth of the world (15)
• It is under the protection fo the wealthy Cōḻar and has many places bringing always fresh income (14)
• It has got white sand-dunes made by the accumulation of sand (12)
• deposited by the swift-flowing water of the big river, Kāviri (12)
• which has broad ghats (துறைகள்) where flowers blossom (11).
• The big sand dune has streets having the fragrance of flowers (26)
• There the beautiful lady (25)
• who has soft shoulders beautiful to look at like the big beautiful bamboos, (24)
• tresses of five divisions on which bees swarm and which sends forth the fragrance of articles of perfume (23)
• sold by hawkers (22),
• was staying (25).
• The sand-dune is situated in (புகார்) in the good Cōḻanāṭu in which is situated Pukār (புகார்) (22)
• That Pukār (புகார்) has storeyed buildings whose tops have gone so high into the sky that they are not visible (21),
• and fortified walls reaching the sky which have a facade on which flags in the form of a shark are flying (20)
• My mind ! (3)
• You do not decide even now to cross the forest difficult to travel (1)
• If you want to stay behind and return (2)
• to her place convey to her my present state (3).

நெஞ்சே(3)! அரிவை இருந்த மணற்பெங்குன்று(26) புகார் நன்னாட்டது(22); (நீ) கானம் துணிதல் ஆற்றாய்(1); பின் நின்று பெயரச் சூழ்ந்தனையாயின்(2), என்நிலை(3) ஆண்டுச் சென்று அவட்கு உரை(3).

• .5. செருவேல் க�ட்இ.
• .7. வண்மை யெனியினன்.
• .12. அயிர் கொடீண்டி.
• .14. வெற்பின்.
• .16. நால் வகை.
• .17. தைஇப்.
• .18. பொழின் மணமகளிர்.
• .22. பகர்வர்.
• .23. வண்டா டைம்பால்.

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