AKAM 187

Tiṇai:

pālai

Author:

māmūlaṉār

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V. M. Subramanya Ayyar (1975) [IFP, unpublished]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

2006/03/30

Table of contents (by lines):

(1-5) The beloved one thought of our greatness when he went determined to acquire wealth

(5-10) The front-yard in the house will look lonely, which was formerly like the first day of the festival of garlands celebrated by maḻavar

(10-13) talaivaṉ staying at night in the pākkam in the mountain

(14-8) The elephant eating the inner part of palmyra in the forest

(19-20) The elephant asleep without moving its trunk.

(21-24) That elephant compared to a fishing boat in the sea.

Colophon(s):

Talaimakaḷ replied to the companion who informed her about talaivaṉ's parting
(2) The companion spoke to talaimakaḷ 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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• Companion (10)!
• Our lover slept with me to rid my shoulders of their loneliness (1)
• and he gave up the clandestine union which had lasted for many days (2),
• being ashamed of remaining idle without any effort (3)
• resolved to acquire great wealth in a distant country (3)
• and he has gone there with a determined mind (4)
• The forest in the mountain is scorched by the heat of summer (16)
• It has yā () trees of black trunks and bright cleft leaves (15)
• which can be compared to the beard-like thing which hangs in the neck of the domestic fowl (14)
• The inhabitants in the fortress of the forest abandoned it and it has become desolate and difficult to travel (17)
• In that place the elephant with greenish eyes (18),
• having eaten the inner part of the palmyra tree (18)
• sleeps without any action and is moving its body (2)
• in the morning when the sun's rays are not vehement and are only mild (19).
• That state of the elephant (20)
• in the desert which is intersected by big mountains on which clouds settle (24)
• resembles the fishing boat put out to sea (23)
• by the cruel fishermen (22)
• who started in the early dawn to catch fish (22),
• having swum the cool ghat (21) (துறை)
• in which sharks with a mouth like saw abound (22)
• In that region where people do not travel, the shabby ñemai (ஞெமை) tree grows very tall (11)
• in the pākkam (பாக்கம்) which has a few inhabitants who dwell (12)
• by the side of the mountain (12).
• our talaivar will stay for his safety (13),
• to be entertained by them as their guest at night (13).
• He continued his journey and thought about our greatness (4-5)
• Therefore will the front yard in the wealthy mansion in which sand brought from river is spread (9)
• and whose splendour can be compared to the first day (8)
• of the festival of beautiful garlands (8)
• celebrated by fearless maḻavar (7)
• who appear beautiful with their long warrior's anklets (7)
• who, have galloping horses (6)
• and who destroy the battle-fronts of angry enemies (6),
• appear lonely (10)?

தோழி(10)! காதலர்(5) நம் மொடு(1) நீடிய கரந்துறை புணர்ச்சியை(2) நாணுடைமையின் நீங்கி(3) அரும் பொருள் வலித்த நெஞ்சமொடு(4) மலை விலங்கிய சுரத்தின்கண்ணே(24) பாக்கத்தே(12) எல்விருந்து அயர, ஏமத்து அல்கி(13), ஏகி(4) நம் உயர்வு உள்ளினர்(5); அதனால் திருநசர் முற்றம்(9) புலம்புறுங் கொல்லோ(10)!

• .10-11. சேய் நாட்டலந்தலை.
• .12. இலைசேர்பு இருந்த.
• .16. வேனில் வைப்பிற கானிலங்காய.
• .17. நெடுநாட்டாரிடை.
• .19. விளங்குகதிர், விலங்குகதிர்.

கரந்துறை புணர்ச்சி may mean the union with us with something concealed in his mind); See Kalittokai, 4.