AKAM 192

Tiṇai:

Kuṟiñci

Author:

potumpil kiḻaṉ veṇkaṇṇaṉār (1. veṅkaṇṇaṉ)

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V. M. Subramanya Ayyar (1975) [IFP, unpublished]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

Date of last revision:

2004/11/01

Table of contents (by lines):

(1-2) The forehead of talaivi became sallow

(2-3) Companion concern over her fate

(4-8) The ears of corn of millet have become ripe for harvest

(8-13) Talaivaṉ's coming by night is also impossible as the streets are lit by the jewel which is spat out by the cobra and carried away with a rush by the mountain stream

(14-5) The description of Talaivaṉ's country.

Colophon(s):

The companion refused talaivaṉ meeting talaivi at night at the appointed secret place by informing him that talaivi was put under restraint in the house. (variant reading : The companion urged marriage by informing talaimakan about talaivi being placed under restraint.

Syntactical link:

see below

Difficult words:

see below

Variant readings:

see below

Notes:

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• Chief of the tract of big mountains (15)
• which have high peaks on which strong clouds (13)
• rest together with thunder (14)!
• The small parrots which has red beaks (5)
• and a green neck stripes like that of the beautiful bow not useful for shooting arrows (4)
• which appears in the sky (3)
• cut with their beaks and spoils the crops of millet (தினைப்பயிர்) and drops the big ears of corn having a dull exterior as they are unable to carry them. (5)
• The millet has put forth ears of corn, (8)
• so that the forest fowls with bending feathers could feed on them with their flock with avidity (7)
• If you come at midnight and bestow your affection on her (8-9)
• the beautiful gem spat by the cobra (10)
• which is avashed away by the swift streams (11)
• after ransacking the dark caves in the big mountain (10)
• lights the streets of our small village in the mountain (12)
• and the lady loses embracing your broad chest during night too (13)
• The bright and defectless fore-head of this lady (1)
• which resemble a crescent fixed in the face (1)
• has become golden in colour due to spreading of sallowness (2)
• Alas ! what will become of her ! (2-3)
• She deserves to be pitied (13)

பெருமலை நாட(15)! ஏனல் பொறை உயிர்த்தன(8); ஆதலின் எம் தலைவி இனி இற் செறிக்கப் படுவாள்); நீ(9) பால் நாள்(8) வந்து அளிக்குவை எனின்(9) அரவுமிழ் திருமணி(11) மறுகு விளக்குறுத்தலின்(12) நின் மார்பினை(15) இரவும் இழந்தனள்(13); சுடர் நுதல்(1) பொன் நேர்வண்ணம் கொண்டன்று(2); அன்னோ(2)? யாங்கு ஆகுவன் கொல்(3)? அளியன்(13).

• .1. மதியரும்பன்ன.
• .8. இறங்கு குரலிறுத்தன, சிறங்கு பொறை இறுத்தன.
• .10. வியலகம்.
• .11. கருமணி.

There is a variant reading மதியரும் பன்ன in the 1st line. But I have adopted மதியிருப்பன்ன as மதி (full moon) is also used in the sense of crescent)