AKAM 202

Tiṇai:

Kuṟiñci

Author:

āvūr kiḻar makaṉār kaṇṇaṉār
(variant reading: āvūr kiḻar maḷḷaṉākaṉār)

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V. M. Subramanya Ayyar (1975) [IFP, unpublished]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

2003/03/04

Date of last revision:

Table of contents (by lines):

(1-3) The elephant killing the tiger, its enemy, much to the joy of its herd

(4-8) When the elephant heaves a sigh the flowers of east indian kino tree drop like glow-worms, on the bush.

(9-10) Companion questioning talaivaṉ whether there are other people who swim in the ocean of sorrow due ot talaivaṉ's coming in the mountainous path when violent thunders make a loud noise.

Colophon(s):

The companion spoke to the talaimakaṉ who arrived at the appointed secret place at night and was about to return, and urged him to marry talaivi.

Syntactical link:

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Difficult words:

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Variant readings:

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Notes:

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• The elephant was badly wounded when it killed its enemy of a tiger (3)
• much to the delight of its young female with a soft head and its head, (2)
• in the slopes of the hill which has many shining white streams (1)
• If that elephant heaves a sigh raising its trunk in the mountain which has boulders, (4)
• the fragrant bunches of flowers of east indian kino tree, rise (6)
• like the scattering sparks of fire in the forge of the blacksmith when he presses the bellows with his feet (6),
• and fall together (7)
• spreading on the big bush which by its colour resembles the sapphire, (8)
• like so many small glow-worns (7)
• Chief of such a land (8)!
• You come in the narrow path of the mountainous way (13)
• without minding about the dangers (14).
• When thick darkness envelopes it (13),
• with the help of a lance, (12)
• and with a mind which does not know decrease of ardour (12),
• in the fearful expanse where violent thunders make a loud noise (11)
• and which are capable of destroying the dotted hoods of cobras (10)
• at night (9),
• Are there others also except ourselves, (9)
• who swim in the ocean of unbearable distress which is due to thoughts about you (15) ?

நாட(8)! சிறு நெறி(13) தேராது வரூஉம் நின் வயின்(14) ஆர் அஞர் அரும்படர் நீந்து வோர்(15) யாமே அன்றியுமு/ உளர் கொல்(9)? யானை(3) உயிர்ப்பின்(4) வேங்கை நறுவீ(5) உலைப்பிதிர்வின் யொங்கி(6) மின்மினிபோலப்(7) புதல் தாவும் நாட(8)!

• .2. இனனே ரார்ப்ப.
• .13. கல்லகச்.
• .14. நும்வயின்