AKAM 203

Tiṇai:

pālai

Author:

Kapilar

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V. M. Subramanya Ayyar (1975) [IFP, unpublished]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

2005/02/25

Table of contents (by lines):

(1-6) The mother's opinion about the scandalous talk of the village and she keeping it secret lest talaivi should be embarrassed about it.

(7-11) talaivi having gone with talaivaṉ in the desert and her reason for that

(12) mother wants to prove that she is not against talaivi choosing her partner

(13-8) mother wants to overtake them and to entertain them in a place where they would stay.

Colophon(s):

The own mother (தாய்) who was the cause for the daughter's elopment spoke thus.
variant reading : 1.செவிலி (foster-mother)

Syntactical link:

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Difficult words:

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Variant readings:

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Notes:

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• Though the women of evil tongues who are fond of publicly indulging in scandal about love intrigues of others and who talk privately among themselves about it (3)
• came to me [and] told me (5)
• on many days (4)
• `your daughter is of such and such a nature' (4)
• `Let the mother know for herself (2)
• whether she approves it or is against it' (1)
• I did not reveal it to her (5)
• but concealed it, completely My daughter thought (9),
• `If mother came to know about it, (8)
• life at this place (8)
• would not be easy for me' (9)
• So she eloped with a youth (10)
• who was wearing warrior's anklets (9)
• and had a long lance which glittered like lightning (10),
• who led her (10)
• and went beyond the difficult desert which has many hills (10),
• leaving me to stay in this empty house (7)
• To prove beyond any shadow of doubt that I do not disapprove of her love, (11-2)
• I should overtake them (14)
• in the narrow paths at the foot of the hills (13)
• where beasts of the forest travel and make one bewilder (13)
• I should reach there without any mishap in the middle (14)
• Let me become the housewife in the house (18)
• which is surrounded by chaste tree which waves in the breeze and which has fresh sprouts of leaves (17)
• I must make them stay in the dwelling place (16)
• by receiving them and entertaining them as guests (16)
• in the small village (having loneliness (15)
• which is situated in the big mountain which is devoid of any splendour (15).

அம்பல் பெண்டிர்(3) "நின் மகள் இன்னள் இனையள்' எனப்பன்னாள்(14) எனக்கு வந்து உரைப்பவும்(5) (அவள்) தனக்கு(5) உரைப்பு அறியேன்(5); கரந்து உறையும்(6) யான் வறுமனை ஒழிய(7) இளையோன் முன்னுற(10) அருஞ்சுரம் போகிய தனக்கு யான்(11) அன்னேன் அன்மை வாயாகச்(12) சிறுநெறி(13) எய்திச்(14) சீறூச்(15) செல்விடுஞ்தாற்றித்(16) துச்சிலிருத்த(16), மனை கெழு பெண்டு யான் ஆகுக(18).

• .2. தாயறிந்.
• .16. துச்சிலிருந்த.
• .18. னாகுமன்னே.