AKAM 227

Tiṇai:

pālai

Author:

Nakkīrar

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V. M. Subramanya Ayyar (1975) [IFP, unpublished]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

2005/03/15

Table of contents (by lines):

1-5) The companion's sorrow for the physical condition of talaivi.

5-11) The act of the rutting elephant in the desert region.

13-18) The greatness of taḻumpaṉ and his ūṇūr

Colophon(s):

The companion spoke to talaimakaḷ who had become changed during the separation of talaimakaṉ
(2) It may also mean talaimakal told the companion who had become changed during separation.

Syntactical link:

see below

Difficult words:

see below

Variant readings:

see below

Notes:

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• Friend ! May you live long ! (5)
• Do not feel sorry (5)
• thinking for a long time (4)
• and pondering over my state many times (3),
• with eyes full of tears (4)
• thinking within yourself, "The forehead has become sallow, the shoulders have become thin (1)
• The lines on the waist on which yellow spots spread have become thin (2).
• What will become of her" (3)
• The path is full of male elephants of great strength (9)
• of burning anger (6)
• and their cheeks are wet with the water of must, and the water of must enters into the mouth (6);
• they do not brook the presence of tigers before them
• (7) They become inimical (7)
• and attack the trunk of east indian kino tree (9)
• to separate the beautiful branches of that tree which appears in its blossomed state the tiger with stripes (8)
• and roll on the dust of the red earth (10)
• They roar in the forest path like the warriors who after fighting in battles (10)
• make vociferous demonstrations out of joy after making the battle-field their own (11)
• Though our lover has parted and gone beyond many paths like this may him live long (13)
• and be free from all distempers (13)
• taḻumpaṉ of great fame who had scars resembling the brinjal trampled by female elephant (17);
• who has a sword (that never misses its aim (13)
• and a drum of sweet sound, having conquered the whole of tamiḻakam (14),
• held an audience in the early morning to which all were admitted; his ever-increasing great and good fame has been sung by a poet by name tūṅkal (16).
• Beyond Ūnūr which has an area of well-guarded wall of enclosure (18)
• there is maruṅkūrppaṭṭiṉam which is a beautiful city, where abundant wealth is permanent (19).
• It has large back-waters (20)
• our lover parted from us to give room for a loud scandal (22)
• like the bustle in the bazaar of that place which sheds effulgent light (21)

தோழி! வாழி!(5) "இவள் என்னாகுவள் கொல்' என(3) இனையல்(5); அத்தம்(11) இறந்து அகன்றறையினும்(12) மருங்கூர்ப்பட்டினத்து(20) ஆவணத்து அன்ன(21) கம்பலை செய்து அகன்றோர் ஆய(22) நம் காதலர்(13) நிலைஇ(12) நோயிலராக(13).

• .3-4. பன்னா ணீர்மலி.
• .17. பிடிமகி ழுறுதுணை
• .19. விழவுறுதிருநகர்; வீழ்வுறு.
• .21. எல்லுலிமிழ்.

(Note : The second is more appropriate;

taḻumpaṉ and his ūnūr : puṟanāṉūṟu, stanza, 348-5. Both the poems are by paraṇar From this poem only we know that the chief was sung by a poet tūṅkal. The chief and his city are praised in naṟṟiṇai, 300-9-10