AKAM 270

Tiṇai:

neytal

Author:

cākalācaṉār

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V. M. Subramanya Ayyar (1975) [IFP, unpublished]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

2002/10/15

Table of contents (by lines):

(1-4) Description of talaivaṉ's region

(4-11) talaivi's mind is perturbed without sleep on seeing the ghat in the sea-shore grove.

(12-14) The female aṉṟil suffering in its nest as it is not in the company of its male.

(15) talaivaṉ always looking forward to returning to his native place.

Colophon(s):

The friend urged the talaivaṉ who returned after meeting talaivi during daytime at the appointed secret place, to get into matrimony soon.

Syntactical link:

see below

Difficult words:

see below

Variant readings:

see below

Notes:

see below

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• Chief of the maritime tract of soft soil (4)
• where the fishermen who haul a great quantity of fish live (2-3)
• in the sea-side village of small hamlets from whose streets issues offensive smell of flesh (3),
• adorn themselves with (3)
• blue nelumbo of fertile petals which blossoms in the big backwaters, (1)
• along with fetid cassia flowers (3)!
• The shoulders of talaivi have become thin and lean (4);
• This lady fixes her gaze upon the big ghat in the sea-shore grove (7)
• where the waves which have water particles with broken foam due to the red prawn fish stirring the water, (5)
• dash against the low branches of mast-wood tree which has a big trunk (6),
• She has no sleep, her mind reeling, (11)
• and has lost her old beauty with fair complexion (10)
• like the city of Kaḻumalam, belonging to Kuttuvaṉ who has good chariots (9),
• is very munificent and possesses horses whose manes are sheared (8)
• you, for your part, think of only returning to your places (15)
• even at night (14)
• when the small black female of aṉṟil which is not in the company of its male (13)
• in the nest woven with thorns in the tree where gods reside, (12)
• suffers with distress, (14);
• I have to suffer (15).

மெல்லம் புலம்ப(4)! (இவள்) தோள் நெகிழ்ந்த(4); இவள் கானலம் பெருந்துறை நோக்கி(7) மேனி தொன்னலம் தொலையத்(10) துஞ்சாக் கண்ணன் அலமரும்(11); (நீர்தாம்) பேடை இன்னாது உயங்கும் கங்கலும்(14) நும்ஊர் உள்ளுதிர்; யான்நோகு(15).

• .1-2. நீலங்கயற் புலான் மறுகிற; நீல முண்புலான் மறுகீற;
• .2. புகா அர் மறுகிற்.
• .5. சேயிறாமுகந்த.
• .6. சினைத் தொடுத்த.
• .10. தொன்னலஞ்சிதைய.
• .14. துயவுங்.
• .15. நும்முருள்ளுவை.

கானலம் பெருந்துறை........அலமரும்:
These lines hint that it is impossible to enjoy at the same place where the talaivi met talaivaṉ at daytime. Therefore talaivi suffers without sleep.

சேலலொடு.......நும் ஊர் உள்ளுதிர்....
These lines hint that the talaivaṉ should dispel the distress of talaivi even by coming at night but he does not do so. Therefore talaivi could not meet talaivaṉ both in the day and night and the only possible solution to this is to get married without delay; that is the way to enjoy pleasure without separation.

பேடை உயங்கும் கங்கலும் நும் உள்ளூர் உள்ளுதிர்: By this the friend hinted that talaivaṉ is always bent upon returning home without any consideration for talaivi's suffering and therefore he was cruel.

Kaḻumalam is a place in Cēra country and it should not be confused with cīrkāḻi in Tanjavur Dt., whose another name is Kaḻumalam; this Kaḻumalam is mentioned in Kaḷavaḻināṟpatu, stanza 36.