AKAM 313

Tiṇai:

pālai

Author:

pālai pāṭiya peruṅkatuṅkō

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V. M. Subramanya Ayyar (1975) [IFP, unpublished]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

2002/07/10

Table of contents (by lines):

(1-3) The manner in which talaivaṉ parted from talaivi.

(4-6) The distressed state of talaivi due to talaivaṉ's parting

(7) The brightness of the forehead is lost like the moon swalloved by the serpent.

(8-10) Friend assuring talaivi that wealth.

(11-12) The long money bag compared to a shrunen snake

(11-14) The blood gushing out of the cleft wound of the way-farers killed by the arrows of highways robbers.

(14-15) the crows drink the blood of those people who have been killed.

(15-16) The crows settle on the house, with their voices having become subdued, like those of spies.

(17) The talaivar who went beyond the mountain which has adjacent hills.

Colophon(s):

The friend consoled the talaimakaḷ who became changed during separation.

Syntactical link:

see below

Difficult words:

see below

Variant readings:

see below

Notes:

see below

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• Friend ! May you live long (10)!
• Our lover who captivated (3)
• our heart (2)
• after embracing us to increase our shining beauty (2),
• said, "Is there anything hereafter that will make you distressed. Dispel you fear". (1)
• Thinking of the desert path in which he went, the eyes are daily (3)
• full of tears like the carp fish (கயல்) that submerge in water and fight with each other. You breathe hot softly (5),
• you suffer night and day being consumed by distress (6).
• The forehead that has lost its brightness is like moon swallowed by the serpent (7)
• In the forest when the drying-up is abundant (12)
• the bodies of snakes shrink (12)
• like the long (11)
• and big (10)
• money bag made of cloth from which money has ben emptied (11),
• our lover has gone beyond the mountain which has adjacent hills of tall stones (17)
• where the crows come and perch on the houses (16)
• with their voices having become subdued like those of the spies (15),
• after having drunk the blood flowing from the cleft wound (14)
• of the wayfarers who travel without ceasing, in that forest (13)
• and who have been killed by the arrows aimed at them by highway robbers (13);
• though he has gone there desirous of acquiring wealth (9)
• to make us who have no other support except him, to stay here (8),
• he will return (10)
• having desired to bestow grace upon us (9).

தோழி(10)! வாழி(10)! நெஞ்சம்(2) பிணித்தோர்(3), தம் அல்து இல்லா நம் இவண் ஒழியப்(8) பொருள் புரிந்து அகன்றனர் ஆயினும்(9), மலைஇறந்தோர்(ஆயஅவர்) (17), அருள் புரிந்து(9) வருவர்(10)

• .2. கவான்வர, கலவரவரை,
• .3. நினைத்தலும்
• .15. கால.
• .16. படரும்

இனிப்பிறிதுண்டோ

- is there any separation hereafter to cause distress to you.

அஞ்சல் ஓம்பு

- dispel fear

என

- after saying this.

அணிக்கவின் வளரமுயங்கி

- having embraced you to increase your shining beauty

நெஞ்சம் பிணித்தோர்

- he who captivated (your) heart

சென்ற அது நினைந்து

- thinking of the desert path in which he went.

அல்கலும்

- daily

குளித்து

- having submerged in water

பொருகயலின் கண்பணிமல்க்

- the tears to increase in the eyes like the carps which fight with each other.

Notes :- "Is there anything else was said by talaimakaṉ to hint gently that there would be no parting hereafter. The talaivaṉ who made it clear to consent to the fact that there would be no parting, has parted, therefore talaivi's eyes were full of tears, she breathed hot and was undergoing distress.

The carps that fight with each other are compared to the two eyes; ""நெடுநீர்ப், பொருகயல் முரணிய உண்கண் '' (Kuṟuntokai, 250-4-5)

நம் in line 8 is used in the sense of nominative

புரிந்து - as talaivar is desirous of grace.

நீவி - a long bag made of cloth into which money is put and can be tied round the waist.

பாம்பு ஊன் தேம்பும் - suggests the excessive heat of the desert;

""புரிந்து விடு கயிற்றின் மாகணம் வீயும் நீன் அத்தம்'' (tiṇaimālaimūṟṟaimpatu, 75);

நீங்கா வம்பலர் - unceasing stream of new people who travel that way.

The subject for the verb கணையிட - has to be supplied

வம்பலர் - is put in apposition with தொலைந்தோர். It is a purāṇic story which explains the cause of eclipse that the serpent, rāku swallows the moon on a full moon day ""கல்சேர் ஞாயிறு அரவு நுங்கு மதியின் ஐ யெமைறையும்'' (akam 114-4-5); ""அரவு நுங்கு மதியிற்கு இவணோர் போல்'' (kuṟuntokai, 395-4); ""இளம் பிறை யாயக் காற் றிங்களைச் சேராது அணங்கருந்துப்பின் அர'' (nālaṭiyar, 241), ""அங்கண் மதியம் அவரின் வாய்ப்பட் டென ஏதில் மாக்கனாம் நோவர் தோழி'' (tolkāppiyam, akattinaiyal 3, naccinārkkiṉaiyar, c. kanēsa Ayyar edition 15)