AKAM 318
- Tiṇai:
- Kuṟiñci
- 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- V. M. Subramanya Ayyar (1975) [IFP, unpublished]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:
- 2004/10/13
- Table of contents (by lines):
- 1-4. The anxiety of the friend about talaivaṉ coming in the night all alone enumerating the dangers to which he will expose his life,
- 5-6. Description of talaivaṉ's country.
- 8 Friend assuring him of talaivi's hands if he comes with proposals of marriage.
- 9 Friend requesting talaivaṉ not to come by night.
- 10-15. Friend asking talaivaṉ to blow his horn after reaching his village to drive out their anxiety about his safe return.
- Colophon(s):
- The (friend) have averted Talaimakaṉ who come to the secretly appointed place at night,
from coming like that questioned him about matrimony.
- Syntactical link:
- see below
- Difficult words:
- see below
- Variant readings:
- see below
- Notes:
- see below
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TRANSLATION
- Chief of the mountainous country of good yield, extensive space and ancient eminence (7)
- where the sound of the piracam (பிரசம்: bees) combining with the sound
of the waterfall descending from the top of the mountain (5),
- hums resembling the sound `imm' like the music produced by the string of yāḻ (யாழ்) in accompaniment with muḻavu (6)!
- Elephants also roam about (at night) in the paths where other beasts move about (1)
- The thunder also roars very much high above in the sky (2)
- Those paths are dreadful as they are infested with (poisonous) snakes and tigers (3)
- you come all alone in the narrow path at night (4)
- If you wish for marriage you shall get it also; that is one thing (8)
- (There is another request). Please do not come at night from today onwards; if at all you come (9)
- you must blow (13)
- your horn a little while, (13)
- which you use to call your dogs (15)
- and hunters (14)
- who get separated from you in the forest of densely grown bamboos (14)
- (where you go hunting), after you have reached safely your small village situated among hillocks, (12)
- when you come to see us and return to your place, (11)
- so that we who are here may be rid of the distress caused by the perplexed state of mind (about your safety) (10).
SYNTACTICAL LINK
பயமலை நாட(7)! யானையும் வழங்கும்(1); உருமும் உரனும்(2); புலியும் அஞ்சுதகவுடைய(3);
சிறுநெறி இரவில் தமியை வருதி(4); மன்றல் வேண்டினும் பெறுகுவை(8); இன்னு தலையாக வாரல்(9);
வரினே(9), ஏமுறு துயரம் யாம் இவண் ஒழிய(10), எக்கண்டு பெயரும் காலை நின்(11) சிறுகுடி எய்திய பின்றை(12),
அழுவத்துப்பிரிந்த(14) வேட்டொடு(13) நாய்பயிர் கோடு(15) சிறிது ஊதல் வேண்டும்(13).
VARIANT READINGS
- .4. அரவழுங்கு, இரவழங்கு சிறு நெறி
- .6. முழவுசேர் நரம்பின் மென் மெல
- .10. எம்முறு தயர மொடியாமிவண் ஒழிய.
DIFFICULT WORDS
- கானமானதர்
- - in the paths in which beasts of the forest roam about.
- வழங்கும்
- - move.
- வான மீ மிசை
- - high above in the sky
- உருமும்
- - the thunder also.
- நனி உரறும்
- - roars very much.
- அரவும் புலியும் அஞ்சுதகவுடைய
- - in addition to that those paths snake and tiger, which have be feared by all.
- சிறு நெறி
- - narrow path
- தமியை வருதி
- - you come alone without any companion.
- மன்றல் வேண்டினும்
- - if you too are desirous of marriage
- அருவிப்பாட்டொடு
- - in combination with the sound of the waterfalls.
- பிரசம்
- - the sound of the bees.
- முழவுச் சேர் நரம்பின்
- - like the music of the string in the yāl in accompaniment with the music of muḻavu (முழவு)
- இம்மென இமிரும்
- - hums producing a sound resembling "imm"
- பழ விறல் நனந்தலைப் பய மலை நாட
- - chief of the extensive hilly country of rich yield and ancient eminence.
- ஒன்று
- - that is one thing
- இன்று தலையாக வாரல்
- - do not come from today onwards (another thing)
- வரினே
- - if you come by night
- ஏமுறு துயரம் நாம் இவண் ஒழிய
- - to be rid of the perplexed distress by us.
- கல் கெழு சிறுகுடி எய்திய பின்றை
- - after you have reached your small village situated among hillocks.
- வேய் பயில் அழுவத்துப் பிரிந்த வேட்டொடு நாய் பயிர்
- - call back your hunting dogs and hunter who got separated from you in the forest having dense bamboos,
when you went hunting,
- குறிநிலைகொண்டக் கோடு (VAR?: குறிநிலைக் கோடு கொண்டு)
- - with the horn which has the note of calling.
- சிறிது ஊதல் வேண்டும்
- - blow it for a while.
NOTES
The first-three lines enumerated the dangers in the path at night when talaimakaṉ comes.
The word இரவு should be added to வழங்கும், உரனும், அஞ்சுதகவுடைய.
The sound of the waterfall is compared to the music played on muḻavu and the humming of the bees
to the music of the strings of yāḻ.
There are two requests of the friend; one is that he should stop coming at night;
if he comes he must sound his horn after reaching his village to hint his safe arrival there.
The word ஒன்று should be added along with வாரல்(9) and with ஊதல் வேண்டும்(13).
The path in which talaimakaṉ comes at night is beset with dangers,
and if he comes with proposals of marriage, the relations of talaivi would welcome him;
so the friend requested him not to come at night from that day onwards.
If he persisted in coming, she informed him about the mental agony they would be undergoing,
by asking him to sound his horn when he reached his village safe, to relieve them of the mental agony.
The annotators have the 11th lines as எற்கண்டு பெயரும் காலை. but nacciṉārkkiniyar has quoted
this line in the commentary on the 15th cūtram in tokaimarapu, eluttatikāram, tolkāppiyam, (TE157n)
with the reading "எக்கண்டு பெயரும் காலை! He says that "எங்கண்டு' becomes, according to canti, "எக்கண்டு'!
This is the correct reading.