AKAM 337

Tiṇai:

pālai

Author:

pālai pātiya peruṅkaṭuñkō

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V. M. Subramanya Ayyar (1975) [IFP, unpublished]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

2004/09/03

Table of contents (by lines):

1-4. Description of the beauty of talaivi and the inadvisabilitiy of staying the curam, having parted from her.

5. Talaivaṉ deciding that staying with talaivi was real wealth.

6-11. The warriors in the desert region killing a pārppāṉ who was on his errand as a messenger mistaking the roll of palm-leaf in his hand to be gold.

12-12. The warriors regretting their hasty action.

14-18. The desert where the solitary male fox having bitten the intestine of the pārppāṉ, keeps howling under the shade of kaḷḷi (கள்ளி : spurge).

19. Talaivaṉ rebuking his mind.

20-21. Talaivaṉ thinking that talaivi would suffer from the chill north wind in the shivering night.

Colophon(s):

Talaivaṉ who returned once before, after acquiring wealth told his mind which again desired to part (from talaivi) for acquiring wealth.

Syntactical link:

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Difficult words:

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Variant readings:

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Notes:

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• (My mind)! Telling me, "As it is not pleasant for (4)
• this talaivi" with big and cool eyes that seem to fight with each other (3),
• and a body having the complexion of the wet leaves in the high branches of the yā tree (யாமரம்) which were put forth in the winter (2)
• growing in the adjacent hills (1),
• to stay alone (3)
• it is not proper for me to stay here parting from her (4),
• and staying with her is real wealth (5)
• because the talaivi would suffer from the north wind of excessive chillness (21)
• as it rained with great bustle (20)
• in the shivering night (19)" The cruel warriors (11)
• who hold weapons in their hands (8),
• on seeing the pārppāṉ with a rolled palmyra leaf who was on his errand of going as messenger (7)
• many times (6)
• passing through the rocks (7)
• which are like the rows of herds of bullocks of salt-sellers (5),
• and thinking, "It is possible that this man whose sides are lean as he has not eaten, has gold (10)
• in his hands" (9)
• killed him at once and cause him to fall (11)
• without any benefit to themselves (10).
• They thought of his poverty as he had worn only rags which snapping their hands (13).
• You, once before, returned leaving me beside loneliness (19), in the difficult place of hot forest paths, where rain had failed (18),
• where the solitary male fox living in the way of the maral (மரல்) with lines having bitten the hanging bowel of that pārppāṉ, from which blood was flowing to a great length (14),
• stays howling loud under the shade of the kaḷḷi (கள்ளி: spurge).

(நெஞ்சே)! மழைக்கண் புலம்புகொண்டு ஒழிய எங்குப் பிரிந்து உறைதல் இனிது அன்றாகலின்(4), அவணது ஆகி பொருள் எனவும்(5) இருங்குளிர் வாடையொடு வருந்துவளெவும் (கூறி) (21), மழைகண் மாறிய வெங்காட்டு ஆரிடை(18) (முன்பு ஒருகால்) மியம் கழிதந்தோயே(19).

• .8. கையர்தேர நோக்கி; கையர் தேரவரு தொடர்
• .11. கடிந்துடன் வீழ்ந்த
• .14. தழீஇ; கதீஇ
• .18. மழைக்கணமாறிய
• .22. வருந்துனெனவே.

சாரல்

- adjacent hill.

யாஅத்து உயர் சினை

- in the high branches of the yā tree.

மாரி குழைத்த

- put forth in the rainy season.

ஈர்ந்தளிர் அன்ன மேனி

- the complexion like the tender wet leaves.

பேர் அமர் மழைக்கண்

- the talaivi with cool and big eyes that seem to fight with each other.

புலம்புகொண்டு ஒழிய

- to stay with loneliness.

ஈங்குப் பிரிந்து உறைதல்

- staying here having parted from talaivi.

இனிது அன்று ஆகலின்

- as it is not pleasant,

அவணது ஆகபொருள்

- having said that staying where talaivi lives is wealth.

பனி இருள் பெருங்கலி வானம்

- as the clouds rained with great busttle in the shivering darkness.

இருங்குளிர் வாடையொடு வருந்துவன் எனவே

(and) she will suffer from the intensely chilly north wind.

உமணர்

- salt sellers.

கண நிரை

- rows of herds of bullocks.

குறும்பொறை

passing through the small hillocks.

பல்கால் தூது ஒய் பார்ப்பான்

- the pārppaṉ (brahmaṉ) who cated as messenger several many times.

மடி வெள்ளோலை

- with a rolled white palm-leaf.

வருதிறன் நோக்கி

- having seen him coming in this manner.

உண்ணாமருங்கல் இன்னோன்கையதை

that which is in the hands of this person who has lean sides as he has not eaten anything.

பொன் ஆகுதலும் உண்டு என

- thinking that it might be gold.

கொன்னே தடிந்து உடன் வீழ்த்த படையுடைக்கையர் கடுங்கண் மறவர்

- The cruel warriors holding weapons in their hands who killed and made him fall then itself, without any useful purpose.

திறன் இல்சிதா அர் வறுமை நோக்கி

- knowing his poverty by his wearing rags which are not fit to be worn.

செங் கோல் அம்பினர்

- they whose arrows are made red by his blood.

கைந் நொடியாப்பெயர

- to go from that place having snapped their hands.

கொடி விடு குருதித் தூஙகு குடர் கறீஇ

- having bitten the intestines which was hanging with the blood flowing from it in a long line.

வரிமரல் இயவின் ஒருநரி ஏற்றை

- a male fox which was in the path where maral (மரல் - bowstring hemp) of lines was growing.

வெண் மரல் இமைக்கும் கண்பறிகவலை

in the branching paths of dazzling sunlight where the white pebbles glitter.

கள்ளிநீழல் கதறுபு வதிய

- to stay howling under the shade of kaḷḷi (கள்ளி: spurge)

மழைகண் மாறிய வெங்காட்டு ஆரிமை

- in the difficult place of hot forest paths where rain had completely failed

எமியம் கழிதந்தோயே

- some times before you returned leaving me loneliness.

The leaves of yā tree are compared to the complexion of talaivi; cf. akam 333-1-2.

Staying with talaivi is real wealth; cf. Kalittokai, 2-11-22. அவணதாக பொருள் என்றும், வாடையொடு வருந்துவள் என்றும் கூறிக் கழிதந்தோயே எனக் கூட்டுக பல்கால் can be added along with குறும் பொறை - and be interpreted as the hillocks which have boulders resembling legs.

படையுடைக் கையர்