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maṟaimalai aṭikaḷ

1876-1950

Commentary on mullaip pattu by maRaimalai atikaL

(in tamil script, TSCii format)

mullaippāṭṭu ārāycciyurai

maṟaimalai aṭikaḷ



uḷḷuṟai

1. pāṭṭiṉiyalpu

2. paḻantamiḻp pāṭṭiṉ ciṟappiyalpu

3. mullaippāṭṭiṉ iyaṟkaiyum ataṉ pāṭṭiyaṟṟiṟaṉum

4. mullaippāṭṭil nīḷacceṉṟu poruntum coṟṟoṭar muṭipu: māṭṭu

5. mullaippāṭṭiṉ mēl nacciṉārkkiṉiyarurai

6. pāṭṭiṉ varalāṟu

7. mullaippāṭṭu

8. poruṭpākupāṭu

9. pāṭṭiṉ poruḷ nayam viyattal

10. pāvum pāṭṭiṉ naṭaiyum

11. viḷakka uraikkuṟippukaḷ

12. viṉai muṭivu

aruñcoṟporuḷ akaravaricai






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mullaippāṭṭu

maṟaimalai aṭikaḷ



mullaippāṭṭu

ārāycciyurai



1. pāṭṭiṉiyalpu



mullaippāṭṭu eṉpataip paṟṟit teriya vēṇṭuvaṉa ellām ārāyummuṉ, pāṭṭu eṉpatu

ettakaiyatu? eṉṟu ārāyntu aṟintu koḷḷal vēṇṭum. piṉṟaik kālattut tamiḻp pulavar
pāṭṭeṉpatu

iṉṉateṉṟē aṟiyārāyp putupputu muṟaiyāṟ coṟkaḷaik kōttup poruḷ āḻamiṉṟic ceyyuḷ

iyaṟṟukiṉṟār. paṇṭaik kālattut taṇṭamiḻp pulavarō pāṭṭu eṉpataṉ iyalpai naṉkaṟintu
nalamuṭaiya

ceyyuṭkaḷ palappala iyaṟṟiṉār. iṅṅaṉam muṟkālattārāṟ ceyyappaṭṭa pāṭṭiṉ iyalpoṭu
māṟupaṭṭup

piṟkālattār uṇmai piṟaḻntu pāṭiya ceyyuṭkaḷaik kaṇṭu māṇākkar pāṭṭiṉiyalpu
aṟiyātu

mayaṅkuvārākaliṟ, pāṭṭu eṉpatu iṉṉateṉpataṉai oru ciṟitu viḷakkuvām.



ulaka iyaṟkaiyiṟ kaṇ mutalāṉa pulaṉkaḷukku viḷaṅkit tōṉṟum aḻakai yellān taṉṉakattē

neruṅkap potintuvaittup, piṉ avaṟṟai nam aṟiviṉiṭattē pulappaṭuvaṇṇan tōṟṟuvittup,
poruḷ

nikaḻcciyoṭu māṟupaṭutal illā iṉiya ōcaiyuṭaṉ icaintu naṭaipeṟum iyalpiṉai
uṭaiyatutāṉ pāṭṭeṉṟu aṟital vēṇṭum. iṉṉum eṅkeṅku nam aṟivait tamvayap
paṭuttukiṉṟa pēraḻakum pēroḷiyum peruntaṉmaiyum

viḷaṅkit tōṉṟukiṉṟaṉavō aṅkellām pāṭṭu uṇṭeṉṟē aṟitalvēṇṭum. itaṉai viḷakkik

kāṭṭumiṭattup, pēraḻakāṟ ciṟanta ōr araci tāṉ mēṟpōrttirunta nīlappaṭṭu āṭaiyiṉaic
ciṟitu

ciṟitāka nīkkip, piṉ ataṉaic curuṭṭik kīḻē eṟintu viṭṭut tuyil oḻintu, oḷiviḷaṅku taṉ

naḷimukaṅkāṭṭi eḻuntatai yoppa, iruṭkūṭṭañ curuṇṭu maṭaṅki alaikaṭaliṟ ceṉṟu
aṭaṅkiviṭumāṟu iḷaiya ñāyiṟu urukkit tiraṭṭiya pacumpoṟ ṟiraḷaipōlat taḷataḷaveṉak
kīḻt ticaiyil tōṉṟavum,

atticaiyiṉ parappellām poṉ uraitta kaṟpōṟ polintu tikaḻavum, pacumai poṉmai nīlam
civappu

veṇmai mutalāṉa niṟa vēṟupāṭuḷḷa poṉ veḷḷikaḷ uruki ōṭukiṉṟa nilam pōla vāṉ
iṭamellām

palavaṇṇamāy virintu viḷaṅkavum, kariyamukilka ḷellāñ cevvarakku vaḻitta akaṉṟa
tiraic cīlaikaḷ

pōlavum āṅkāṅkuc collutaṟ kariya pēroḷiyoṭu tikaḻavum ulakamaṅkai nakaittāṟ pōlap

putumaiyuṟṟut tōṉṟum viṭiyaṟkāla aḻakellām pāṭṭeṉṟē aṟitalvēṇṭum. ā! iṅṅaṉan
tōṉṟum av viṭiyaṟkāla aḻakiṉaik kaṇṭuviyanta vaṇṇamāy mīṉvalaiyoṭu kaṭaṟkaraiyil
niṟkuñ cempaṭavaṉaik kāṭṭiṉuñ ciṟanta pulavaṉ yār?

av viṭiyaṟkālaiyilē mullai nilattu mēypparkaḷ āṇkaṉṟukaḷait toḻuvattilē tāmpiṉāṟ

kaṭṭivaittu āṉniraikaḷai aṭuttuḷḷa malaiccāraliṟ koṇṭupōyp paciya pul mēyaviṭṭut
tām maranaḻaliṟ

cāyntiruntu koṇṭu, tamakketirē paccilaip pōrvai mēṟkoṇṭu kariya mukilkaḷ neṟṟi
taḻuvik

kiṭappap peruntaṉmaiyoṭu vāṉ aḷāvit tōṉṟum malaiyiṉai aṇṇāntu pārttavarāy avarkaḷ
accamum makiḻcciyum aṭaiyum pōtu aṅkum pāṭṭu uṇṭeṉṟē aṟital vēṇṭum.

kātaliṉāṟ kaṭṭuṇṭa iḷaiñarum makaḷirum nekiḻāta kātalaṉpiṉ mikutiyāl tōḷoṭu

tōḷ piṇaiyat taḻuvikkoṇṭu, malaiyaṭivārattil uḷḷa pūñcōlaikaḷiṟ kaḷippāy ulavuntoṟun
tūṅkaṇaṅ kuruvikaḷ marakkiḷaikaḷil viyappāṉa kūṭu kaṭṭutalaiyum; marap
pontukaḷi liruntu maṇippuṟākkaḷ

kūvutalaiyum; āṇmayilkaḷ tam aḻakiya tōkaiyiṉai virittup peṭaimayil kaṇṭukaḷippa
orupuṟam

āṭutalaiyum; malaiyiliruntoḻukum aruvinīr kūḻāṅ kaṟpaṭaiyiṉmēṟ ciluciluveṉṟu
ōṭivantu

accōlaiyiṉ oru pakkattuḷḷa āḻnta kuṭṭattil nirampit tuḷumpa, ataṉkaṇ uḷḷa
centāmarai mukiḻkaḷ

akaṉṟa ilaikaḷiṉmēl itaḻkaḷai virittu mikac civappāy alar talaiyum virumpikkaṇṭu,
naṟumaṇaṅ kamaḻum

pūkkaḷai maraṅkaḷiṉiṉṟun tāvip paṟittuk kariya kūntalil māṟimāṟi aṇintuñ, civakkap
paḻutta

kovvaikkaṉi pōṉṟa tam itaḻkaḷ aḻunta muttam vaittukkoṇṭun, tēṉ oḻukiṉāleṉa iṉiya

nēyamoḻikaḷ pēcikkoṇṭum avarkaḷ cellumiṭattu aṅkum pāṭṭu uṇṭeṉṟē aṟital
vēṇṭum.

curuṅkac colluṅkāl eṅkellām namatuṇarvaik kavarkiṉṟa pēraḻaku ulaka iyaṟkaiyiṟ

kāṇappaṭumō aṅkellām pāṭṭu uṇṭeṉpatu teḷiyappaṭum. āyiṉum, oru nallicaip
pulavaṉāl

iyaṟṟappaṭukiṉṟa pāṭṭuppōla atu nūliṉiṭattē kāṇappaṭuvatillaiyē yeṉiṉ; naṉku
viṉāyiṉāy, oru

nūliṉkaṇ eḻutappaṭṭu, ulaka iyaṟkaiyiṉ aḻakai namatuḷḷattiṟ tōṉṟak kāṭṭi namakku
uvappuṇarvu payakkuñ colliṉ tokutiyāṉa pāṭṭu nūliṉkaṇ eḻutappaṭukiṉṟa
vaṭivuṭaiya parupporuḷākum; ulaka iyaṟkaiyiṉ aḻakōṭu oruṅkottu niṉṟu, kaṇ
mutalāṉa pulaṉvaḻip pukuntu namakku uvap puṇarvu
mikutiyiṉai varuvikkum pāṭṭu vaṭivam illāta nuṇporuḷākum. iṅṅaṉa mākaliṉ ulaka
iyaṟkaiyilellām pāṭṭu uṇṭeṉpatu tuṇipēyā meṉka.

allāmalum, uyir vāḻnāḷil ovvoru nāḷum nammuṭaiya niṉaivukaḷellām uṇavu

tēṭutalilum, poruḷ tokuppatilum, maṉaivimakkaṭku vēṇṭuvaṉa tiraṭṭik
koṭuttalilum, piṟar iṭṭa

ūḻiyañ ceytalilumākap palavāṟu citaṟi arumai perumaiyiṉṟik koṉṉē kaḻintu pōkum
makkaḷuṭaiya

niṉaivukaḷuñ coṟkaḷuñ ceyalkaḷum namakku iṉpan tarāvākaliṉ avaṟṟai aṟiya
vēṇṭumeṉa virumpuvārum ulakil yārum ilar. iṉi, ivvāṟu kaḻiyum nāṭkaḷil orōvorukāl
avar aṟivu vaṟiya niṉaivukaḷiṉ vēṟākap pirintu, ulaka iyaṟkaiyiṟ paṭintu ataṉ
vaṇṇamāyt tirintu
teḷivuṟṟu viḷaṅkumpōtu avvaṟiviṟ curantu perukum ariya periya karuttukkaḷaiyē
nām aṟitaṟku mika viḻaikiṉṟōm. iṅṅaṉan tōṉṟum ariya periya karuttukkaḷiṉ kōvai
oḻuṅkiṉaiyē pāṭṭeṉṟum aṟital vēṇṭum.

iṉṉum, makkaḷ vāḻnāḷ eṉkiṉṟa nīrōṭaiyilē vaṟuniṉaivukaḷāṉa kalaṅkaṟ perunīr

perukic cellumpōtu, ulaka iyaṟkai yeṉṉum malaik kukaikaḷilē arittu eṭuttuvanta
aruṅkaruttukkaḷāṉa poṟṟukaḷ iṭaiyiṭaiyē āḻntu avvōṭaiyiṉ aṭinilattiṟ citarntu
miṉṉikkiṭappa, nallicaip pulavaṉ eṉṉum arippukkāraṉ mika viḻaintu muyaṉṟu
appoṟcitarkaḷai yellām
oṉṟākap poṟukki eṭuttut taṉ matinuṭpa neruppiliṭṭu urukkip pacumpoṟ
piṇṭamākat tiraṭṭit taruvatē pāṭṭu eṉṟum aṟital vēṇṭum.

iṉṉum, makkaḷ aṟivu eṉkiṉṟa tittippāṉa ariya amiḻtam palavakaiyāṉa kuṟṟaṅkaḷoṭuṅ

kalappuṟṟut tūyataṉṟāyp pōka, nallicaippulavaṉ taṉ pēraṟiviṉāl ataṉait teḷiya vaṭittu
ataṉ

iṉcuvaiyiṉai mikutippaṭutti, nāmellām ataṉaip parukip periyatōr āṟutalaṭaiyak
koṭuppāṉ;

aṅṅaṉaṅ koṭukkappaṭun tūya iṉiya aṟiviṉ viḷakkamum pāṭṭeṉṟē aṟital vēṇṭum.
ikkaruttup paṟṟiyē miliṭṭaṉ eṉṉum āṅkilamoḻi valla nallicaip pulavarum,
"pāṭṭeṉpatu makkaḷ maṉa aṟiviṉiṉṟum vaṭittu iṟakkappaṭṭa tūya amiḻtam ām"1
eṉṟu urai kūṟiṉār. itu niṟka.

iṉi, iṅṅaṉam iyaṟṟappaṭukiṉṟa pāṭṭu ulaka iyaṟkaiyaḻakuṭaṉ peritum porunti
naṭattal

vēṇṭum. iṉṉum itaṉai nuṇuki nōkkumiṭattup pāṭṭup pāṭutalil vallavaṉāṉa nallicaip

pulavaṉukkum ulaka iyaṟkaiyiṉaip palavakai vaṇṇaṅkaḷāṟ kuḻaittu varaintu
kāṭṭukiṉṟa ōviyakkāraṉukkum oṟṟumai mika uṇṭeṉpatu teḷḷitiṟ pulappaṭum.
āyiṉum, ōviyakkāraṉ varaikiṉṟa ōviyaṅ kaṭpulaṉukku maṭṭumē tōṉṟuvatākum;
nallicaip pulavaṉ amaikkiṉṟa pāṭṭō kaṇ
mutalāṉa pulaṉkaḷiṉ akattē viḷaṅkum uḷḷattilē ceṉṟu tōṉṟuvatākum. ōviyakkāraṉ tāṉ
eḻuta eṭuttukkoṇṭa poruṭṭōṟṟattaip paṉmuṟaiyum nuṇṇitāka aḷantaḷantu pārttuppiṉ
ataṉait tiṟampaṭa varaintāl maṭṭum aṅṅaṉam varainta ōviyattaik kaṇṭu viyakkiṉṟōm;
tāṉ virittu
viḷakkamāy eḻutavēṇṭum pakutikaḷil avaṉ oru ciṟitu vaḻuviviṭṭāṉāyiṉum
avvōviyattiṉkaṇ namakku viyapput tōṉṟātoḻiyum. nallicaippulavaṉō aṅṅaṉam avaṉaippōl
ovvoṉṟaṉaiyum virivāka viḷakkik kāṭṭa vēṇṭum varuttam uṭaiyāṉ allaṉ. ōviyakkāraṉ
pulaṉ aṟivaip paṟṟi niṟpavaṉ; pulavaṉō maṉa aṟivaip paṟṟi niṟpavaṉ.

pulaṉaṟivō parupporuḷkaḷai virittaṟiyum iyalpiluḷḷatu; maṉavaṟivō appulaṉaṟiviṉ

akattē niṉṟu nuṇṇitām poruḷaiyun tāṉē oru noṭiyil virittaṟiyum āṟṟal vāyntatu!
ammamma!

maṉavaṟiviṉ āṟṟalai yām eṉṉaveṉṟu eṭutturaippēm! aṇuvai oru noṭiyil malaipōṟ
perukac ceyyum, malaiyai maṟunoṭiyil ōr aṇuviṉuṅ kuṟukacceyyum. iṅṅaṉam
viyappāṉa iyalpuṭaiya maṉavaṟiviṉai nallicaip pulavaṉ eṉṉum mantirakāraṉ taṉ
matinuṭpamākiya māttiraik
kōlāl toṭṭa aḷavāṉē atu tiṭukkeṉṟeḻuntu avaṉ virumpiya vaṇṇamellāñ cuḻaṉṟu
cuḻaṉṟāṭum.

iṉṉum itaṉaic ciṟitu viḷakkuvām. ōviyakkāraṉ accuṟuttum akaṉṟatoṟu kariya periya

kāṭṭiṉai eḻutal vēṇṭumāyiṟ palanāḷum palakālum ataṉ iyaṟkaiyiṉai aṟintaṟintu
pārttup, pariya

maraṅkaḷ aṭarntu ōṅki oṉṟōṭoṉṟu piṇaintu veḷiccam pukutāmal taṭai ceytu
niṟṟalaiyum, akkāṭṭiṉ veḷittōṟṟa amaippiṉaiyum, maraṅkaḷiṉ iṭaiyiluḷḷa iṭukku
veḷikaḷil namatu pārvai nuḻaiyuṅkāl avai tōṉṟun taṉmaiyiṉaiyum, uḷḷē iruḷ tirintu
paraviyiruttalaiyum aṅkuḷḷavāṟē ciṟanta pala vaṇṇaṅkaḷaik kuḻaittu iraṭṭut tuṇiyiṉ
mēl mika varunti muyaṉṟu eḻutik kāṭṭal vēṇṭum. iḵtu avaṉukkup perunāḷ viṉaiyāka
muṭiyum. nallicaippulavaṉō, 'pariya maraṅkaḷ aṭarntōṅkip piṇaintu niṟkum iruṇṭa
kāṭu' eṉṟu cila
coṟkaḷait tiṟampaṭac cērttuk kūṟutal oṉṟiṉālēyē oru noṭippoḻutil avvōviyakkāraṉāluṅ
kāṭṭa muṭiyāta oruperu viyappuṇairviṉai nam maṉattakattē viḷaivikkum
āṟṟaluṭaiyaṉāvaṉ. iḵtu ivaṉukku mika eḷitilē muṭivatoṉṟām. iṅṅaṉam maṉavuṇarviṉai
eḻupputal
mika eḷitilē ceyyakkūṭiya toṉṟāyiṉum, ammaṉaviyalpiṉ nuṭpam uṇarntu avvāṟu
ceyyavallarāyiṉa naṟperumpulavar ulakiṟ cilarēyāvar. pulavaṉuṭaiya tiṟamaiyellāñ
"cilvakaiyeḻuttiṟ palvakaip poruḷaik" kāṭṭukiṉṟa arumperuñ ceykaiyiṉālē tāṉ
aṟiyappaṭum.
iṅṅaṉam pāṭṭu vaḻakkiṉ nuṭpamuṇarntu piṟa moḻikaḷiṟ pukaḻpeṟṟu viḷaṅkiya
nallicaip pulavarkaḷ ōmar2, tāntē3, cekappiriyar4, miliṭṭaṉār5,

kītē6, kāḷitācar mutaliyōrum, nañcentamiḻil tiruvaḷḷuvar, nakkīraṉār, iḷaṅkōvaṭikaḷ,

kūlavāṇikaṉ cāttaṉār, māṅkuṭi marutaṉār, kapilar, cēkkiḻār mutalāṉōrum
paṇṭaikkālattu ēṉai

nallicaip pulavarumēyāvar. iṉṉum itaṉai virippiṟ perukumeṉṟañci ittuṇaiyiṉ
niṟuttukiṉṟōm.


1. areopagitica, 2. Homer, 3. Dante, 4. Shakespeare, 5. Milton, 6. Goethe





2. paḻantamiḻp pāṭṭiṉ ciṟappiyalpu

iṉip, paṇṭaik kālattuc centamiḻp pulavarellārum ulaka iyaṟkaittiṟam piṟaḻāmal,

ataṉai nuṇuki ārāyntu pāṭṭuppāṭum maṉavuṟuti mikutiyumuṭaiyarāyiruntaṉar.
ulaka iyaṟkaiyiṟ kāṇappaṭum

oḷiviḷakkattaiyum eḻilaiyum mika viyantaṉar. tam maṉaṉuṇarviṟku icainta
vaṇṇamellām ulaka

iyaṟkaiyiṉait tirittuk kūṟāmal, avvulaka iyaṟkaiyiṉ aḻakiṉ vaḻiyē tamataṟiviṉaip
porunta vaittut

tam niṉaiviṉai virivu ceytu viḷakki makiḻntaṉar. immuṟaimai naṟperum pulavarkku
iṉṟiyamaiyāmaic

ciṟappiṉatām eṉṉuṅ karuttup paṟṟiyē iracikar1 eṉṉum āṅkila moḻi uraivalla āciriyar,
kāṭṭu

eṉṟa pulavaraip paṟṟic colla vantaviṭattu "avar tamatuṇarviṉ vaḻiyē ulaka iyaṟkaiyiṉai
niṟuttik koḷḷāmal, avvulaka iyaṟkaiyiṉ vaḻiyē tamatuṇarviṉai niṟutti niṉṟār" eṉṟu
pukaḻnteṭuttuk

kūṟiṉār. ākavē, ulaka iyaṟkaiyiṉ vaḻi niṉṟu pāṭṭup pāṭutalē arumaiyā meṉpatum,
atuvē nallicaip

pulavarkku aṭaiyāḷamām eṉpatum itaṉāl naṉku peṟappaṭum. paḻantamiḻp
pulavarkaḷellārum in nuṇukkam

iṉitaṟintu viḷaṅkiṉārkaḷeṉpataṟkup paḻaiya tamiḻp pāṭṭukkaḷē cāṉṟākum. eṉiṉum,
itaṉai oru paḻaiya

ceyyuḷ mukattāṉum oru ciṟitu viḷakkik kāṭṭuvām.

"muḷitayir picainta kāntaḷ melviral

kaḻuvuṟu kaliṅkaṅ kaḻāa tuṭīik

kuvaḷai yuṇkaṇ kuyppukai kamaḻat

tāṉ tuḻan taṭṭa tīmpuḷip pākar

iṉiteṉak kaṇavaṉ uṇṭaliṉ

nuṇṇitiṉ makiḻntaṉṟu oṇṇutal mukaṉē."


eṉpatu kuṟuntokai2 eṉṉum paḻaiya tamiḻ nūlil uḷḷa oru pāṭṭu. taṉ makaḷ taṉ
kātaṟkaṇavaṉ vīṭṭil eppaṭiyirukkiṉṟāḷ eṉpataik kaṇṭaṟiyum poruṭṭuc ceṉṟa
cevilittāy, avviruvarum mikka nēyamuṭaiyarāy vāḻvatu kaṇṭu, taṉṉuḷḷē makiḻntu
colliyatāka itu pāṭappaṭṭirukkiṉṟatu.
" eṉmakaḷ

vaṟṟakkāycciṉa kaṭṭit tayiraip picainta kāntaḷ malarmukiḻpōṟ civanta melliya
viralkaḷāl, naṉku

kaḻuvi veṇmaiyāṉa uyarnta āṭai camaiyal ceyyum viraiviṉāl iṭuppiṉiṉṟum aviḻntu
kaḻala ataṉaik

kaikaḻuvāmalē uṭuttuk koṇṭu, kuvaḷaip pūppōṉṟa mai tīṭṭiya taṉ kaṇkaḷilē tāḷippuc
ceyyum

pukaipaṭṭu maṇakkavum ataṉaiyum pārātu, tāṉ tuṭuppiṉāl tuḻāvi mikka aṉpoṭu
camaitta cuvai mikunta

puḷippākiṉait taṉ kaṇavaṉ mikavum iṉitāyirukkiṉṟateṉṟu collikkoṇṭē uṇṇutalaip pārttu

oḷimikunta neṟṟiyiṉaiyuṭaiya eṉ makaḷiṉ mukam uḷḷukkuḷḷē nuṭpamāy makiḻcci
aṭaintatu" eṉpatu tāṉ ippāṭṭiṉ poruḷ. pāruṅkaḷ! icceyyuḷiṉ iyaṟkaiyaḻakum, itaṉkaṭ
kāṭṭappaṭṭirukkum maṉavuṇarviṉ iyalpum evvaḷavu arumaiyāka irukkiṉṟaṉa!

kātaṟkaṇavaṉum maṉaiviyuṅ keḻumi iruntu illaṟam nikaḻttum oḻukkam mullai
eṉappaṭumākaliṉ,

ivvoḻukkam naṭaipeṟukiṉṟa mullai nilattiṟku ēṟpa 'muḷitayir picainta' eṉṟār; eṉṉai?
tayirpāl

mutaliyaṉa āṉiraimikka mullai nilattiṟkē uriyaṉavākaliṉ taṉ kaṇavaṉ mēluḷḷa
kātaṉmikutiyiṉāl

ēvalarum piṟaruñ camaiyal ceyvataṟku oruppaṭātu tāṉē taṉ melliya civanta viralkaḷāl
tayiraip

picaitalum, kaṇavaṉ pacittiruppāṉē eṉṉum niṉaivāl viraintu camaiyal ceyyumpōtu
iṭuppiṟkaṭṭiya

uyarnta āṭai kaḻalavum picainta kaiyiṉaik kaḻuvi viṭṭu uṭuppataṟkuṭ kālam nīṇṭu
appuḷippākiṉ pataṅ

keṭumeṉa uṇarntu ak kaiyuṭaṉē avvuyarnta āṭaiyiṉaik kaṭṭik koḷḷutalum, aṅṅaṉam
picaintu tiruttiya puḷippākiṉait tāḷikkum pōtu mēl eḻum pukai taṉ kuvaḷaippūvaṉṉa
kaṇṇiṟpaṭavum appuṟan tirumpiṉāl pataṅkeṭumē eṉṟu mukantirumpāmal ataṉai
viraintu tuḻāvalum,
aṅṅaṉamellān taṉ varuttattiṉaiyum pārātu camaitta cuvaimikka appuḷippākiṉaik
kaṇavaṉ makiḻntuṇṇal kaṇṭu taṉ makiḻcci veḷiyē teriyāmal avaḷ mukam malarntu
kāṭṭutalum, iyaṟkaiyē taṉakkuḷḷa nāṇattāl avaḷ mukañ ciṟitu kaviḻntu niṟka avaḷatu
oḷimikka neṟṟiyē
ammakiḻccik kuṟippup pulaṉāka muṉ viḷaṅkit tōṉṟutaluñ cila collil mika
viḷaṅkakkūṟiya nuṇmai peritum viyakkaṟpāla toṉṟām.

uḷḷamuvakkum nilattiṟ kaṇavaṉum maṉaiviyum nēyamāy maruvivāḻum iyaṟkai ip
pāṭṭiṉkaṇ

ōviyam eḻutik kāṭṭiṉāṟ pōl evvaḷavu uṇmaiyākavum iṉitākavuñ collap
paṭṭirukkiṉṟatu! ip

poruḷarumaiyōṭu icceyyuḷil uḷḷa coṟkaḷ ellām nīrmaṭaiyil teḷinīr moḻu moḻuveṉṟu
ōṭuvatu pōl ōcaiyiṉpam uṭaiyavāy oḻukutalum, oru collāyiṉum poruḷiṉṟi vēṇṭā
kūṟalākāmal muṉṉum piṉṉumuḷḷa poruṭṭoṭarpukku ēṟpa iṭaiyē muḻumuḻuc
coṟkaḷāy amaintu niṟṟalum mikavum

pārāṭṭaṟpālaṉavākum eṉpatu.

iṉṉum paṇṭaik kālattut taṇṭamiḻp pulavar ulaka iyaṟkaip poruḷkaḷai āṅkāṅkuhṭ
tirintu kaṇṭu peruṅkaḷippum perukiya maṉa veḻucciyum uṭaiyarāy, varuttamiṉṟi
iṉitākap pāṭṭukaḷ pāṭiṉār eṉpatu avar tām virittuc collum poruḷkaḷukku
eṭuttukkāṭṭum uvamaikaḷāl naṉku
pulaṉām. ōriṭattil māṉ kompaip paṟṟic collavantuḻi, 'irumpai muṟukkiṉāṟ pōluṅ
kariya periya

kompu' eṉṉum poruḷ paṭa "irumpu tirittaṉṉa māyiru maruppu" (akanāṉūṟu, 4)
eṉṟum, ōriṭattil

iruvar nēya oṟṟumaiyiṉaic colla vanta pōtu 'kattiyuṟai ceyyuñ ciṟiya toḻilāḷaṉ
arakkoṭu

cērtta kallaip pōlap piriyōm' eṉṉum poruḷpaṭac "ciṟukārōṭaṉ3 payiṉoṭu cērttiya

kaṟpōṟ piriyalam" (akanāṉūṟu, 1) eṉṟum, ōriṭattiṟ puṟanturuttiya naṇṭiṉ kaṇkaḷukku
vēppampū

mukaiyiṉai uvamaiyāka eṭuttu "vēppu naṉaiyaṉṉa neṭuṅkaṭkaḷvaṉ" (aiṅkuṟunūṟu,
30) eṉṟum, ōriṭattil

'vayal nel putitu īṉṟa paciya katirukkuc celvarkaḷ tamatu kutiraiyiṉ ucciyil tūkkik
kaṭṭiya taiyal

mūṭṭuḷḷa kavari mayirai' uvamaiyāka eṭuttu "muracuṭaic celvar puravic cūṭṭum,
mūṭṭuṟu kavari

tūkkiyaṉaṉa, ceḻuñcey nelliṉ cēyarip puṉiṟṟuk katir" (akanāṉūṟu, 156) eṉṟum, ōriṭattil

'maḻaiyillāta vāṉam pūttatu pōla ilai neruṅkiya mucuṇṭaic ceṭikaḷ veḷḷi malarkaḷaip
pūkka' eṉṉum poruḷ pōtara "maḻaiyil vāṉam mīṉ aṇintaṉṉa, kuḻaiyamal mucuṇṭai
vāliya malara" (akanāṉūṟu, 264) eṉṟum, ōriṭattil 'pañciṉ ṟoṭarnuṉipōlun
talaiyiṉaiyuṭaiya
putarkaḷiṉmēl ēṟippaṭarum iṇṭaik koṭikaḷiṉ nīril naṉainta taḷirkaḷ neyyil tōyttaṉa
pōla viḷaṅki iraṇṭāka iruḷaik kūṟupaṭuttiṉāṟpōl ovvoru taḷirum iraṇṭu
kūṟupaṭṭaṉavāyk kariya niṟattuṭaṉ acaiya' eṉṉum poruḷpaṭat "tuyttalaippūviṉ
putalivar īṅkai, neytōyttaṉṉa
nīrnaṉai antaḷir, iruvakir iruḷiṉ īriya tuyalvara" (akanāṉūṟu, 294) eṉṟum, ōriṭattiṟ
'paccai mañcaḷiṉ paciya mutukaippōl cuṟṟilum poruttuṭampu uṭaiyaṉavākak kaḻiyiṟ
kiṭakkum iṟāmīṉ' eṉpatu viḷaṅka "muṟṟā mañcaṭ pacumpuṟaṅ

kaṭuppac, cuṟṟiya piṇara cūḻkaḻi yiṟavu" (naṟṟiṇai, 101) eṉṟum, ōriṭattil 'mayiliṉ
aṭipōl

mūṉṟu piḷavāy irukkum ilaikaḷuṭaiya periya katiruḷḷa nocci' eṉpatu tōṉṟa "mayilaṭi
ilaiya mākkural nocci" eṉṟum, ōriṭattiṟ 'katir arintuviṭṭa tiṉaippayiriṉ tāḷ pōṉṟa
ciṟiya

pacuṅkālaiyuṭaiyavāy ōṭum nīril āralmīṉaip pārttuk koṇṭirukkum nārai' eṉpatu
pulappaṭat

'tiṉaittāḷ aṉṉa ciṟupacuṅ kāla, oḻukunīr āral pārkkuṅ kuṟuku" (kuṟuntokai, 25)
eṉṟum, pōnta

taṉmai naviṟciyaṇic coṟṟoṭarkaḷāṉē paḻaiya tamiḻp pulavariṉ viḻumiya ulakiyaṟporuḷ
aṟiviṉai

iṉitu aṟintu koḷḷalām. iṉṉum ivaipōṉṟa eṭuttukkāṭṭukaḷ nūṟu nūṟākap
perukkalāmēṉum, iṅku ataṟku iṭampeṟutal kūṭāmaiyiṉ itaṉai ivvaḷavil niṟuttukiṉṟām.

ittuṇai nuṭpamāṉa ulakiyaṟporuḷ aṟivu paṇṭaikkālattut taṇṭamiḻp pulavariṭaṅ
kāṇappaṭutal pōla, maṟṟaimoḻikaḷil vallarāy viḷaṅkiya ēṉaip paḻampulavariṭattuṅ
kāṇappaṭutal aritu. iṉṉum ivvāṟē paḻaiya tamiḻppulavar ulaka iyaṟ poruṭkāṭcikaḷaip
puṉainturaitta
muṟaiyum, avvulaka iyaṟkaikkum makkaḷiyaṟkaikkum uḷḷa poruttampaṟṟi avar
veḷiyiṭṭa ariya karuttukkaḷiṉ viḻuppamum pattuppāṭṭu, eṭṭuttokai,
patiṉeṇkīḻkkaṇakku nūlkaḷiṟ parakkak kāṇalām. āṇṭuk kaṇṭu koḷka.

ti.mu. nāṉūṟu āṇṭu mutal ti.pi. nūṟāṇṭu varaiyil toṭarpuṟṟu viḷaṅkiya centamiḻ

ilakkiya kālattil, iyaṟṟappaṭṭa nūlkaḷiṉ iyaṟkaiyum, an nūlkaḷukkum
mullaippāṭṭiṟkum uḷḷa iyaipum, akkāla varalāṟum.

iṉit tiruvaḷḷuvar piṟappataṟku muṟceṉṟa nūṟṟāṇṭukaḷilē mikavum pukaḻpeṟṟu
viḷaṅkiya

pulavar kālamum, avar piṟanta piṉ nūṟṟāṇṭilē avvāṟu viḷaṅkiya pulavar kālamuñ
centamiḻmoḻi mika

uyarnta nilaiyilē iruntu tikaḻnta kālamākumeṉṟu aṟital vēṇṭum. tiruvaḷḷuvar
piṟappataṟku muṉ oru

nāṉūṟu āṇṭum, avar piṟantapiṉ oru ainnūṟāṇṭun tamiḻmoḻi maṟuvaṟṟa matipōṟ
kalainirampi

viḷaṅkiya kālamākum. ikkālattilē ciṟanta pulavar palar tōṉṟip palavakaiyāṉa ariya
periya

centamiḻ nūlkaḷ iyaṟṟiṉār. ip pulavarkaḷaip pōṟṟit tamiḻai vaḷampaṭuttaṟku
āvalmikka aracarpalarum

vaḷḷal palarum āṅkāṅku mikkiruntaṉar. tamiḻ aracarkaḷ palar kalvi vaḷattāluñ
celvavaḷattālum

mēmpaṭṭum, pōr vallamaiyilum, perumaiyaṭaintu, tamiḻmoḻiyiṉaip
palaviṭaṅkaḷilum perukac

ceyvatiṟ karuttūṉṟiṉarāy iruntār.

ikkālattilētāṉ taṉakku oppum uyarvum iṉṟi viḷaṅkāniṟkun tirukkuṟaḷ eṉṉum arum

perunūl eḻutappaṭṭatu; cilappatikāram, maṇimēkalai mutalāṉa ciṟanta
tamiḻkkāppiyaṅkaḷum, paḻamoḻi,

nāṉmaṇikkaṭikai mutalāṉa aṟanūlkaḷun tōṟṟamuṟṟu eḻuntaṉa. ivvain
nūṟāṇṭukaḷukku muṉṉum piṉṉu mirunta tamiḻp pulavarkaḷāṟ pāṭappaṭṭuc
citaṟikkiṭanta aruntamiḻp pāṭṭukkaḷellām oruṅku tokukkappaṭṭu,

akanāṉūṟu, puṟanāṉūṟu, kalittokai mutaliya vakaivakait tokai nūlkaḷāka ikkālattilētāṉ

oḻuṅkupaṭuttappaṭṭaṉa. paṇṭaik kālattilē ceyyappaṭṭa tolkāppiyam eṉṉum
ariyaperiya

tamiḻilakkaṇattil mikac ciṟanta pakutiyāṉa akapporuḷiṉ virivaiyellāñ curukki ataṉai
vaṭitta

piḻivāka iyaṟṟappaṭṭa iṟaiyaṉārakap poruḷ eṉṉum maṉaviyaṟkai nūl
paṉṉeṭuṅkālamāka maṟaintu kiṭantu piṉṉar ikkālattilē tāṉ veḷivantulāvalāyiṟṟu.

iṉṉum ik kālattilē iṉṟiyamaiyātu aṟiyaṟ pālatāñ ciṟappiyalpu oṉṟuṇṭu. itaṟku

muṉṉellān tamiḻ perumpāluñ ceyyuḷ vaḻakkilēyē peruki vantatu; maṟṟu ikkālattilō
ataṉōṭu

urai vaḻakkum viravip paravat toṭaṅkiṟṟu; col viḻuppamum poruḷ viḻuppamum
potinta mika

iṉiyatōr urai mika nuṇukkamāṉa aṟiviṉaiyuṭaiya nakkīrar eṉṉum nallicaip pulavarāl
iṟaiyaṉārakap

poruḷ eṉṉum nūlukku varaintu tarappaṭṭatu. ivvurai cūttirapporuḷai iṉitu viḷakkum
poruṭṭē

eḻutappaṭṭatāyiṉum, maṟṟai uraikaḷ pōṟ curuṅkātu mika virintu iṉṟiyamaiyātu
uṇaraṟpālaṉavām

aruṭperun tamiḻ nuṭpaṅkaḷellām oruṅku nirampip polikiṉṟatu. ākavē, ik kālattil
mikac

ciṟanta uraiyāciriyarāyt tōṉṟit, tamiḻ moḻiyiṟ pala vakaiyāṉa nalla cīrtiruttaṅkaḷellāñ

ceytu, tamiḻp payiṟciyaip perukac ceytu vanta naṟperum pulavar āciriyar nakkīraṉār
tāmeṉṟu

aṟiyaṟpāṟṟu. itaṟkup piṟkālattē vaṭamoḻik kalappāṟ putitu tōṉṟiya viruttappā eṉpatu,
ivvain

nūṟāṇṭukaḷum virintu peruki vaḻaṅkiya tamiḻ nūlkaḷil eṭṭuṇaiyuṅ kāṇappaṭāmai
peritum niṉaivu

kūraṟpāṟṟu.

pautta camayat tōṟṟamum perukkamum

iṉi, iṅṅaṉan tamiḻ perukkamuṟṟu viḷaṅkutaṟku oru perun tuṇaikkāraṇamāy iruntatu
yātu?

eṉṟu ārāyap pukuvārkkup, pauttacamayam āṅkāṅku viḷakka muṟṟup paravi
vantamaiyēyā meṉpatu pulappaṭum.

paṇṭaik kālattē āciyāk kaṇṭattiṉ vaṭaticaip pakkaṅkaḷil irunta āriyar, kuḷirnaṉi

mikunta avviṭaṅkaḷai viṭṭu, intiya nāṭṭiṟ kuṭipukutaṟkumuṉ, ivvintiya nāṭu
muḻuvatum paraviyirunta

makkaḷ tamiḻarēyāvar4. tamiḻar irunta ivvintiya nāṭu perumpālum veppam mikunta
nāṭātalāl

itilirunta avarellāṅ, kuḷir mikunta āciyāk kaṇṭattiṉ vaṭakkēyuḷḷa āriya makkaḷaip pōl
attuṇai

uṭal valimai yuṭaiyarāka iruntilar. uṭampil uraṅkuṉṟi yiruntamaiyāl tamiḻar
tamakkuḷḷē kalām

viḷaivittu oṟṟumai kulaitaṟku iṭampeṟutaliṉṟip perumpālum orumaippāṭu
uṭaiyarāy nāṭkaḻittaṉar.

uṭal valiviṉ kuṟaivāl avar maṉa aṭakkam peṟṟu etaṉaiyum āḻntaṟiyum iyalpuṭaiyarā
yiruntaṉar. ulaka

iyaṟkaiyiluḷḷa aḻakiṉaik kaṇṭu viyantu avvaḷavil amaintu viṭāmal, avviyaṟkaiyiṉ uḷḷē
nuḻaintu aṅkellām piṟaḻāta ōr orumaippāṭum ataṉai aṅkē nilaipeṟutti maṟaintu
kiṭakkum ōr uyirp poruḷiṉiruppuṅ kaṇṭaṟintu kaḷippaṭaintaṉar. aṅṅaṉam ivvulaka
iyaṟkaiyil
maṟaintu ūṭuruvik kiṭakkum avvuyirpporuḷiṉaiyē kaṭavuḷ eṉṟu tuṇintu, ataṉai
maṉattāl niṉaintu vāyāl vāḻtti meyyāl vaṇaṅki vaḻipaṭṭu vāḻntaṉar. avar tamatu uṭal
valiviṉ kuṟaipāṭṭāṟ palappala vakaiyāṉa caṭaṅkukaḷ iyaṟṟi vaḻipaṭutaṟku
oruppaṭārāyt taṉiyē ōr
iṭattil maṉa amaitiyōṭu iruntu akkaṭavuṭ poruḷai maṉattāṟ palakāl uṟaittu niṉaintu,
ataṉāl aṟivāḻa muṭaiyarāyt tulaṅkuvārāyiṉar.

ivar ivvāṟu iruppa, āciyāviṉ vaṭapakutikaḷil irunta āriyarō kuḷirāl uṭampu iṟuki

mikka valivuñ curucuruppum uṭaiyarā yiruntaṉar; uṭampu valivu mikutiyum
uṭaimaiyāluṅ, kuḷirum paṉiyum

mikunta avvaṭapakutikaḷil uṇavup paṇṭaṅkaḷ vēṇṭum aḷavu kiṭaittilāmaiyālum
avarkaḷ ōriṭattil

amaitiyāy irukkap peṟāmal, tokuti tokutiyākap pala ticaikaḷiṟ pirintu pōy

aṅkaṅkuḷḷāroṭu pōr purintum allātavarkkuk kīḻaṭaṅkiyum āṅkāṅkuk kuṭiyēṟi
vāḻntuvaralāyiṉar.

avar maṟṟaiyōruṭaṉ pōr iyaṟṟappōṉa kālaṅkaḷilellān tāmē veṟṟi peṟum poruṭṭu
ataṉaip

peṟuvikkum uyirt tuṇaiyai nāṭat talaippaṭṭaṉar. ataṉāl, tam muṉṉōril
iṟantupaṭṭavarkaḷāṉa intiraṉ varuṇaṉ mittiraṉ mutaliyavariṉ āvikaḷaiyē teyvaṅkaḷeṉat
tuṇintu vaḻipaṭalāṉār; vaḻipaṭum

kālaṅkaḷilellān tām uṇavāka ayiṉṟu vanta palavakaiyāṉa vilaṅkukaḷaik koṉṟu, avaṟṟiṉ

iṟaiccikaḷait tēvarkku ūṇeṉa ūṭṭi vēḷvi ceytum, vēḷvic caṭaṅkukaḷaip palavēṟu
vakaiyavāyp

perukki iyaṟṟiyum vantaṉar.

(irukku vētattiṉ mutaṉ maṇṭilattil uḷḷa)

(-33-)

"intiraṉē, ellāmvallavaṉē, mikuntaporuṭ

kaḷañciyaṅkaḷai oruṅku cērttuk koṇṭu emmuṭaṉ

vāṇikañ ceyyātē! (3)

celvattiṉ mikka tasyuvai nī taṉiyākavē niṉ kulicap

paṭaiyāṟ koṉṟu, intiraṉē, nī niṉ tuṇaivaruṭaṉ

ēkukiṉṟāy!

toṉṟutoṭṭē caṭaṅkukaḷ ceyyārāṉa avarkaḷ,

vāṉveḷikkuc cēyarāyp, palamukamākat tappiyōṭi

aḻintaṉar. (4)

(-51-)

āriyarkaḷaiyun tasyukkaḷaiyum naṉṟāy vēṟupirittaṟintu

koḷka! caṭaṅkukaḷ iyaṟṟāta avarkaḷait,

taruppaippuṟ parappuvōṉpāl oppuvittiṭuka! (8)

(-53-)

irijisvāṉ kīḻppaṭiyāṉāy avarkaḷai muṟṟukai ceyta

annāḷil, vaṅkiritaṉuṭaiya nūṟu kōṭṭaikaḷaiyum

nī aḻittaṉṟō! (8)

tuṇaiva rillāta cucaravarkaḷuṭaṉ pōrpuriyum poruṭṭu,

aṟupatiṉāyirattut toṇṇūṟṟoṉpatu kālāṭ

kaḷuṭaṉ paṭaiyeṭuttu vanta makkaḷuḷ aracarāṉa

irupatiṉmaraiyum, ō intiraṉē, paranta pukaḻuṭaiyāy,

nī ellāvaṟṟaiyum mēṟkaṭanta tēr uruḷaikaḷāl

aḻittuḷaiyaṉṟō! (9)

(-103-)

intiraṉē, tasyuvaitterintu avaṉmēl niṉkaṇaiyai

ēvuka! āriyaṉuṭaiya āṟṟalaiyuñ ciṟappaiyum mikutippaṭuttuka!(9)

(-163)

teyvattai nōkki niṉainta maṉattiṉatāy, valiya kutirai

veṭṭappaṭutaṟku muṉvantu niṟkiṉṟatu.

ataṟku uṟaviṉatāṉa veḷḷāṭum ataṟku muṉ ōṭṭappaṭṭu

vantirukkiṉṟatu; iruṭiyarum pāṭakarum ataṉpiṉ varukiṉṟaṉar. (12)

akkutirai mikacciṟanta koṭṭilukku vantirukkiṉṟatu. taṉ

tāy taṉ tantaiyiṉ pāl vantirukkiṉṟatu.

naṉku varavēṟkappaṭṭu iṉṟu atu tēvarkaḷpāṟ

cellum: ataṉaip paliyākak koṭuppavaṉukku atu

pala naṉkoṭaiyiṉait tarum." (13)

eṉṉum ivaipōṉṟa pāṭṭukkaḷāl avar avviyalpu uṭaiyarātal tuṇippaṭum. ivviyalpuḷḷa
āriyar

intiyāviṉuṭ pukunta pōtu aṅkē tamakku muṉṉirunta tamiḻariṟ ciṟitu karuntōṟṟam
uṭaiyarāy

iruntavar tamakkellān tasyukkaḷ, tācarkaḷ eṉṉum peyarkaḷ iṭṭu vaḻaṅkuvārāyiṉar.
kirēkkar maṟṟai

nāṭṭavaraip pārpēriyar eṉṟum, tamiḻar ēṉaiyōrai milēccar eṉṟum aḻaittal pōla
āriyarun

tamiḻariṟ cilarai avvāṟu peyariṭṭaḻaittaṉar. tamiḻar muṉṉāḷil āriyaraiyellām
milēccareṉṟu

aḻaittamai "milēccar āriyar" eṉṉun tivākara piṅkalattaic cūttirattāl naṉkaṟiyappaṭum.
uṭal

valimai mikavum uṭaiya āriyar intiyāviṉuṭ pukutalun tamiḻariṟ cilar avaroṭu pōr
purintu

tōlviyaṭaintaṉar; cilar amaitiyiṉ poruṭṭu malaikaḷiluṅ kāṭukaḷilum pōy iruntaṉar;
cilar kaṭum

pōr malaintu āriyarai veṉṟaṉar; cilar tāntām irunta iṭamviṭṭup peyarāmal āriyarai
viruntāka

ēṟṟu avaruṭaṉ uṟavāṭi avar vaḻakka oḻukkaṅkaḷiṟ cilavaṟṟait tān taḻuviyun, tam
vaḻakka oḻukkaṅkaḷai avar taḻuvumāṟu ceyvittum avarōṭu orumaiyuṟṟu vāḻat
toṭaṅkiṉar. iv viruvakai iṉattārum oruvarōṭu oruvar maruvi vāḻum nāṭkaḷil
avaravar tattamakkē uriya vaḻakkavoḻukkaṅkaḷai
muḻuvatun tirittup piṟaḻtti viṭāmal, avai tammiṟ perumpāṉmaiyavaṟṟai
muṉṉiruntapaṭiyē vaittuk kaikkoṇṭu kaṭaippiṭittu oḻukiṉār.

ikkālattil āriyaruṭ kurukkaḷmār palar tōṉṟip palavakaiyāṉa vēḷvikaḷ ceytal vēṇṭum

eṉṟu vaṟpuṟutti avaṟṟait tamiḻa aracar utaviyāṟ ceytu vantaṉar; appōtutāṉ avvēḷvic
caṭaṅkukaḷ

ceyya vēṇṭum muṟaikaḷai mika viritteḻutip pirāmaṇaṅkaḷ iyaṟṟappaṭṭaṉa. ellai illāta
ēḻai

vilaṅkiṉaṅkaḷaik kolai ceytu iyaṟṟappaṭum vēḷvikaḷum vēḷvic caṭaṅkukaḷum āriyak
kurumārkaḷiṉ

piṟaḻcci aṟivāl eṅkum mikuntu varavē, uyirkkolaikku iyaṟkaiyilē uṭampaṭāta
tamiḻaril

aṟivāṉmikka cāṉṟōrkaḷ "iṅṅaṉan tītaṟṟa uyirkaḷiṉ uṭampaic citaittu vēḷvikaḷ ceytalāṟ

pōtarum payaṉ eṉṉai?" eṉṟu tam āriya naṇparuṭaṉ nayamāyk kalantu vaḻakkiṭṭu
avariṟ cilarait

tamvaḻippaṭuttik koṇṭaṉar.

iṅṅaṉan tamiḻariṉ aṟivāḻa ārāycciyiṉai āriya naṉmakkaḷ cilar tāmun taḻuvi oḻukap

pukunta kālattilē tāṉ upaniṭataṅkaḷ eḻutappaṭṭaṉa. ivvupaniṭataṅkaḷ āriyarkku
eṭṭātirunta aṟaṅkaḷai

aṟivuṟutti, avar ceytupōnta uyirkkolaiyiṉai niṟuttutaṟ poruṭṭākat tamiḻc cāṉṟōrkaḷāl

iyaṟṟappaṭṭaṉavā meṉpataṟku avvupaniṭataṅkaḷilēyē maṟukkappaṭāta cāṉṟukaḷ
palavirukkiṉṟaṉa5. iṅṅaṉam upaniṭataṅkaḷ eḻutappaṭṭa piṉṉarum vilaṅkiṉaṅkaḷaip
paliyiṭṭuc ceyyum vēḷvikaḷ ciṟituṅ kuṟaipaṭāmal āriyarkkuḷ mikuntu vantamai
yāṉum, āriyak kurukkaḷmār
taṅkoḷkaikku iṇaṅkāta tamiḻaraiyum atu ceyyumpaṭi valintu varuttiṉa maiyāṉum
āriyarkkun tamiḻarkkum itaṉ poruṭṭu vaḻakkukaḷum etirvaḻakkukaḷum nēra,
avvamayattil vaṭa nāṭṭilirunta tamiḻa aracakulattiṟ kautamacākkiyar eṉpār
tōṉṟip paḻaiya tamiḻmakkaḷ ārāyntu
vanta ariya nalloḻukka muṟaikaḷai eṭuttu virittuc collap pukuntār. kallāta makkaḷ
maṉamuṅ karaintu urukumpaṭi mikka irakkattuṭaṉ nalloḻukkaṅkaḷiṉ viḻuppattai
eṭuttu virittu, in nalloḻukkaṅkaḷai oruvaṉ vaḻuvāmaṟ ṟaḻuvi naṭappaṉāyiṉ avaṉukku
ellāt tuṉpaṅkaḷiṉiṉṟum viṭupaṭum
niruvāṇam eṉṉun tūya nilai tāṉē varumeṉṟum, aṟivillāta ēḻai uyirkaḷai āyira
māyiramākak koṉṟu vēḷvi vēṭṭalāl mēlum mēlun tīviṉaiyē viḷaiyumallatu nalviṉai
eytāteṉṟuṅ kautamar aruḷkaṉintu aṟivuṟuppārāyiṉar. makkaḷ uḷḷattai eḷitilē
kavarntu urukkumpaṭiyāṉa kautamar koḷkaikaḷ cila nāḷilē eṅkum paravalāyiṉa.

makkaḷellārum āriyak kurukkaḷmār coṟkaḷil aiyuṟavu koṇṭu tam aṟivāl nallaṉa
palavum

ārāyappukuntaṉar. eṅkum avaravar tattaṅ karuttukkaḷiṟ ṟōṉṟum nuṭpaṅkaḷait
tārāḷamāy veḷiyiṭat

tuṇintaṉar. pirāñcutēyattiṟ6 ṟōṉṟiyatai yotta oru periya māṟutal intiya nāṭu
muḻuvatuñ

cuḻaṉṟu varumpōtu, teṉṉāṭṭiluḷḷa tamiḻarun tām tamatuḷḷattē ārāyntu vaitta
ariyaperiya

nuṇporuḷkaḷai veḷiyiṭṭut tamatu paṇṭait tamiḻmoḻiyiṉaip paṇṭaināḷiṟ pōlavē
peritum

vaḷampaṭuttum ariya muyaṟciyil talainiṉṟār. iṅṅaṉan tiruvaḷḷuvar piṟappataṟku muṉ
oru nāṉūṟu āṇṭum

piṉ oru nūṟāṇṭum mika virintu perukiya camaya viḷakkamē akkālattiṟ ṟamiḻ
moḻiyiṉkaṇ

arumperuñ centamiḻ nūlkaḷ pala tōṉṟutaṟku oru peruṅkāraṇa māyiṟṟu eṉṟu teḷivuṟa
aṟital vēṇṭum. āciriyar tiruvaḷḷuva nāyaṉār iyaṟṟiya ariyaperiya tirukkuṟaḷ eṉṉum
nūliṟ kollāmai pulāluṇṇāmai oḻukkamuṭaimai eṉṉun tamiḻarkkuriya aṟivāḻa nuṭpap
poruḷkaḷ
palakālum palaviṭattum eṭuttu vaṟpuṟuttappaṭutal kāṇka.

iṉi, ip poruḷkaḷellām pautta camaya nūlkaḷilirunteṭuttuc collappaṭṭaṉa eṉpārun,

tiruvaḷḷuvanāyaṉār pauttarē eṉpārum uḷar. iyaṟkaiyilē tamiḻarkkuriya
oḻukkaṅkaḷiṉ viḻuppattaiyē

kautamar eṉṉun tamiḻp periyār viḷakka vantamaiyāl avvoḻukka varicaikaḷ avar
coṉṉa piṉ

eṭuttuk koḷḷappaṭṭaṉa eṉpatu poruntātu. tiruvaḷḷuvaṉār mutaliya cāṉṟōṉṟōr,
tamakkun

tammiṉattārkkum iyaṟkaiyilē tōṉṟiya arumperuṅ karuttukkaḷaiyē pautta
camayam yāṇṭum virintu

paranta kālattil taṭaiyiṉṟic collutaṟku iṭampeṟṟārākaliṉ, akkaruttukaḷ
tiruvaḷḷuvaṉārkkuṅ kautama

cākkiyarkkum potuvāvaṉavēyām eṉṟu tuṇika.

"avicorintu āyiram vēṭṭaliṉ oṉṟaṉ

uyircekuttu uṇṇāmai naṉṟu"

eṉṉun tirukkuṟaḷil āciriyar āriyamakkaḷ ceytu pōnta vēḷvi viṉaiyai maṟuttuk
kollāmaiyiṉ

ciṟappai valiyuṟuttik kūṟiyatuṅ kāṇka. iṉṉum ivvāṟē āciriyar āṅkāṅku āriyamakkaḷ
ceytu pōnta

maṟṟai viṉaiccaṭaṅkukaḷaiyum maṟuttuk kūṟutal kaṇṭu koḷka. īṇṭu avaiyellām
eṭutturaippiṟ perukum.

iṉi, ivvāṟu oru kālattil naṭaipeṟum oḻukkaṅkaḷukkum akkālattiṟ ṟōṉṟum
nūlkaḷukkum

periyatōr iyaipu uṇṭeṉpataṉai viḷakkutaṟ poruṭṭē ivvōr ainnūṟāṇṭiṉkaṇ naṭaipeṟṟa

nikaḻcciyiṉai oru ciṟitu virittuk kūṟiṉēm. oru nūliṉ iyalpai uḷḷavāṟu uṇartaṟku annūl

eḻutappaṭṭa kālattiṉ iyaṟkai iṉṟiyamaiyātu aṟiyaṟpālatākum. itupaṟṟiyē āṅkila moḻiyil

nuṭpavārāyccikaḷ pala eḻutiya uviliyam miṇṭō7 eṉṉum ārāycci uraikārar, "kālappōkku

eṉpatu iṉṉateṉṟu toṭṭu aṟiyappaṭāta ōr iyaṟkai vāyntatu; aḵtu akkālattu makkaḷ
iyaṟṟum

nūlkaḷiluṅ, kottu vēlaikaḷilum, uṭaikaḷilum, avarkaḷ naṭāttum vāṇika vāḻkkaiyilum,
avarkaḷ

amaikkun toḻiṟkaḷaṅkaḷilum ellān taṉ aṭaiyāḷattaip patiya iṭukiṉṟatu * * * oru
pulavaṉum oru kāla iyaṟkaiyiṉ vaḻiniṉṟē nūl eḻutupavaṉāvaṉ; akkāla iyaṟkai allatu am
makkaḷ oppuravu avaṉ eḻutuvaṉavaṟṟai ellān taṉ uruvākki avaṟṟiṟkut taṉ niṟattai
ūṭṭukiṉṟatu. itaṉai nām kaṇṭaṟivataṟku
akkālattiṉ potu iyaṟkaiyum, ataṉkaṇ avaṉ kuṟippiṭṭa makkaḷ naṭaiyiṉiyaṟkaiyum,
avaṉ irukkum iṭattiṉ iyaṟkaiyum iṉṟiyamaiyātu ārāyaṟpālaṉavākum"8 eṉṟu mika
nuṭpamāka eṭuttu moḻintiṭṭār. atu kiṭakka.

iṉi, ivvōr ainnūṟāṇṭiṟ ṟōṉṟiya nūlkaḷellām perumpālum akkāla iyaṟkai taṅkaṇ etirtōṉṟi
viḷaṅkappeṟum oru taṉmaiyuṭaiyavāku meṉṟu terital vēṇṭum. aṟivu āḻamiṉṟi āriya

makkaḷ ceytupōnta vīṇāṉa veṟuñcaṭaṅkukaḷiṟ kaṭṭuppaṭāmal taṉiyē pirintu niṉṟa
tamiḻmakkaḷ, tam

paṇṭaiyāciriyarkaḷ ceṉṟa muṟaiyē ulaka iyaṟkaiyiṉaiyum makkaḷiyaṟkaiyiṉaiyum
uḷḷuruvi nuḻaintu

ārāyntu tāṅkaṇṭa ariya poruḷ nuṭpaṅkaḷai amaittu nūlkaḷ iyaṟṟiṉār. ākavē, ulaka
iyaṟkaiyiṉaiyum makkaḷ iyaṟkaiyiṉaiyum ārāyum ārāycci ikkālattut tōṉṟiya
nūlkaṭkellām potut taṉmaiyākumeṉṟuṇarntu koḷka.

iṉi, ivvulaka iyaṟkaiyiṉai ārāyum nūlkaḷ ellām puṟapporuḷ eṉavum,
makkaḷiyaṟkaiyiṉai ārāyvaṉavellām akapporuḷ eṉavun tollāciriyarāl vakukkappaṭṭaṉa.
ivaṟṟuḷ 'akapporuḷ' eṉpatu āṇpeṇ eṉṉum irupālaraiyuñ ceṟiyap poruttuvatāy, maṟṟellā
uṇarvukaḷaiyum
niṉaivukaḷaiyun taṉakkuk kīḻāka niṟuttit tāṉ avaṟṟiṉ mēl amarntu taṉakku nikariṉṟip
perumaiyuṭaṉ tōṉṟuvatāy, iṉpamun tuṉpamumellān tōṉṟutaṟkut tāṉ nilaikkaḷaṉāy, ellā
ulakaṅkaḷum ellāp poruḷkaḷun taṉṉaic cuṟṟic cuḻaṉṟu cellat tāṉ avaṟṟiṉ iṭaiyē ciṟitun
tiripiṉṟi nilaipeṟṟu viḷaṅkuvatāy uḷḷa aṉpu allatu kātal9 eṉpataṉai aṭippaṭaiyākak
koṇṭu makkaḷiyaṟkai muḻuvatūum oruṅkē ārāyvatākum. iṉip, 'puṟapporuḷ' eṉpatu
makkaḷ ulaka iyaṟkaiyuṭaṉ poruntit tamakku iṉṟiyamai yātavaṉa palvakai
muyaṟcikaḷaiyum muṟṟup peruvittaṟ
poruṭṭuc ceyyun toḻil vēṟupāṭukaḷum piṟavun teḷḷitiṉ ārāyvatām.

iṉip, potuvāka ellā māntarkkum uriya iyaṟkaiyiṉaip pakutturaippatākaliṉ,

akapporuḷ oḻukkam payiṉṟuvarum pāṭṭukkaḷiṟ ciṟappāka ōr āṇmakaṉaiyum oru
peṇmakaḷaiyum eṭuttu

vaittu, aṉṉavar tamakkuriya peyarcolli avai tām eḻutappaṭutal illai. ellā makkaṭkum
potuvāy

varukiṉṟa aṉpiṉāl nikaḻum aintiṇai oḻukkattai oruvar iruvarkku varaiyaṟuttuk
kūṟutal, avvaṉpiṉ

aintiṇaiyoḻukkam ēṉaiyōrkku illaiyām pōlum eṉa malaivu tōṟṟuvittu vaḻuvāy
muṭintiṭumākaliṉ, appāṭṭukkaḷ ellāṅ kuṟittu oruvar peyar collāmalē
varaiyappaṭum eṉpatu teḷintu koḷka. itu kaṭaippiṭiyāy uṇarttutaṟkē āciriyar
tolkāppiyaṉār,

"makkaḷ nutaliya akaṉain tiṇaiyuñ

cuṭṭi oruvar peyarkoḷap peṟāar"10



eṉṟu kiḷantu kūṟiṉār.

iṉi, itupōṟ, potuvāka vaṉṟi, makkaḷuḷ ovvoruvarun tattam muyaṟci vēṟupāṭukaḷukku

ēṟpap palvakaippaṭṭa uṇarvum palvakaippaṭṭa ceyalum uṭaiyarāy
ulakanaṭaiyaṟintu oḻukuvarākaliṉ, iṅṅaṉamāṉa avartam puṟapporuḷ oḻukkam
payiṉṟuvarum pāṭṭukkaḷil avvavarkkē uriya peyar paṇpu ceyal mutaliyaṉa ellāṅ
kiḷanteṭuttuk kūṟi maṟṟu avai eḻutappaṭum eṉka. oruvar paṇpuñ ceyalum
ēṉaiyoruvar paṇpuñ ceyalum pōlaṉṟi ulakanaṭaiyiṟ perumpāṉmaiyum vēṟupaṭṭu
veḷiyē tōṉṟik kiṭattalāl, aṅṅaṉam veḷippaṭṭut tōṉṟum paṇpuc ceyalkaḷaik kūṟum
puṟattiṇaip pāṭṭukkaḷil avvap paṇpu ceyalkaṭku uriyār peyar kūṟal vēṇṭuvatu
iṉṟiyamaiyātatēyām
eṉka. inneṟi aṟivuṟuttutaṟ poruṭṭē āciriyar tolkāppiyaṉār,

"puṟattiṇai maruṅkiṟ porunti ṉallatu

akattiṇai maruṅkiṉ aḷavuta lilavē"11

eṉṟu kūṟiṉār.

iṉi, akam, puṟam eṉṉum ivviruvakai oḻukkamuṅ kalantuvarum pāṭṭukkaḷil
akavoḻukkamē

perumpālum muṉṉum piṉṉun toṭarpuṟṟuccella, ataṉ iṭaiyē oru puṟavoḻukkañ
ciṟukivarumāyiṉ

avaṟṟuḷḷum oruvarpeyar kuṟittuc collappaṭuvatillai. avvāṟaṉṟi, avaṟṟuḷ muṉṉum
piṉṉum oru

puṟavoḻukkamē toṭarpuṟṟuc cella iṭaiyē ōr akavoḻukkaṅ kuṟuki varumāyiṉ avaṟṟuḷ
avvoḻukkam

uṭaiyār peyar paṇpu mutalāyiṉa kiḷantu collappaṭum. ivvāṟaṉṟi akap
puṟavoḻukkaṅkaḷ iraṇṭum

iṇaintu oppa varumāyiṉ aṅkum ammakkaḷ peyar paṇpu mutalāyiṉa kiḷantu
collappaṭum eṉpatu aṟika.

iṅkuc collappaṭṭa ivvilakkaṇaṅkaḷ ivvainnūṟāṇṭiṟ piṟanta nūlkaḷilellām iṉitu
kāṇappaṭum.



Ruskin: Modern Painters, Vol. iii, p. 284

kuṟuntokai, 167

"kārōṭar uṟaikārar" - tivākaram, makkaṭ peyart tokuti

There can be little doubt that Dravidian Languages were actually

flourishing in the western regions of Northern india at the period when

languages of the indo-European type were introduced by the aryan invasions

from the north west. Dravidian characteristics have been traced alike in

Vedic and Classical Sanscrit, in the Prakrits or early popular dialects,

and in the modern vernaculars derived from them." pp. 41, 42, Ch. ii 'The

Cambridge History of ancient india.'

vēḷāḷar nākarikam eṉṉum ematu nūlil itaṟkuc cāṉṟukaḷ kāṇka.

The French Revolution

Professor William Minto

The Literature of the Georgian Era, pp. 42-43

Love

tolkāppiyam, poruḷ, 54

tolkāppiyam, poruḷ, 55







3. mullaippāṭṭiṉ iyaṟkaiyum ataṉ pāṭṭiyaṟṟiṟaṉum

iṉi, iṅku ārāytaṟporuṭṭu eṭuttukkoṇṭa mullaippāṭṭil "taṉ maṉaiyāḷaip pirintu

pakaivēntaroṭu pōrceyyap pōvāṉoru talaivaṉ tāṉ pirivataṉai avaḷukku nayamāka
uṇarttik

'kārkālat toṭakkattil varuvēṉ, atukārum nī āṟṟiyiru' eṉṟu collip piriya, ac

colvaḻiyē āṟṟiyiruntavaḷ, avaṉ coṉṉa kārkālam varakkaṇṭum avaṉ vantilāmaiyiṟ
piritum

āṟṟāḷāyiṉaḷ; piṉṉarp perumutu peṇṭir palavakaiyāl āṟṟuvikkavum āṟṟatavaḷ 'iṅṅaṉam
āṟṟātu varuntutal kaṇavaṉ kaṟpitta collait tavaṟiyatāy muṭiyumātalāl, avar
varuṅkāṟum āṟṟutalē ceyaṟpālatu' eṉṟu uṭkoṇṭu poṟumaiyuṭaṉ irunta
talaiviyiṭattuc, ceṉṟa talaivaṉ mīṇṭu vantamai"
ākiya akapporuḷ iruppuc collappaṭṭamaiyāl, ip pāṭṭiṉkaṭ ṭalaimakaṉ talaimakaḷ
ciṟappuppeyar iṉṉaveṉṟu eṭuttuc collappaṭavillai. iṅṅaṉan talaimakaṉ talaimakaḷaip
piriyumpōtu āṟṟuvittup pōtalum, pōṉapiṉ avaṉ viṉaimuṭittu varuntuṇaiyum avaḷ
āṟṟiyiruttalum iṅku collappaṭṭa
talaimakkaḷukkē yaṉṟi ellārkkum uriyaṉavākaiyāl āciriyar nappūtaṉār avar peyar
iṅkeṭuttuc collāmai paṟṟi varak kaṭavatōr iḻukku oṉṟumillaiyeṉṟuṇarka.

iṉi, mullai eṉṉum aka voḻukkattōṭu iyaipuṭaiya puṟavoḻukkam vañci eṉpatām. 'vañci

tāṉē mullaiyatu puṟaṉē'1 eṉṟār āciriyar tolkāppiyaṉārum. vañci eṉpatu ōr aracaṉ nāṭu

kaippaṟṟutaṟ poruṭṭup paṭaiyeṭuttuc celvatu. vañcittiṇai mullait tiṇaikkup
puṟaṉāṉavāṟu

yāṅṅaṉameṉiṉ; maṉaivi taṉ kātalaṉaip pirintu maṉaiyiṉkaṇ iruppatu pōla, avaḷ
kaṇavaṉum avaḷaip

pirintu pāṭivīṭṭiṉkaṇ iruppaṉ ākalāṉum, talaimakaḷ vīṭu kāṭṭiṉkaṇ iruppatu pōlap
pāṭivīṭum pakaivar nakarkku araṇāṉa kāṭṭiṉkaṇ amaikkappaṭum ākalāṉum
mullaiyum vañciyun tammuḷ iyaipu uṭaiya āyiṉa eṉka.

iṉi, nappūtaṉār eṉṉum nallicaip pulavar 'mullai' eṉṉum akavoḻukkattiṉai virittuc

ceyyuḷ iyaṟṟukiṉṟār. ākaliṉ, ataṉōṭu iyaipuṭaiya vañciyoḻukkattai aracaṉ pakaimēṟ
ceṉṟu

pācaṟaiyilirukkum iruppuk kūṟumukattāl itaṉkaṇ amaittuk kūṟukiṉṟār. ivvāṟu tām
eṭuttukkoṇṭa

poruḷukku māṟupaṭāmal ivvāciriyar vēṟuporuḷai itaṉkaṭ porutti uraikkum
nuṇukkam mikavum

viyakkaṟpālatoṉṟām.

iṉṉun tāṅ kūṟalvēṇṭum mutaṉmaiyāṉa oru poruḷaip poṟukkāṉa coṟṟokutiyiṉāl

eṭuttuk kōvaiyākat tirittu nūṟṟukkoṇṭu cellumpōtu, apporuḷiṉ iṭaiyē ataṉōṭu
iyaipuṭaiya vēṟoru poruḷai iyaittuc collal vēṇṭuvatu nērumāyiṉ apporuḷiṉpaṅ
keṭāmal iṭaṉ aṟintu ataṉaip piṇaippatu nallicaip pulavariṭattuk kāṇappaṭum
ariya viṉaittiṟaṉā meṉpatu aṟiyaṟpāṟṟu. ivvariya viṉaittiṟaṉ nappūtaṉār iyaṟṟiya ic
ceyyuḷiṉkaṇ āḻntamaintu viḷaṅkik kiṭakkiṉṟatu. 'mullai' eṉṉum akavoḻukkattiṉai
vitantu collavanta āciriyar ataṉai muṟṟuṅ kūṟi muṭittapiṉ, ataṉōṭu iyaipuṭaiya aracaṉ
pōrmēṟ
celvatāṉa vañciyaik kūṟuvārāyiṟ, kaṟpavarkkup, piṉ oṭṭic collappaṭum vañci
oḻukkattiṉaik kēṭṭaliṟ karuttu ūṉṟāmaiyē yaṉṟi, iruvēṟu oḻukkaṅkaḷ

taṉittaṉiyē collappaṭṭum oṉṟaṟkē uriya mullai eṉṉum peyar maṭṭumē cūṭṭiya
kuṟṟamum uṇṭām.

avvāṟaṉṟi mullaip poruḷukku naṭuvē eṅkēṉum ōriṭattiṟ poruttamiṉṟi av vañcip
poruḷai

māṭṭiviṭiṉuṅ kaṟpōr uṇarvu iḷaippaṭaiyumākaliṉ atuvuṅ kuṟṟamēyākum. iṉi,
ikkuṟṟamellām

aṇukāmal, iṇaṅkap poruttu miṭantāṉ yātō veṉiṟ kūṟutum. eṭuttuc collappaṭum
mutaṉmaip poruḷ muṟṟum muṭivupeṟāmaṟ kāṟpaṅkō allatu araippaṅkō ciṟitu
karukkoṇṭu ōriṭattiṟ kūṭi niṉṟu, kaṟpārkku 'iṉi iḵtu eṅṅaṉam muṭiyum! eṅṅaṉam
muṭiyum!' eṉṟu muṭivu aṟiyum
viruppattiṉai eḻuppuvittu, avar ataṉai muḻutuṅ kaṟṟut tuṟaipōkum vaṇṇam apporuḷ
iṭaiyaṟuntu niṟkum iṭamē, piṟa poruḷai iṇaippataṟku icaivāṉa iṭukku veḷiyām eṉka.

ivvāṟu ippāṭṭiṉkaṇ mullaip poruḷ iṭaiyaṟuntu niṟkum iṭukkuveḷi yātōveṉiṟ

kūṟutum; talaimakaṉ kūṟiya kārkālam varutalai uṇarntu āṟṟāmal aḻutu varuntum
naṅkaikku naṟcoṟkēṭṭu vanta perumutu peṇṭir, " nāṅkaḷum paṭaittalaivaruṅ
kēṭṭa naṟcollāl niṉ kātalaṉ tāṉ eṭuttuppōṉa pōr viṉaiyai viraivil muṭittut tirumpi
niṉṉuṭaṉ vantu cērvaṉ; avaṉ
varum varaiyil nī āṟṟikkoṇṭu iruttal vēṇṭum" eṉṟu palakāluñ colli vaṟpuṟuttavum,
avaḷ avar coṟkaḷaik

kēḷāḷāy, maitīṭṭiya pūppōṉṟa kaṇṇiṉiṉṟum nīr muttup pōl tuḷittuḷiyāy viḻak kaluḻntu

varuntiṉāḷ eṉa 23 āvatu variyil mullaipporuḷ muṟṟum muṭivu peṟāmal iṭaiyaṟuntu
niṟpatu kāṇka.

ippāṭṭiṉaik kaṟpōr ivvaḷavil tāṅ kaṟpatai niṟuttiviṭāmal, iṅṅaṉam varuntiya
appeṇmaṇi piṉ

evvāṟu āyiṉaḷ eṉap piṉṉum aṟitaṟku mika viḻaikuvar; iṅṅaṉam avar muṭivaṟiyum
viḻaivāl mēluṅ

kaṟpataṟku maṉaveḻucci mikuntu niṟkum poḻutu piṟaporuḷ iṭaiyē iṇaittuc
collappaṭumāyiṉum ataṉāl avar tām ciṟitum iḷaippaṭaiyātu, avviṭaippaṭṭa
poruḷaiyuṅ kaṟṟu mēṟceṉṟu poruḷmuṭivu kāṇpāreṉpatu teṟṟeṉa viḷaṅkum. ākavē,
iṅṅaṉam mullaipporuḷ
iṭaiyaṟuntu niṟkum iṭaṅkaṇṭu aṅkē mullaip poruḷai maṟittu, ataṉōṭu iyaipuṭaiya
vañcip poruḷaik koṇarntu nuḻaittup, piṉ maṟikkappaṭṭa mullaip poruḷai 80 āvatu
variyilē "iṉtuyil vatiyunaṟkāṇāḷ tuyar uḻantu " eṉpatuṭaṉ koṇṭu pōy iṇaṅkak koḷutti,
āciriyar
ac ceyyuḷait tiṟampaṭa naṭāttum nuṭpaviṉaiyiṉ arumaip pāṭṭai uyttuṇarntu
makiḻntu koḷka.

iṉṉum iv vakapporuḷ mullai yoḻukkattiṉai avvāṟu naṭāttik koṇṭu ceṉṟu, 88 āvatu

variyil "iṉpal imiḻicai ōrppaṉaḷ kiṭantōḷ" eṉpatuṭaṉ muṭikkumiṭattum
viṉaivayiṟpirinta

talaimakaṉ mīṇṭu vantamai collavēṇṭutaliṉ, aṅṅaṉañ collappaṭum poruḷaiyuṅ kaṟpōr
uṟṟunōkkum poruṭṭu 'ivvāṟu kiṭantōḷuṭaiya aḻakiya cevi niṟaiya āravārittaṉa' eṉṟu
mēl ōṭṭappaṭuñ coṟṟoṭariṉ payaṉilaiyāṉa 'āravārittaṉa' eṉpatai, muṭikkappaṭum
akapporuḷiṉ iṟuti moḻiyāṉa 'kiṭantōḷ' eṉpatuṭaṉ cērtti, ataṉ eḻuvāyāṉa 'viṉai viḷaṅku
neṭuntēr pūṇṭa māvē' eṉpataik kaṭaiyilē niṟutti, avviraṇṭaṟkum iṭaiyil avaṉ mīṇṭu
vantamai viḷaṅkakkūṟi amaittār. muṭikkiṉṟa iṭattiṟ 'kiṭantōḷ ceviniṟaiya
āliṉa' eṉṟu uraippiṉ, evai āliṉa? eṉṉum ārāycci tōṉṟi mēlvarum poruḷ aṟiya vēṭkai
mikum ātalāl, ivvāṟu payaṉilaiyai muṉṉum eḻuvāyaip piṉṉumāka vaittup
piṟaḻakkūṟiṉār eṉka. iṅṅaṉam piṟaḻak kūṟutal poruḷ valivu tōṉṟutaṟ poruṭṭuṅ,
kaṟpārkku mēlumēlum
viḻaivuḷḷan tōṟṟuvittaṟ poruṭṭumēyām eṉpatu āṅkilamoḻiyiṟ peyiṉ2 eṉpavar eḻutiya
ariyatōr aṇiyilakkaṇa nūliluṅ kaṇṭukoḷka. in nuṇukkamellām naṉkaṟintu
ceyyuḷiyaṟṟiya nappūtaṉār pēraṟivum pērāṟṟalum peritum viyakkaṟpālaṉavām eṉka.


1. tolkāppiyam, poruḷ, 61

2. alexander Bain's English Composition and Rhetoric, Part i, Rules 10-14





4. mullaippāṭṭil nīḷacceṉṟu poruntum coṟṟoṭar muṭipu: māṭṭu

iṉi, mēṟkūṟiyavāṟu mullaipporuḷ oḻukkam 23 āvatu variyilē iṭaiyaṟuntu niṟpa,
naṭuvē

vañcip poruḷ pukuttappaṭṭut tirumpavum 80 āvatu variyilē taṉporuḷ porunti, 88
āvatu variyil

atu muṟṟup peruntaṟuvāyiṟ piṉṉum muṭivu peṟātatu pōl niṉṟu iṭaiyē vēṟu poruḷ
taḻuvi 103 āvatu variyilē poruḷ mutircci peṟṟu muṭintatu uṟṟuṇaraṟ pālatām eṉka.
iṅṅaṉam orupāṭṭiṉ mutaṉmaip poruḷ iṭaiyiṭaiyē aṟuntu akaṉṟupōyp porunti muṭital
immullaippāṭṭiṟkum itaṉoṭu cērnta ēṉai oṉpatu pāṭṭukkaḷukkum
potuviyaṟkaiyākum. ivvāṟu akaṉṟu kiṭakkum poruḷai aṇukap poruttik kāṭṭutalaiyē
āciriyar tolkāppiyaṉār 'māṭṭu' eṉpar.

"akaṉṟu poruḷ kiṭappiṉum aṇukiya nilaiyiṉum, iyaṉṟuporuḷ muṭiyat tantaṉar uṇarttal,

māṭṭeṉa moḻipa pāṭṭiyal vaḻakkiṉ" eṉpatu cūttiram (tolkāppiyam, ceyyuḷiyal, 211)

peruṅ kāppiyaṅkaḷum ittakaiya perum pāṭṭukkaḷum iyaṟṟukiṉṟa perumpulavar
ivvāṟu akaṉṟu poruḷ muṭiya vaittal uyarcciyaṭainta ellā moḻikaḷiluṅ kāṇappaṭum.
āṅkila

moḻiyil nallicaip pulavarāṉa milṭaṉ (Milton) eṉpavarum ivvāṟē tammuṭaiya
ceyyuṭkaḷil akaṉṟu

poruḷ muṭiyavaittal kaṇṭu koḷka.






5. mullaippāṭṭiṉ mēl nacciṉārkkiṉiyarurai

iṉi, ituvē 'māṭṭu' eṉṉuñ ceyyuḷuṟuppiṉ payaṉāmeṉpatu nuṇṇaṟivuṭaiyārk kellām

iṉitu viḷaṅkikkiṭappavum, itaṉ karuttup poruḷ ituvātal aṟiya māṭṭāta
nacciṉārkkiṉiyar,

ceyyuḷil iṭaiyaṟṟu oḻukum poruḷ oḻukkam aṟintu urai eḻutārāy, ōr aṭiyil oru
collaiyun

tolaiviṟ kiṭakkum vēṟōr aṭiyil vēṟoru collaiyun tamakkut tōṉṟiyavā ṟellām eṭuttu

iṇaittut tāmōr urai uraikkiṉṟār. nacciṉārkkiṉiyarkku muṉṉēyirunta nakkīrar,
iḷampūraṇar,

pērāciriyar, cēṉāvaraiyar, parimēlaḻakar, aṭiyārkku nallār mutalāṉa
uraiyāciriyaṉmārātal,

piṉṉēyirunta civañāṉayōkikaḷ mutaliyōrātal ivvāṟu ceyyuṭkaḷaik kaṇṭavāṟellām alaittu
urai eḻutak kaṇṭilam. mēlum nacciṉārkkiṉiyar iṅṅaṉañ ceyyuṭkaḷai alaittu nalintu
poruḷ collu muṟaiyai āciriyar civañāṉayōkikaḷ tām iyaṟṟiya
tolkāppiyac cūttira viruttiyil āṅkāṅku

maṟuttaruḷiyavāṟuṅ kāṇka. akaṉṟu kiṭakkuñ ceyyuṭ poruḷai aṇukavaittup poruttic
colvatē

tolkāppiyaṉār kūṟiya māṭṭu eṉṉum uṟuppāvataṉṟic ceyyuḷ oru pakkamum urai oru
pakkamumāka vaittu uraippatu aḵtu aṉṟām eṉpatu kaṭaippiṭikka. aṟṟaṉṟu,
nacciṉārkkiṉiyar uraikkum uraipporuḷ ciṟantatākaliṉ, avar avvāṟu ceyyuṭkaḷai
alaittup poruḷ kūṟutal kuṟṟamākāteṉiṉ;
naṉṟu coṉṉāy, avar evvaḷavu tāṉ ciṟanta urai uraippiṉum atu ceyyuṭporuḷaik
kauvik koṇṭu cellāmal vēṟupaṭumāyiṉ, atu koḷḷaṟpālataṉṟu eṉa maṟukka.
ceyyuḷukku icaiya urai yeḻututal vēṇṭumēyaṉṟi, uraikku ēṟpac ceyyuḷai alaittu
māṟṟal vēṇṭumeṉṟal "muṭikkut
takka talaiceytu koḷvēm" eṉpār coṟpōl nakaiyāṭutaṟkē ētuvāmeṉṟoḻika. aṟṟaṉṟu,
ceyyuḷiyaṟṟiya pulavarē ōr oḻuṅkumiṉṟi avvāṟu coṟkaḷaiyum poruḷkaḷaiyum citaṟa
vaittup pāṭiṉārākaliṉ akkaruttaṟintu nacciṉārkkiṉiyar aṅṅaṉam poruḷuraittuk
koṇṭār eṉṉamō veṉiṉ; aṟiyātu kaṭāyiṉāy, ulakaviyaṟkaiyum, makkaḷiyaṟkaiyum
aṟintu, varicai varicaiyāka arumporuḷ viḷaṅkit tōṉṟap pāṭum nallicaip pulavar avvāṟu
ōroḻuṅku miṉṟip pāṭiṉāreṉṟal ulakil eṅkuṅ kāṇappaṭāmaiyāṉum, atu nallicaip
pulamai ākāmai yāṉum aṅṅaṉañ collutal periyatōr iḻukkāy muṭiyum eṉṟuṇarka.

aṟṟāyiṉ, mikka centamiḻ nūṟ pulamaiyum nuṇukiya aṟivumuṭaiya nacciṉārkkiṉiyar

avvāṟu iṇaṅkāvurai eḻutiyatutāṉ eṉṉaiyōveṉiṉ; vaṭamoḻiyil iṅṅaṉamē ceyyuṭkaḷai
alaittup pāṭṭu oru pakkamum urai orupakkamumāka iṇaṅkāvurai eḻutiya
caṅkarāciriyar kālattiṟkup piṉṉē yirunta nacciṉārkkiṉiyar, vaṭamoḻiyil avar eḻutiya
uraikaḷaip
paṉmuṟai pārttu avaipōṟ ṟamiḻilum urai vakukkappukuntu tamiḻc ceyyuḷ vaḻakkiṉ
varampaḻittu viṭṭāreṉṟuṇarka. vētānta cūttirattiṟkuc caṅkarāciriyar iyaṟṟiya
pāṭiyavurai accūttirattiṟkuc ciṟitum ēlāvurai eṉpatu, āciriyar

irāmānucar pāṭiya uraiyāṉum tīpā (Thibaut) paṇṭitar tiruttiya āṅkila
moḻipeyarppāṉum

uṇarka.

iṉi, āciriyar nacciṉārkkiṉiyar urai poruntumiṭaṅkaḷilellām ēṟṟuk

kōṭaṟpālatēyām eṉpatum, ariya periya paḻantamiḻ nūlkaḷ viḷaṅkumāṟu viḷakkavurai
viritta

nacciṉārkkiṉiyar ivvāṟu ōrōviṭaṅkaḷil nalinturai eḻututal paṟṟi ikaḻappaṭuvāralla
reṉpatum īṇṭu

vaṟpuṟuttukiṉṟām. iṉi im mullaippāṭṭiṉurai nacciṉārkkiṉiyarāṟ perituñ ceyyuḷai
alaittu

varaiyappaṭṭatākaliṉ, avaruraiyiṉ utavikoṇṭē ippāṭṭukkuc cevvaiyāṉa vēṟoru
putturai piṉṉar

eḻutukiṉṟām. aṅku ataṉaik kaṇṭukoḷka.





6. pāṭṭiṉ varalāṟu

iṉit, tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai mutalāṉa pāṭṭukkaḷ oṉpatum uḷḷōṉ oru talaivaṉaiyē

kuṟippiṭṭup pāṭavantamaiyāl, immullaippāṭṭiṟkut talaivaṉ peyar
eḻutappaṭavillaiyāyiṉum, itaṟkum

uḷḷōṉ oru talaivaṉ uṇṭeṉṟu tuṇiyappaṭum. im mullaippāṭṭai aṭuttirukkiṉṟa
maturaikkāñciyum

neṭunalvāṭaiyum talaiyālaṅkāṉattuc ceruveṉṟa pāṇṭiyaṉ neṭuñceḻiyaṉaip pāṭṭuṭait
talaivaṉākak koṇṭu viḷaṅkalāl, avaṟṟai aṭuttirukkiṉṟa ituvum avaṉaiyē pāṭṭuṭait
talaivaṉākak koṇṭu ceyyappaṭṭirukkalāmeṉpatu karutappaṭum. pāṇṭiyaṉ
neṭuñceḻiyaṉ
talaiyālaṅ kāṉam eṉṉum iṭattil taṉṉaip pakaittu etirnta cēraṉ cōḻaṉ titiyaṉ eḻiṉi
erumaiyūraṉ iruṅkōvēṇmāṉ porunaṉ eṉṉum aracar eḻuvaroṭum pōrpuritaṟ poruṭṭuc
ceṉṟapōtu, avaṉṟaṉ maṉaivi koḻunaṉ pirinta tuyarattai āṟṟik koṇṭirunta arumaiyum,
avaṉ av varacaraiyellām veṉṟu tāṉ coṉṉavaṇṇaṅ kārkālat tuvakkattil mīṇṭu
vantamaiyuṅ kaṇṭu nappūtaṉār itaṉaip pāṭiṉāreṉpatu pulappaṭum. ivvāṟē
neṭunalvāṭaiyilum āciriyar nakkīraṉār, neṭuñceḻiyaṉ maṉaivi avaṉaip pirintu
varuntiya tuṉpattiṉai virittuc,

"cemmukac ceviliyar kaimmikak kuḻīik

kuṟiyavum neṭiyavum uraipala payiṟṟi

iṉṉē varukuvar iṉtuṇai yōreṉa

mukattavai moḻiyavum ollāḷ mikakkaluḻntu

urōkiṇi niṉaivaṉaḷ nōkki neṭituyarā

māyitaḻ ēntiya malintuvīḻ arippaṉi

cevviral kaṭaikkaṇ certtic cilateṟiyāp

pulampoṭu vatiyum nalaṅkiḷar arivai"

eṉṟu kūṟutaloṭu nappūtaṉār kūṟuvataiyum oppiṭṭu uṇarntukoḷka.

vāṭaikkālattum vēṉiṟkālattum aracarkaḷ pōrmēṟceṉṟu pācaṟaikkaṇ iruppatu

paṇṭaikkālat tamiḻnāṭṭu vaḻakkām eṉṟu āciriyar tolkāppiyaṉār kūṟutaliṉ 1 vēṉiṟ
kālattup

pōrmēṟ ceṉṟa talaivaṉ tirumpi maṉaiyāḷpāl vantu cērtaṟkuriya kārkālat tuvakkattilē

pirivāṟṟiyirunta talaiviyiṉ mullaiyoḻukkattaip poruḷāka vaittu nappūtaṉār
immullaippāṭ

ṭiyaṟṟiṉār. tirumpavuṅ kūtirkālat tuvakkattilē neṭuñceḻiyaṉ taṉ maṉaiyāḷaip pirintu
pōr

mēṟcellat, talaimakaḷ pirivāṟṟātu varuntiya pālaiyeṉṉum akapporuḷ oḻukkattaip
poruḷāka vaittu nakkīraṉār neṭunalvāṭai iyaṟṟiṉāreṉṟu pakuttaṟintukoḷka. vēṉiṟ
kālattiṟ perumpōr tuvaṅki naṭaipeṟukaiyil vēṉil kaḻintu kārkālan
tōṉṟiyatāka irupaṭai makkaḷum akkālaṅ kaḻiyun tuṇaiyum pōr viṭṭiruntu, maṟittuṅ
kūtirkālat toṭakkattilē pōr tuvaṅkuvārākaliṉ, akkālattilē aracar tam maṉaikku mīṇṭu
vantu taṅkip piṉṉaruṅ kūtir kālattilē pōrai naccip pōvatu vaḻakkamākum
eṉka.

iṉi, neṭuñceḻiyaṉ tamiḻil vallavaṉ, ciṟanta koṭaiyāḷi, añcāta pērāṇmai

vāyntavaṉ eṉpatu puṟanāṉūṟṟil avaṉ pāṭiya ' nakutakkaṉarē' eṉṉuñ ceyyuḷāl iṉitu
viḷaṅkalāṉum,

tamiḻppulavar palaraic cērttuvaittut tamiḻai vaḷappaṭuttu vantāṉ eṉpatu
maturaikkāñci mutaliyavaṟṟāl

teritalāṉum ivaṉaiyum ivaṉ kaṟpuṭaimaṉaiviyaiyuñ ciṟappittup pulavarpalar
pāṭiṉāreṉpatu tuṇipu.

aṟṟēl, itil avvaracaṉ peyar collappaṭāmai eṉṉaiyeṉiṉ; akap poruḷoḻukkam payiṉṟu
varukiṉṟa itaṉkaṇ avvāṟu oru talaimakaṉ peyar cuṭṭic collappaṭamāṭṭāteṉpatai
muṉṉarē kāṭṭiṉām. iṅṅaṉamē neṭunalvāṭai yuḷḷun talaivaṉ peyar kuṟittuc
collappaṭāmai kāṇka.

iṉi, icceyyuḷ illōṉ ṟalaivaṉāka vaittup puṉaintu kaṭṭi iyaṟṟappaṭṭateṉa urai

kūṟiṉārumuḷar. pattuppāṭṭu, cilappatikāram mutaliya arumperun tamiḻ nūlkaḷ
eḻutappaṭṭa kālattil

illatu puṉaintu kūṟuṅ kaṭṭuvaḻakkut tamiḻil illai eṉṟaṟku akkālattu iyaṟṟappaṭṭa
nūlkaḷē

cāṉṟāmākaliṉ, avar kūṟiyatu poruntā vurai eṉka. aṟṟāyiṉ, iṟaiyaṉārkaḷaviyaluraiyil illōṉ

talaivaṉāka varum puṉainturai vaḻakkuc collappaṭṭa teṉṉaiyeṉiṉ; aṅṅaṉam aruki
varuvatuñ ceyyuḷ
vaḻakkēyām poyyeṉṟu kaḷaiyappaṭātu eṉṟu aṟivuṟuttaṟ poruṭṭuc collappaṭṭatē
yallāmal, akkālattu aṅṅaṉam nūlceytal uṇṭeṉpatūum ataṉāṟ peṟappaṭṭatillaiyeṉṟoḻika.

ceyyuṭporuḷ nikaḻum iṭam 89 āvatu aṭiyiṟ kāṇka

iṉip, pāṭṭuṭaittalaivi yirukkum iṭam pallāṉ malinta mullainilak kāṭṭil mikavum

aḻakitākak kaṭṭappaṭṭa eḻunilai māṭamākum. pariya maraṅkaḷ neruṅki aṭarntu
taṇniḻal payappavuṅ,

kāṭṭuk kōḻikaḷ pēṭṭuṭaṉuṅ kuñcuṭaṉum mullaikkoṭikaḷ piṇaintu paṭarnta
pantariṉ kīḻc cellavum,

puḷḷiṉaṅkaḷ ceyyum ōcaiyaṉṟi vēṟṟoli viravātu taṉittu mikka eḻiluṭaṉ viḷaṅkum
mullaikkāṭu

kātal iṉpam nukarun talaimakkaṭkuk kaḻiperuñcuvai mikukkuñ ciṟappuṭaimaiyāṟ
paḻaiya nāḷiṟ peruñ celva vaḷam vāyntōr aṅku māḷikai amaittu atil vāḻtal vaḻakkam.

(24 - 79) aṭikāṟuṅ kāṇka

iṉit, talaimakaḷaip pirintu viṉaimuṭikkap pōṉa talaimakaṉ irukkum iṭam: pakaivar

nakarattaic cūḻntu araṇāyirukkum mullaikkāṭṭiṟ pāṭi vīṭākum. muṟkāla
iyaṟkaippaṭi aracar tam

nakarattiṟkuk kāvalāka matil, akaḻi, pālaiveḷi mutaliyavaṟṟai araṇāka amaittalēyaṉṟi,
avaṟṟiṟkum
puṟattē aṭarnta kāṭukaḷaiyuṅ kāvalaraṇāka vaippar. ivvāṟu camaikkappaṭṭa
pakaivaratu kāṭṭiṟ ceṉṟu

pāṭṭuṭaittalaivaṉ pācaṟai yilirukkum iruppuc collappaṭukiṉṟatu.

ceyyuṭporuḷ nikaḻuṅkālam (5 - 6) aṭikaḷaik kāṇka

iṉit, talaimakaḷ mullainilattu māḷikaiyil irukkuṅkālaṅ kārkālattil

mālaippoḻutākum. kārkālattu maḻai poḻinta mullaikkāṉam marañceṭikoṭikaḷil
ilaikaḷ nīrait

tuḷippap, paṟavaikaḷ āṇum peṇṇumāy iṉpam nukarntu kūṭukaḷil oṭuṅkik kiṭappa,
vāṉattiṟ

kariyamukilkaḷ paravi eṅkum mappum māciyumāy iruppa, ataṉoṭu maṅkal mālaiyuñ
cērntu

maḻaikkālattiṉ iruṇṭa iyalpai mikutip paṭuttit tōṉṟum pōtu, taṉiyaḷāy irukkun
talaivikku

āṟṟāmai mikutaluṅ kaṇavaṉ kaṟpitta coṟṟavaṟāmal avaḷ ataṉaip poṟuttu iruttalum,
aṅṅaṉam

iruppōḷukkuk kaḻipēr uvakai tōṉṟat talaivaṉ mīṇṭu varutalum pōlvaṉa ellām icaivāy
naṭaipeṟutaṟku ikkālam peritum ēṟpuṭaittātal kāṇka.

50 āvatu aṭiyaik kāṇka

iṉit, talaimakaṉ pācaṟaivīṭṭil irukkuṅkālam vēṉiṟkālattu iṟuti nāḷil iṭaiyāmam

eṉka. vēṉiṟkālattup pakaivayiṟ pirinta talaimakaṉ, veñcuṭar veppan tīra nālvakaip
paṭaiyum nīrum

niḻalum peṟumporuṭṭuk kāṉyāṟu ōṭum (24 āvatu aṭi) kāṭṭil taṅkip pakaivaroṭu
pōr iyaṟṟuṅ

kālamum atuvēyām eṉka. ippāṭṭil avaṉ perumpāṉmaiyum pōrviṉai muṭittu
avvēṉiṟkālattiṉ kaṭai nāḷ iraviṟ pācaṟaiyil irukkum iruppum, maṟṟaināḷ toṭaṅkuṅ
kārkālattil avviṉaiyiṉai muṟṟum muṭittu iravukaḻiya varunāḷ mālaip poḻutil mīṇṭun
taṉ talaivipāṟ
ceṉṟamaiyuñ collappaṭukiṉṟaṉa. ipporuḷ aṟiyamāṭṭāta nacciṉārkkiṉiyar tolkāppiyap
poruḷatikāra uraiyil talaivaṉ pācaṟaiyiruppuṅ kārkālam uritteṉṟu urai kūṟiṉār; āciriyar
tolkāppiyaṉār, "kūtirvēṉil eṉṟiru pācaṟaik, kātaliṉ
oṉṟiyak kaṇṇiya marapiṉum" eṉpataṉāṟ kuḷir kālattup pācaṟaiyum vēṉiṟkālattup
pācaṟaiyum eṉa iraṇṭē uṭampaṭutalāṉun, talaimakaṭkuk kārkālaṅ kuṟittuvanta
talaimakaṉ atu kaṇṭa vaḷavāṉē tāṉ eṭuttukkoṇṭa viṉai muṭittu mīḷuvāṉ eṉpatu
avarkkum uṭampāṭākalāṉum, icceyyuḷ
ceykiṉṟa nappūtaṉārkkum atuvē karuttākalāṉum, pōrviṉaikku mikavum iṭaiyūṟu
payappatāṉa kārkālattil irupaṭai makkaḷum pōrviṭṭiruttalē ulakaviyaṟkaiyakalāṉum
avar pācaṟaiyiruppiṟkuk kārkālamum uritteṉṟatu poruntāteṉa maṟukka, eṭuttaviṉai
muṭiyātāyiṉ ataṉai iṭaippaṭṭa kārkālattil viṭṭiruntu, tirumpavuṅ kūtirkālattē ataṉait
tuvaṅki nikaḻttuvar eṉṟaṟika.



"kūtir vēṉil eṉṟiru pācaṟaik

kātaliṉ oṉṟik kaṇṇiya marapiṉum" - puṟattiṇaiyiyal 21





7. mullaippāṭṭu

naṉantalai yulakam vaḷaii nēmiyoṭu

valampuri poṟitta mātāṅku taṭakkai

nīrcela nimirnta māal pōlap,

pāṭimiḻ paṉikkaṭal parukivala ṉērpu

kōṭukoṇ ṭeḻunta koṭuñcela veḻili -5

perumpuyal poḻinta ciṟupuṉ mālai,

yaruṅkaṭi mūtūr maruṅkiṟ pōki

yāḻicai yiṉavaṇ ṭārppa nelloṭu

nāḻi koṇṭa naṟuvī mullai

yarumpavi ḻalari tūuykkai toḻutu -10

perumutu peṇṭir viricci niṟpac,

ciṟutāmpu toṭutta pacalaik kaṉṟi

ṉuṟutuya ralamara ṉōkki yāymaka

ṇaṭuṅkucuva lacaitta kaiyaḷ "kaiya

koṭuṅkōṟ kōvalar piṉṉiṉ ṟuyttara -15

viṉṉē varukuvar tāya" reṉpō

ṇaṉṉanar naṉmoḻi kēṭṭaṉa mataṉā

ṉalla nallōr vāyppuṭ, ṭevvar

muṉaikavarntu koṇṭa tiṟaiyar viṉaimuṭittu

varuta ṟalaivar vāyvatu, nīniṉ -20

paruvara levvaṅ kaḷaimā yōyeṉak

kāṭṭavuṅ kāṭṭavuṅ kāṇāḷ, kaluḻciṟantu

pūppō luṇkaṇ pulampumut tuṟaip pak;

kāṉyāṟu taḻīiya vakaṉeṭum puṟaviṟ

cēṇāṟu piṭavamoṭu paimputa lerukki -25

vēṭṭuppuḻai yaruppa māṭṭik kāṭṭa

viṭumuṭ puricai yēmuṟa vaḷaiip

paṭunīrp puṇariyiṟ paranta pāṭi,

yuvalaik kūrai yoḻukiya teruviṟ

kavalai muṟṟaṅ kāva niṉṟa -30

tēmpaṭu kavuḷa ciṟukaṇ yāṉai

yōṅkunilaik karumpoṭu katirmiṭain tiyātta

vayalviḷai yiṉkuḷa kuṇṇātu nutaṟuṭait

tayiṉuḷai maruppiṟṟaṅ kaiyiṭai koṇṭeṉak

kavaimuṭ karuviyiṉ vaṭamoḻi payiṟṟik -35

kallā viṉaiñar kavaḷaṅ kaippak,

kaṟṟōyt tuṭutta paṭivap pārppāṉ

mukkō lacainilai kaṭuppa naṟpō

rōṭā valviṟ ṟūṇi nāṟṟik,

kūṭaṅ kuttik kayiṟuvāṅ kirukkaip -40

pūntalaik kuntaṅ kuttik kiṭukuniraittu

vāṅkuvil laraṇa maraṇamāka,

vēṟupal perumpaṭai nāppaṇ vēṟōr

neṭuṅkāḻk kaṇṭaṅ kōli yakanērpu,

kuṟuntoṭi muṉkaik kūntalañ ciṟupuṟat -45

tiravupakaṟ ceyyun tiṇpiṭi yoḷvāḷ

viravuvarik kacciṟ pūṇṭa maṅkaiyar

neyyumiḻ curaiyar neṭuntirik koḷīik

kaiyamai viḷakka nantutoṟu māṭṭa

neṭunā veṇmaṇi1 niḻattiya2 naṭunā, -50

ḷatiral pūtta vāṭukoṭip paṭāar

citarvara lacaivaḷik kacaivan tāṅkut

tukiṉmuṭittup pōrtta tūṅka lōṅkunaṭaip

perumū tāḷa rēmañ cūḻap,

poḻutaḷan taṟiyum poyyā mākka -55

ṭoḻutukāṇ kaiyar tōṉṟa vāḻtti,

"yeṟinīr vaiyakam velīiya celvōyniṉ

kuṟunīrk kaṉṉa liṉait" teṉṟicaippa,

mattikai vaḷaiiya maṟintuvīṅku ceṟivuṭai

meyppai pukka veruvarun tōṟṟattu -60

valipuṇar yākkai vaṉkaṇ yavaṉar

pulittoṭar viṭṭa puṉaimā ṇalliṟ

ṟirumaṇi viḷakkaṅ kāṭṭit tiṇñā

ṇeḻiṉi vāṅkiya vīraṟaip paḷḷiyu,

ḷuṭampi nuraikku muraiyā nāviṟ -65

paṭampuku milēcca ruḻaiyarāka,

maṇṭamar nacaiyoṭu kaṇpaṭai peṟāa,

teṭutteṟi yeḵkam pāytaliṟ puṇkūrntu

piṭikkaṇa maṟanta vēḻam vēḻattup

pāmpupataip paṉṉa parūukkai tumiyat -70

tēmpāy kaṇṇi navvalan tiruttic

cōṟuvāyt toḻintō ruḷḷiyun, tōṟumipu

vainnuṉaip pakaḻi mūḻkaliṟ cevicāyt

tuṇṇā tuyaṅku mācin tittu

morukai paḷḷi yoṟṟi yorukai -75

muṭiyoṭu kaṭakañ cērtti neṭituniṉaintu

pakaivarc cuṭṭiya paṭaiko ṇōṉvira

ṉakaitāḻ kaṇṇi nalvalan tirutti

yaraciruntu paṉikku muracumuḻaṅku pācaṟai,

yiṉṟuyil vatiyunaṟ kāṇā ṭuyaruḻantu, -80

neṭuñcāṟṟup paṭutta niṟaitapu pulampoṭu

nīṭuniṉaintu tēṟṟiyu mōṭuvaḷai tiruttiyu

maiyal koṇṭu moyyeṉa vuyirttu

mēvuṟu maññaiyi ṉaṭuṅki yiḻainekiḻntu

pāvai viḷakkiṟ parūuccuṭa raḻala -85

viṭañciṟan tuyariya veḻunilai māṭattu

muṭaṅkiṟaic coritaru māttira ḷaruvi

yiṉpa limiḻicai yōrppaṉaḷ kiṭantō,

ḷañcevi niṟaiya vāliṉa, veṉṟupiṟar

vēṇṭupulaṅ kavarnta vīṇṭuperun tānaiyoṭu -90

vicayam velkoṭi yuyar, valaṉērpu

vayirum vaḷaiyu mārppa, vayira

ceṟiyilaik kāyā vañcaṉa malara

muṟiyiṇark koṉṟai naṉpoṉ kālak,

kōṭaṟ kuvimukai yaṅkai yaviḻat, -95

tōṭār tōṉṟi kuruti pūppak,

kāṉa nantiya cennilap peruvaḻi

vāṉam vāytta vāṅkukatir varakiṟ

ṟirimarup piralaiyoṭu māṭamā ṉukaḷa,

vetircel veṇmaḻai poḻiyun tiṅkaḷiṉ -100

mutirkāy vaḷḷiyaṅ kāṭupiṟak koḻiyat

tuṉaipari turakkuñ celaviṉar

viṉaiviḷaṅku neṭuntēr pūṇṭa māvē.



'oṇmaṇi' eṉpatum pāṭam.

'niḻaṟṟiya' eṉavum pāṭam uṇṭu; āṉāl atu poruntātu; ōcaiyaṭaṅkutal eṉap poruḷpaṭum
īṇṭaikku 'niḻattiya' eṉpatē poruttamām. 'niḻaṟṟal' oḷiviṭutaleṉap poruḷpaṭum vēṟu
oru collām.





8. poruṭpākupāṭu

(1-6) kārkālam mālaippoḻutu

kārkālam ippōtutāṉ toṭaṅkiyatākaliṉ kariya mukil mikavum nīraip poḻintatu.

'perum peyal, eṉpatu kārkālat toṭakkattiṟ peyyum mutaṟpeyal, itaṉait 'talaippeyal'
eṉṉuñ

colluvar. iṅṅaṉam mutaṟpeyal poḻintuviṭṭa nāḷiṉ mālaikkālam mutaliya
collappaṭṭatu. talaivaṉ

kuṟittup pōṉa kārkālam vantatu eṉpataṉai aṟinta talaivi avaṉ varukaiyai niṉaintu
mayaṅki iruttalum,

avvāṟu iruppōḷ mayakkantīra avaṉ mīṇṭu varutalum ippāṭṭiṉkaṭ collappaṭutaliṉ,
avaṟṟiṟku icainta mālaippoḻutai mutaliṟ kūṟiṉār eṉṟaṟika.

(7-24) talaimakaḷ taṉimaiyum avaḷatu pirivāṟṟāmaiyum

vēṉiṟkālat toṭakkattilē pakaivayiṟ pirinta taṉ kātalaṉ coṉṉa kārkālam vantum

avaṉ vantilāmaiyiṉ talaimakaḷ peritum āṟṟāḷākiṉṟāḷ. atu kaṇṭu āṇṭiṉ mutirnta peṇṭir
avaḷai āṟṟuvikkum poruṭṭut tam ūrppakkattē yuḷḷa māyōṉ kōyiliṟ pōy nellum
maṇaṅkamaḻum

mullaippūvun tūvi vaṇaṅki naṟcoṟ kēṭpaniṉṟār; niṟpa, aṅkē arukāmaiyilirunta
māṭṭukkoṭṭilil

niṉṟa ōr iṭaippeṇ, pul mēyappōṉa tāy iṉṉum varāmaiyāl cuḻaṉṟu cuḻaṉṟu varuntukiṉṟa
āṉkaṉṟukaḷaip pārttu ' nīṅkaḷ varuntātīrkaḷ, nuṅkaḷ tāymār kōvalarāl ōṭṭappaṭṭu
ippoḻutē vantuviṭuvar' eṉṟu colliya naṟcollai ammutupeṇṭir kēṭṭu vantu, "aṉṉāy!
yāṅkaḷ kēṭṭuvanta
in naṟcollāṉum, niṉ kātalaṉ pōkun taṟuvāyil avaṉ paṭaimaṟavar pākkattilē
kēṭṭuvanta naṟcollāṉum niṉ talaivaṉ tāṉ eṭuttuc ceṉṟa pōrviṉaiyaik kaṭuka muṭittu
ippōtē vantuviṭuvaṉ eṉṟu tuṇikiṉṟōm; ātalāl māyōy! nī varuntātē" eṉṟu am
mutupeṇṭir
palakālum vaṟpuṟutti

āṟṟuvikkavum āṟṟāmal taṉ kaṇkaḷil nīr muttup pōl iṭaiyaṟuntu tuḷippat talaimakaḷ
mikavum

varuntukiṉṟāḷ.

(24-78) pāṭṭiṉ poruṭkāṭci talaimakaṉ pācaṟaiyilirukkum iruppukku māṟukiṉṟatu;

(24-28) pācaṟaiyiṉ amaippu

iṉi, vēṉiṟkālat tuvakkattiṟ pakaimēṟ ceṉṟa talaivaṉ, pakaivar tam nakarattiṟkuk

kāvalāka amaitta akaṉṟa periya kāṭṭiluḷḷa piṭavañ ceṭikaḷaiyum paciya
tūṟukaḷaiyum veṭṭi, vēṭṭuvar

araṇkaḷaiyum aḻittu, muṭkaḷai matilāka vaḷaittuk kaṭalaippōl akalamāṉa pāṭivīṭu
amaittamai

collappaṭukiṉṟatu.

(25-79) pāṭivīṭṭiṉuḷ amaitikaḷun, talaimakaṉuṭaiya uṭampunilai uḷḷa nilaikaḷum

mika nuṇukkamāka eṭuttuc collappaṭukiṉṟaṉa.

iṉi, iṅṅaṉam amaikkappaṭṭa pāṭivīṭṭiṉuḷḷē taḻaikaḷ mēlvēynta kūraikaḷ oḻuṅkāka
irukkun

teruvil nāṟcanti kūṭum muṟṟattilē kāvalāka niṉṟa yāṉai karumpoṭu neruṅkak
kaṭṭiya

neṟkatirkaḷaiyum atimaturat taḻaikaḷaiyum uṇṇāma, avaṟṟiṉāl neṟṟiyait tuṭaittuk
koṇṭuṅ,

kompilē toṅkaviṭṭa tumpikkaiyil avaṟṟaip paṟik koṇṭum niṟṟalāl av yāṉaippākar

tōṭṭiyāṟ kuttiyum vaṭacoṟkaḷāl ataṭṭiyum kavaḷam ūṭṭukiṉṟārkaḷ.

iṉi, appāṭi vīṭṭiṉuṭ palvakaip paṭaikaḷum iruppataṟku amaikkappaṭṭa
araṇkaḷaiyum

avvaraṇkaḷukku iṭaiyil talaimakaṉukku oru taṉivīṭu camaikkappaṭṭataiyuṅ
kūṟukiṉṟār. valiyavillai

nilattiṟ cuṟṟilum ūṉṟi, ampuppuṭṭilai atil toṅkaviṭṭup, piṉ avviṟkaḷai yellāṅ kayiṟṟāl

toṭuttukkaṭṭi vaḷaittuc ceyta irukkaiyil, nīṇṭa kuntaṅkōlkaḷai ūṉṟi, avaṟṟoṭu
paṭalkaḷai

niraittu vaḷaittuc ceyta villaraṇaṅkaḷē cuṟṟukkāvalāka, avaṟṟiṉkaṇ uḷḷa palavēṟu
paṭaikaḷiṉ naṭuvilē, talaivaṉukkeṉṟu palaniṟamuṭaiya matil tiraiyai vaḷaittuc ceyta
vīṭṭiṉ vaippuk kūṟiṉār. ataṉpiṉ aṅṅaṉam vakukkappaṭṭa talaimakaṉirukkaiyil aḻakiya
maṅkaip
paruvattiḷaiya peṇkaḷ kaccilē kaṭṭappaṭṭa tiṇṇiya vāḷiṉai uṭaiyarāy neyyaik
kakkukiṉṟa tirik kuḻāyiṉālē pāvaiyiṉ kaiyil amainta viḷakkiṉcuṭar kuṟaiyuntōṟun
tiriyaik koḷutti erikkiṉṟārkaḷ; kutirai mutaliyaṉa uṟaṅkutaliṉ

avaṟṟiṉ kaḻuttilē kaṭṭappaṭṭa maṇiyiṉ ōcaiyum aṭaṅkip pōṉa naṭuyāmattil
meykkāppāḷar tūkka

mayakkattāl acaintu kāvalākac cuṟṟit tirikiṉṟārkaḷ; iṅṅaṉam naṭuyāmam ātalum,
poḻutu

aḷantaṟivōr talaivaṉ etirē vantuniṉṟu vaṇaṅki vaḻthṭik kaṭārattu nīrilēyiṭṭa
nāḻikaivaṭṭilāṟ

poḻutu ivvaḷavāyiṟṟeṉṟu aṟivikkiṉṟārkaḷ; ataṉaik kēṭṭavuṭaṉ aracaṉ eḻuntu,
yavaṉarkaḷālē

puliccaṅkiliviṭṭu aḻakitāka amaikkappaṭṭa illiṉ uḷḷē viḷakkaṅkāṭṭappaṭac ceṉṟu,
valiya

kayiṟṟāl tiraiyai maṟittu vaḷaiyakkaṭṭi muṉ oṉṟum piṉ oṉṟumāy iraṇṭāka
vakukkappaṭṭa paḷḷi aṟaiyiṟ pōyp paṭukkaiyil amarntirukkiṉṟāṉ; aṅṅaṉan talaivaṉ
paḷḷi koḷḷum uḷḷaṟaiyiṉ muṉtiraikkup puṟattēyuḷḷa veḷiyaṟaiyilē caṭṭaiyiṭṭa
milēccaril ūmaikaḷ
talaivaṉ paḷḷiyaṟaiyaic cūḻntu irukkiṉṟārkaḷ; aracaṉō nāḷaikkuc ceyyavēṇṭum pōriṉai
mika virumpi ataṉāṟ paṭukkaiyil

uṟakkaṅkoḷḷāṉāy muṉ nāṭkaḷil naṭanta pōriṟ puṇpaṭṭa yāṉaikaḷai niṉaintum,
yāṉaiyai veṭṭiyun tamakku veṟṟiyiṉai yuṇṭākkiyum iṟantu pōṉa pōrmaṟavarai
niṉaintum, ampu aḻuntiya varuttattāl tīṉikoḷḷāmal kātaic cāyttuk koṇṭu kalaṅkuṅ
kutiraikaḷai niṉaintum, mikunta irakkam

uṭaiyōṉāy orukaiyai amaḷi mēlvaittu oru kaiyiṉāl muṭiyait tāṅki ivvāṟu nīḷa niṉaintu

irukkiṉṟāṉ.

(72-80) talaivaṉatu veṟṟiyum, avaṉ pācaṟaiyil iṉitu uṟaṅkutalum

iṉi, ivvāṟu muṉṉāḷiravu uṟakkamiṉṟik kavalaiyōṭirunta talaimakaṉ piṉṉāḷiṟ

pakaivaraiyellām veṟṟi kaṇṭu, taṉ valiya viralālē nalla vākai mālaiyiṉaic cūṭikkoṇṭu,
'nāḷai

mālaiyil talaiviyaik kāṇpōm' eṉṉum makiḻcciyiṉāl oru kavalaiyumiṉṟip pakaiyaracar
kēṭṭu

naṭuṅkutaṟkuk karuviyāṉa veṟṟi muracu muḻaṅkun taṉ pācaṟai vīṭṭil iṉitu tuyil
koṇṭirukkiṉṟāṉ.

(80-88) pāṭṭiṉ poruṭkāṭci tuyaramun tēṟutaluṅ kalanta nilaiyiṟ paṭuttuk kiṭakkun

talaimakaḷiṉ mullaikkāṭṭu māḷikaikkut tirumpavum māṟukiṉṟatu.

iṉi, iṅṅaṉam pācaṟaiyil iṉiya uṟakkattilē kiṭakkiṉṟa talaimakaṉait taṉ pakkattilē

kāṇāta talaimakaḷ avaṉiṭattē taṉ neñciṉaip pōkki mika varuntum varuttattāl,
mutupeṇṭir naṟcoṟ

kēṭṭu vantu āṟṟuvikkuñ coṟkaḷaiyuṅ kēḷāmaṟ varuntukiṉṟavaḷ, "iṅṅaṉam āṟṟāmē
varuntiṉāl atu nam perumāṉ kaṟpitta collait tavaṟiyatāy muṭiyuṅkolō" eṉṟu neṭuka
niṉaintu pārttut taṉṉait

tēṟṟik koṇṭuñ, cuḻaṉṟu viḻukiṉṟa vaḷaiyaik kaḻalāmaṟ ceṟittum, āṟṟāmai yuṇarvum
ataṉait

tēṟṟukiṉṟa uṇarvum oṉṟu cērtalāl aṟivu mayaṅkiyum, avvaṟivu mayakkattāṟ
perumūcceṟintu

naṭuṅkiyum, annaṭukkattāl uṭampiṟ ceṟitta aṇikalaṅkaḷ ciṟitu cuḻalap peṟṟum,
ēḻaṭukkumāḷikaiyiṟ

pāvai viḷakku eriyak kūṭalvāyilē maḻai coriyum ōcai kātil viḻa immālaik kālattiṟ

paṭukkaiyiṟ kiṭakkiṉṟāḷ'

(89 - mutal kaṭaicivaraiyil) talaivaṉ mīṇṭu varutalu,m, nāṭṭiṉ maḻaikkālac
ciṟappum

iṉit, talaimakaṉ taṉ māṟṟāraiyellām veṉṟu pakaip pulattaik kavarntu koṇṭa perum

paṭaiyoṭu veṟṟikkoṭiyai uyarattūkki ūtu kompuñ caṅkum muḻaṅkavum,
kācāñceṭikaḷ nīlamalarkaḷaip

pūkkavuṅ, koṉṟai maraṅkaḷ poṉpōl malaravuṅ, kāntaḷ aḻakiya kaipōl viriyavun,
tōṉṟippūc

civappāka alaravum, varakaṅkollaiyil iḷamāṉkaḷ tāviyōṭavuṅ, kārkālattu muṟṟuṅ
kāyiṉaiyuṭaiya

vaḷḷikkāṭu piṉpōkavum mullai nilattilē mīṇṭu varumpōtu, avaṉatu tēriṟ kaṭṭiya
kutirai kaṉaikkum
ōcaiyāṉatu āṟṟik koṇṭu aṅṅaṉaṅ kiṭakkun talaimakaḷ ceviyilē niṟaintu āravārittatu
eṉka.





9. pāṭṭiṉ poruḷ nalam viyattal

kaṭalil mukanta nīraip poḻintu koṇṭē eḻuntu uyarnta kariyamukiliṟku, māvali

vārtta nīr oḻukuṅ kaiyuṭaṉē ōṅki vaḷarnta kariya tirumālai oppumai kūṟiyatu
maṉaṉuṇarviṟku icainta

uvamaiyākap porunti niṟkiṉṟatu. nilattil ūṉṟiya villilē ampuṟāt tuṇiyait

toṅkaviṭṭiruppataṟkup, pārppaṉat tuṟavi kāvikkallil tōytta uṭaiyait taṉatu mukkōliṟ

ṟoṅkaviṭṭiruppatai uvamai kūṟiyatu mikavum poruttamāka virukkiṉṟatu. itaṉāl
ivvāciriyar

tuṟavikaḷiṭattup paḻakkamuṭaiyar eṉpatun, tuṟavoḻukkattil vēṭkaiyuṭaiya reṉpatuṅ
kuṟippāka aṟiyappaṭum.

meykāppāḷar pāṭivīṭṭil iṭaiyāmattilē tūkkamayakkattōṭum acaintu tirital, pūtta

puṉalik koṭi paṭarnta tūṟu vāṭaikkāṟṟil acaivatu pōl irukkiṉṟatu eṉpataṉāluṅ,
kāyāmalar

kaṟuppākavuṅ, koṉṟai poṉṉiṟamākavun, tōṉṟi civappākavum irukkum eṉpataṉālum,
varakaṅ

kollaiyil māṉkaḷ tāvik kutikkiṉṟaṉa, kārkālattil vaḷḷikkiḻaṅku muṟṟiviṭukiṉṟaṉa

eṉpataṉālum, ivar iyaṟkaip poruḷkaḷaik kaṇṭaṟivatilum, avaṟṟait tāṅkaṇṭavāṟē
colvatilun tiṟamai mikkuṭaiyareṉpatu iṉitu viḷaṅkum.

iṉṉum, mutupeṇṭir naṟcoṟ kēṭkumporuṭṭu ūrppakkattē tirumāl kōyiliṟ pōy

nāḻi nellum mullaiyun tūvi vaṇaṅkutaluṅ, kuḷir mikutiyāl tōḷiṟ kaṭṭiya kaiyuṭaṉ
niṟkum ōr

iṭaippeṇ āṉkaṉṟukaṭkut tēṟtal collutaluṅ, kāṭṭilē pāṭivīṭu amaittalum, appāṭi
vīṭṭiṉuḷ

nāṟcanti kūṭum muṟṟattilē yāṉaippākar yāṉaiyaik kuttik kavaḷam ūṭṭutalum, villiṉāl
vaḷaivāka

amaikkappaṭṭa kūṭāraṅkaḷukku iṭaiyilē aracaṉukkeṉṟu vaṇṇattiraiyiṉāl vēṟoru vīṭu

vakukkappaṭṭiruttalum, avvīṭṭiṉ uḷḷē peṇkaḷ palar kaiyil viḷakku ēnti niṟṟaluṅ,
kutirai

mutaliyavaṟṟiṉ kaḻuttiṟ kaṭṭiya maṇiyōcai iravil aṭaṅkiviṭṭatum, meykāppāḷar
aracaṉirukkaiyaic

cuṟṟik kāvalākat tiritalum, poḻutaṟivōr kopparai nīril iṭṭa nāḻikai vaṭṭilaip pārttu
vantu

aracaṉ etirilē iṭaiyāmam āyiṟṟu eṉṟalum, yavaṉarkaḷāṟ puliccaṅkili viṭṭu mika
aḻakiyatāka

vakukkappaṭṭa paḷḷiyaṟaiyuḷ avarkaḷ viḷakkuk kāṭṭac ceṉṟu aracaṉ
paḷḷikoṇṭiruttalum, appōtu ūmai milēccar paḷḷiyaṟaiyaic cuṟṟik kāvalāka iruttalum,
paṭukkaimēl uḷḷa aracaṉ maṟunāṭpōrai virumpum uḷḷattōṭu uṟakkam peṟāṉāy,
muṉṉāṭ pōriṟ puṇpaṭṭa yāṉai
kutiraikaḷaiyuñ ceñcōṟṟuk kaṭaṉ kaḻittu iṟantoḻinta ariya pōrmaṟavaraiyum niṉaintu
varunti oru kaiyai mettaiyiṉ mēlum maṟṟu oru kaiyait talaiyiṉ kīḻum vaittup
paṭuttiruttalum, talaimakaḷ ēḻaṭukku māḷikaiyil taṉ kaṇavaṉ varukaiyai niṉaintu
piriviṉ
tuṉpattai āṟṟik koṇṭu pāvaiyiṉ kaiyiluḷḷa viḷakkāṉatu eriya māḷikaiyiṉ kūṭalvāyililē
vantuviḻum nīrttiraḷ olippa mayilpōṟ paṭuttiruttalum, appōtu talaivaṉ taṉṟēriṉai
viraivākac celuttik koṇṭu kāṭṭilē varutalum nām nērē kāṇkiṉṟatu
pōlavum, ōviyam eḻuti naṅkaṇṇetirē kāṭṭukiṉṟatu pōlavum mikka aḻakuṭaṉ
collappaṭutal kāṇka.

iṉi, iv vāciriyar tām puṉainturaikkum poruḷkaḷiṉ uḷḷē nuḻaintu avaṟṟai

virivākap puṉainturaikkiṉṟā reṉpatum īṇṭu aṟiyaṟpāṟṟu; ivviyaṟkai pattuppāṭṭukkaḷ
iyaṟṟiya

pulavar ellāriṭattum potuvākak kāṇappaṭuvatoṉṟākum. āyiṉum, ivaraiyoḻinta
ēṉaippulava rellarum

nam uḷḷattiṉ kaṟpaṉaiyuṇarvu taḷarvaṭaiyā vaṇṇam virittup puṉaintu collutaṟku
icainta naṉporuḷkaḷaiyē

viritturaikkiṉṟaṉar ; maṟṟu ivarō puṉainturai virippatāṟ cuvaippaṭāta ōrovoṉṟiṉaiyuñ
ciṟitu

akalavirittuk kūṟukiṉṟār ; pāṭivīṭu amaikkappaṭṭa taṉmaiyiṉai ivar iṉṉuñ curukkik
kūṟiyiruntāl

ip pāṭṭu iṉṉum poruṭcuvai mutirntu viḷaṅkum. tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai mutalāṉa
ēṉaic cila pāṭṭukkaḷukku

im mullaippāṭṭu ivvāṟṟāl oru ciṟitu tāḻntatupōlumeṉa avai tammai oppu nōkkik
kaṟpārkku

orukāṟ ṟōṉṟiṉun tōṉṟum. eṉṟālum ip pāṭṭiṉkaṭ kaṇṭa poruṭkōvai niṉaikkuntōṟum
iṉpam

payakkum viḻuppam vāyntu miḷirkiṉṟamai kāṇmiṉ!




10. pāvum pāṭṭiṉ naṭaiyum

iṉi, ic ceyyuḷ nēricai akavaṟpāvāṟ ceyyappaṭṭatoṉṟām. itil ovvōr aṭiyum

nāṉku cīrkaḷāṉ vakukkappaṭuvaṉa; ovvoru cīrum iraṇṭu acaikkuk kuṟaiyāmalum
mūṉṟacaikku mēṟpaṭāmalum varum; pulavaṉ tāṉ karutiya arumporuḷkaḷaiyellām
varuttamiṉṟi eḷitāka veḷiyiṭutaṟku iv vakavaṟpāviṉum icaivāṉatu piṟitillai. etukai
yiṉpamum
mōṉaiyiṉpamun tōṉṟa iyaintu niṟkuñ

coṟkaḷ maṟṟai moḻikaḷiṟ pōlātu tamiḻil mikap perukiyiruntālum, av vetukainayam

mōṉainayaṅkaḷaiyē peritum nōkkātu paḻaiya tamiḻp pulavarkaḷellārum poruḷ
ceṉṟavaḻiyē coṟkaḷ toṭarkaḷ nirampac ceyyuṭkaḷ palavum iyaṟṟuvārāyiṉar.
poruḷoḻuṅku mutirat taṅ karuttukkaḷai iṇakki vaittuc cellumpōtu āṅkāṅku
iṭarppāṭiṉṟi
eḷiyavāyt tōṉṟum etukai mōṉaikaḷaiyē amaippar; etukai mōṉaikaḷukku ēṟpap poruḷ
poruttuvārallar.

piṟkālattil akavaṟpāp pāṭiṉa pulavar perumpālum ovvōraṭiyilum mutaṟcīrum
mūṉṟāñ

cīrum etukai poruntat toṭuttārkaḷ; cilar ivviraṇṭu aṭikaḷ mutaṟcīr etukai
iṇaiyakkoḷuviṉar.

avar ceyta appāṭṭukkaḷ ellām mutaliliruntu iṟuti varaiyil orē ōcaiyāy naṭantu
kēṭpōrkku

veṟuppuṇarviṉait tōṟṟuviyā niṟkiṉṟaṉa.

maṟṟup, paṇṭaikkālattup pulavariṉ akavaṟ pāṭṭukkaḷō poruḷ iyaipukku iṇaṅka ōcai
māṟi

māṟi naṭantu kēṭpārkkuk kaḻipēr uvappuṇarviṉaip payantu niṟkiṉṟaṉa. iv vāciriyar
nappūtaṉār,

cila aṭikaḷil mutaṟcīrum mūṉṟāñcīrum etukai poruntavaittum, vēṟucilavaṟṟil
mutalum nāṉkum etukai

poruntac ceytum, maṟṟuñ cilaaṭikaḷ iraṇṭaṭiyāy mutaṟcīril avvāṟu etukai poruntak
koḷuviyum,

piṉṉuñ cilavaṟṟil atutāṉumillāmal yāttum ippāṭṭiṉaip palavakaiyāl ōcaiyiṉpam māṟi
māṟi varat

toṭuttār. iṉṉum āṅkāṅku amaikkappaṭum poruḷkaḷukku iṇaṅka aṭikaḷ
metuvākavum, viraivākavum,

iṭaiyiṭaiyē teṟṟuppaṭṭuñ celkiṉṟatu; pāṭivīṭu iyaṟṟum iṭattilmōcai teṟṟuppaṭṭuc
celkiṉṟatu;

aracaṉ pācaṟaiyiṉuḷ irukkum nilaiyaic collumiṭattu ōcai metuvāka naṭakkiṉṟatu; avaṉ
mīṇṭu viraintu varumiṭattu viraintu pōkiṉṟatu. ivaiyellām aṟivu oruṅki ārāyntu
uṇarntukoḷka.

iṉi, ip pāṭṭiṉuḷiṉ iṭaiccoṟkaḷaiyum vēṟṟumaiyurupukaḷaiyum nīkki eṇṇappaṭṭa
coṟkaḷ

ciṟitēṟakkuṟaiya ainnūṟu coṟkaḷākum; ivaṟṟuḷ muṉvanta collē piṉṉum varumāyiṉ
piṉvantatu

eṇṇappaṭavillai. iv vainnūṟu coṟkaḷuḷ 'nēmi' 'kōvalar' 'paṭivam' 'kaṇṭam' 'paṭam'
'kaṇam'

'cintittu' 'vicayam' 'añcaṉam' eṉṉum oṉpatum vaṭacoṟkaḷ ; 'yavaṉar' 'milēccar'
iraṇṭum

ticaiccoṟkaḷ. āka itaṉuṭ kāṇappaṭṭa piṟamoḻic coṟkaḷ patiṉoṉṟētām. eṉavē ip
pāṭṭiṉuḷ

nūṟṟukku iraṇṭu viḻukkāṭu piṟacoṟkaḷ pukuntaṉa eṉṟaṟika; ēṉaiya vellān taṉic
centamiḻc

coṟkaḷākum.

iṉi, im mullaippāṭṭai ēṉai oṉpatu pāṭṭukkaḷōṭum oppavaittu nōkkuṅkāl, iḵtu

ēṉaiyavaṟṟaippōl mika uyarnta tīñcuvai naṭaiyiṉatākak kāṇappaṭavillai yeṉpatu
tōṉṟukiṉṟatu.

porunarāṟṟuppaṭaiyil vanta,

"turāay tuṟṟiya turuvaiyam puḻukkiṉ

parārai vēvai parukeṉat taṇṭik

kāḻiṟ cuṭṭa kōḻūṉ koḻuṅkuṟai"



eṉṉum aṭikaḷiṉ tēṉoḻukum ariyanaṭai pōlāvatu, maturaikkāñciyiṟ pōnta,



"maḻaitoḻi lutava mātiraṅ koḻukka

āḻnta kuḻumpil tirumaṇi kiḷara
eḻunta kaṭaṟṟiṉ naṉpoṉ koḻippa"



eṉṉum aṭikaḷiṉ tēṉoḻukum ariyanaṭai pōlāvatu iḻumeṉ ōcaiyuṭaṉ tittippāka
eḻutappaṭṭa

ōraṭiyaiyāvatu im mullaippāṭṭiṟ kāṇṭal aritu; iḵtu ēṉaiyavaṟṟai nōkkap perumpālum
eṅkum valleṉṟa ōcaiyuṭaiyatāyirukkiṉṟatu. ēṉaip pāṭṭukkaḷiṟ pōlac colliṉ koḻumai
itaṉkaṇ mika mutirntu tōṉṟāmaiyiṉ, itu taṉṉaik kaṟpārkku ēṉaiyapōl mikka
colliṉpam payavāteṉṟu karutukiṉṟōm. ippāṭṭiṉ naṭaiyiṉāl itaṉai yiyaṟṟiya āciriyar
nappūtaṉār tuṟavoḻukkamum, valleṉṟa iyalpum, aṟivāḻamum, mikka
maṉavamaitiyum uṭaiyareṉpatu kuṟippāka aṟiyappaṭum; kāṭṭiṭattaiyum, maḻai

kālattaiyun, talaivi taṉimaiyaiyum poruḷākak koṇṭu icceyyuḷ yattamaiyāṉun, tuṟavōr
karuvikaḷai

uvamai eṭuttukkāṭṭutalāṉum avaiyē ivar taṉmaiyāmeṉpatu teḷiyappaṭum.

ippāṭṭiṉkaṭ kāṇappaṭṭa paṇṭaikkālat tamiḻariṉ vaḻakkavoḻukka varalāṟṟuk
kuṟippukaḷ

iṉi, ippāṭṭiṉāṟ paṇṭaikkālat tamiḻariṉ vaḻakka oḻukkaṅkaḷ cila aṟiyappaṭukiṉṟaṉa.

iṉi nikaḻum nikaḻccikaḷai nimittaṅ kēṭṭu aṟiyalām eṉṟu nampiṉar. pakaivar
mēṟceṉṟa aracar

kāṭṭiṟ pāṭivīṭu amaippatu vaḻakkam. yāṉaippākar yāṉaikaḷai vaṭanāṭṭuc coṟkaḷāṟ
paḻakki vantaṉar.

aracaṉ pōrmēṟ cellum pōtu peṇkaḷum vāḷvarinta kaccuṭaṉē kūṭacceṉṟu pāṭivīṭṭil
avaṉai ōmpiṉar. peṇmakkaḷ iṅṅaṉam aracarōṭu uṭaṉ ceṉṟu avaṉukkup paṇipurital
muṟkālat tuṇṭeṉpatu vaṭamoḻiyiṟ kāḷitācar iyaṟṟiya cākuntala naṭakattāṉum
aṟiyappaṭum. kaṭārattu
nīrilē iṭṭa nāḻikaivaṭṭilāṟ poḻutu aṟintu vantaṉar. kirīcu mutalāṉa ayal
nāṭukaḷiluḷḷa yavaṉar eṉṉuṅ kammarkaḷai varavaḻaittu arumaimikka pala
kammavēlaikaḷ ceytu vantaṉar. ivvāṟē cīvakacintāmaṇiyilun "tampulaṉkaḷāl yavaṉar
tāṭpaṭutta poṟiyē" eṉṟu ivarkaḷ
kuṟippiṭappaṭṭamai kāṇka. milēcca tēyattiluḷḷa ūmaikaḷai

varuvittut, tamiḻa aracar tam paḷḷiyaṟai avarkaḷaik kāvalāka iruttiṉar; ūmaikaḷ allārai
aṅku

vaippiṉ aracaṉ palḷiyaṟaikkaṇṇavāṉa maṟaiporuḷ nikaḻccikaḷai avarkaḷ
veḷiyiṭuvareṉavum,

oruvarōṭoruvar ciṟcila poḻutu kūṭi muṇumuṇuveṉṟu pēcutaluñ ceyvārātalāl ataṉāl
aracaṉ tuyil keṭuvumeṉavuṅ karutippōlum ūmaikaḷ aṅṅaṉam paḷḷiyaṟaik kāvalarāka
iruttappaṭuvārāyiṉar! iṉṉum ēḻaṭukku māḷikai mutaliya uyarnta kaṭṭiṭaṅkaḷum,
iṉpam nukartaṟkuriya
palavakaiyāṉa arumpaṇṭaṅkaḷum, yāṉai tēr kutirai kālāḷ mutalāṉa nālvakaip
paṭaikaḷum piṟavaḷaṅkaḷum paḻantamiḻnāṭṭu maṉṉar uṭaiyarāy iruntaṉareṉpatum
piṟavum ippāṭṭiṉāl iṉitu viḷaṅkukiṉṟaṉa.


11. viḷakka uraikkuṟippukaḷ


im mullaippāṭṭiṟku urai eḻutiya nacciṉārkkiṉiyar ippāṭṭuc ceṉṟavaḻiyē urai

uraiyāmal, tam uraikkiṇaṅkap pāṭṭai iṇakkuvāṉ pukuntu tamakku vēṇṭiyavāṟellāñ
coṟkaḷai

alaitteṭuttu ōr urai eḻutukiṉṟār. iṅṅaṉam eṭuttu urai eḻutuvaṉavellām 'māṭṭu' eṉṉum

ilakkaṇamāmeṉa ataṉiyalpaip piṟaḻa uṇarntu vaḻuviṉā reṉpataṉai muṉṉarē kāṭṭiṉām;
āṇṭuk kaṇṭu koḷka. iṉi iṅku avar uraiyiṉai āṅkāṅku maṟuttuc ceyyuṭporuḷ neṟip
paṭṭoḻukum iyaṟkai naṉmuṟai kaṭaippiṭittu, vēṟoru putturai viḷaṅkum vaṇṇañ cila
uraikkuṟippukkaḷ
tarukiṉṟōm.

(1-6 aṭikaḷ) periya kaiyilē nīr oḻuka nimirnta tirumālaippōla, ulakattai

vaḷaittuk kaṭalnīraip paruki valamāka eḻuntu malaimukaṭukaḷil taṅki eḻunta mukil
mutaṟpeyalaip poḻinta

mālaikkālam eṉka.

kariya niṟam paṟṟiyum, ulakamellām vaḷainta toḻil paṟṟiyum, nīr oḻukā niṟpa

nimirntamai paṟṟiyun tirumālai mukiliṟku uvamai kūṟiṉār. māvali vārtta nīr
kaikaḷiṉiṉṟu oḻukat

tirumāl nimirntatupōla, nīraic corintu koṇṭē uyarnta mukil eṉṟu uraikka.

naṉantalai - akaṉṟa iṭam. nēmi - cakkaram. valampuri poṟitta - valampuric caṅkai

vaitta; "valampuri poṟitta vaṇkai matavali" eṉṟār cīvakacintāmaṇiyilum. 'mātāṅku'
eṉpataṉai

'māl' eṉpataṉoṭu kūṭṭit 'tirumakaḷai mārpil tāṅkum māl' eṉṟu poruḷuraikka.
taṭakkai -

periyakai; "taṭavuṅ kayavum naḷiyum perumai" tol - uriyiyal. 24. pāṭuimiḻ
paṉikkaṭal - oli

muḻaṅkuṅ kuḷirnta kaṭal. koṭuñcelavu - viraintu pōtal. ciṟupuṉmālai - pirintārkkut
tuṉpam

vilaikkuñ ciṟu poḻutāṉa mālai.

(7-11) ūrppakkattē pōy nellum malarun tūvik kaiyāṟṟoḻutu peritumutirnta makaḷir

naṟcoṟ kēṭṭuniṟpa eṉka.

aruṅkaṭi mūtūr - pakaivar aṇukutaṟkariya kāval amainta paḻaiya ūr. yāḻicai iṉa vaṇṭu
ārppa

- yāḻiṉ narampolipōl olikkum ōriṉamāṉa vaṇṭukaḷ āravārikka; ivai tūvum mullai
malaṟṟēṉai

nacci vantaṉa. nāḻikoṇṭa - nāḻi eṉṉum mukantaḷakkuṅ karuviyiṉ uṭpeyta. naṟuvī -
naṉmaṇaṅ kamaḻum

malar. mullai - mullaikkoṭi. arumpu aviḻalari - arumpu virinta malar. " neṉṉī
reṟintu

viricci yōrkkuñ, cemmutu peṇṭir" eṉṟār puṟattilum, 280

(12-17) aṅṅaṉam avar niṟkiṉṟavaḷaviṟ paciya kaṉṟiṉ varuttam mikka cuḻalutalai

nōkkiya ōr iṭaippeṇ: 'kōvalar piṉṉē niṉṟu celutta ummuṭaiya tāymār ippōtē
varukuvar'

eṉṟu colvōḷuṭaiya naṟcollaik kēṭṭaṉam eṉka.

putitu īṉṟa kaṉṟu ātalāṟ 'pacalaikkaṉṟu' eṉṟār; 'pacalai' pacumai eṉṉum paṇpaṭiyiṟ

piṟantu kuḻavit taṉmaiyai yuṇarttiṟṟu, mika iḷaiya kaṉṟu eṉṟapaṭi; "pacalai nilaviṉ"
eṉṟār

puṟattilum(392); nacciṉārkkiṉiyar 'varuttatta yuṭaittākiya kaṉṟu' eṉṟatu kūṟiyatu
kūṟalākum. uṟu

tuyar - pāluṇṇāmaiyāl uṟṟa tuṉpam.

naṭuṅku cuvalacaitta kaiyaḷ - kuḷirāl naṭuṅkun tōḷkaḷiṉ mēṟ kaṭṭiṉa kaiyaḷāy.
kaiya -

kaiyiṟ piṭitta, koṭuṅkōl - varuttukiṉṟa tāṟṟukkōl. naṉṉar naṉmoḻi - naṉṟākiya

nallamoḻi, naṉmaip poruḷaiyuṇarttum naṉṉar nal eṉṉuñ coṟkaḷ iruṅku vantamai
"oruporu ḷirucoṟ pirivila varaiyār" eṉṟu āciriyar tolkāppiyaṉār
kūṟiyavāṟṟāṉamakkappaṭum. (col, eccaviyal, 64)

(18) ataṉālum, niṉ talaivaṉ, paṭaittalaivar tāñ cellumuṉṉē naṟcoṟ kēṭpōr

kēṭṭuvanta nimittac coṟkaḷum naṉṟāyiruntaṉavātalālum eṉka.

nallōr - paṭaiyuḷ naṟcoṟkēṭṭataṟ kuriyōr. vāyppuḷ - vāyiṟpiṟanta

nimittaccol.

perumutu peṇṭir tāṅkēṭṭuvanta naṟcoṟ kūṟit talaimakaḷai āṟṟuvikkumiṭattut,
talaimakaṉ

ceṉṟakkāl nikaḻnta naṉṉimittattiṉaiyum uṭaṉ eṭuttukkāṭṭi vaṟpuṟuttukiṉṟār eṉpatu
ivvaṭiyiṉāl

iṉitu peṟappaṭukiṉṟatu. pakaivaratu maṇkoḷḷac celkiṉṟa vēntaṉ paṭaittalaivar iṅṅaṉam
oru pākkattilē viṭṭiruntu viricci kēṭpareṉpatu āciriyar tolkāppiyaṉārāṟ
collappaṭṭatu. ipporuḷ

ivvaṭiyiṉāl iṉitu peṟappaṭuvatākavum, itaṉai uṇarāta nacciṉārkkiṉiyar 18 āvatu
aṭiyiluḷḷa '

nallōr' eṉpataṉai 7 āvatu aṭiyiluḷḷa 'pōki' eṉṉum viṉaiyoṭu kūṭṭi iṭarppaṭṭum ip
poruḷē

kūṟiṉār; aṅṅaṉam iṭarppaṭṭuk kūṭṭip poruḷuraikkum vaḻip, perumutu peṇṭir
viricci kēṭṭaporuḷ

avarāl uraiyiṉṟi viṭappaṭṭatu. talaimakaṉ kuṟittuppōṉa kārpparuva varaviṉaik kaṇṭu
āṟṟāḷāṉa

talaimakaḷai āṟṟuvittaṟ poruṭṭup perumutu peṇṭirum viricci kēṭṭuvantu
āṟṟuvikkiṉṟār eṉpatu

nappūtaṉār karuttākalāṉum, mēleṭuttuc cellum vēntaṉ paṭaittalaivar maṭṭumē
viricci kēṭṭataṟku

uriyōr, ēṉaiyōr uriyarallar eṉpatu tolkāppiyaṉārkkuk karuttaṉ ṟākalāṉum, yāṅkūṟum

poruḷāṟ perumutu peṇṭir viricci kēṭṭalum paṭaittalaivar vāyppukaḷum iṉitu
peṟappaṭuvatāka avar

uraiyāṟ paṭaittalaivar kēṭṭa naṉṉimittam oṉṟumē valintu koḷḷappaṭutalāṉum
nacciṉārkkiṉiyarurai

pōliyuraiyā meṉṟu maṟukka.

(19-23) 'niṉṟalaivaṉ pakaivar iṭamellān tiṟaipporuḷākak kavarntu koṇṭu, iṅṅaṉan

tāṉ eṭutta pōrviṉaiyai iṉitu muṭittu viraivil varutal uṇmaiyēyām; māyōy! nī niṉ
tuyarattai

vilakku' eṉṟu avar vaṟpuṟuppavun talaimakaḷ āṟṟāḷāyk kaluḻccimikkuk
kuvaḷaippūviṉ itaḻai otta

kaṇṇilē muttumuttāy nīr tuḷippa varunti eṉka.

iṉi, iṅku ivvāṟu urai kūṟutalai nacciṉārkkiṉiyar maṟukkiṉṟār. avar kūṟiya

maṟuppiṉ poruḷ varumāṟu : - mullai eṉpatu katalaṉaip pirinta kātali avaṉ
varuntuṇaiyum āṟṟiyirukkum oḻukkamākum. nappūtaṉār itaṟku 'mullaippāṭṭu' eṉṟu
peyaramaittamaiyāl itaṉkaṇ avvoḻukkamē kūṟappaṭutal vēṇṭum; itaṟku vēṟākat
talaivi āṟṟāmal varuntiṉāḷ eṉṟal neytal eṉṉum
iraṅkal oḻukkamām. ākaliṉ, iv viraṅkal oḻukkam pōtarap poruḷuraittal nūlāciriyar
karuttoṭu muraṇumākaliṉ ip pāṭṭukku nērē poruḷ kūṟutalākātu; eṉṟu collip
poṟcarikai piṉṉiya naṟpaṭṭāṭaiyiṉait tuṇṭu tuṇṭākak kiḻittuc cērttut taittu
avampaṭuvār
pōlac, ceyyuṭ

coṟṟoṭarkaḷai oru muṟaiyumiṉṟit tuṇittut tuṇittut tām vēṇṭiyavāṟu cērttup piṉṉi urai

varaikiṉṟār.

iṉi, avar nikaḻttiya taṭaiyiṉaip pōkkiyuraikkiṉṟām. vēṉiṟkālat toṭakkattil

talaivaṉ tāṉ piriyumpōtu 'yāṉ kārkālan tuvaṅkutalum mīṇṭu vantu niṉṉuṭaṉ iruppēṉ;
eṉ āruyirp pāvāy! nī atukāṟum nam pirivāṟṟāmaiyāl nikaḻun tuyaraip poṟuttiruttal
vēṇṭum' eṉṟu

kaṟpittavaṇṇamē, āṟṟiyirunta talaimakaḷ avaṉ kuṟitta kārpparuvam varakkaṇṭum
avaṉ vantilāmaiyiṟ

peritum āṟṟāḷāyiṉaḷ; iḵtulaka iyaṟkai. iṅṅaṉam āṟṟāḷākiṉṟamai kaṇṭa perumutu peṇṭir
viricci

kēṭṭu vantu vaṟpuṟuppavum āṟṟātu varuntun talaivi piṉ ' nām iṅṅaṉam āṟṟāmai
varuntukiṉṟatu kaṇavaṉ

kaṟpitta collait tavaṟiyatāy muṭiyum' eṉṟu neṭuka niṉaintu pārttu 'avar
varuntuṇaiyum nām āṟṟutalē ceyaṟpālatu.' eṉṟu taṉṉait tēṟṟik koṇṭu kiṭantāḷ eṉpatu
82 āvatu aṭi mutal naṉkeṭuttuk kūṟappaṭutaliṉ, ippāṭṭiṉkaṇ mullai yoḻukkamē
viḷakkamākac collappaṭṭateṉpatu
aṟivuṭaiyārkkellām iṉitu viḷaṅkik kiṭantatu. aṟṟaṉṟu, mullaiyoḻukkamē payiṉṟu
varum ippāṭṭiṉkaṭ "pūppōl uṇkaṇ pulampu muttuṟaippa" eṉṉum iraṅkaṟkuriya
aḻukaiyiṉaik kūṟutal poruntātām piṟaveṉiṉ; naṉṟu kaṭāyiṉāy, muṉṉum piṉṉumellām
mullaiyoḻukkamē
toṭarntu varum icceyyuḷiṉ akattu iṭaiyē tōṉṟiya avviraṅkaṟ poruḷ paṟṟi īṇṭaikku
varakkaṭavatām iḻukku oṉṟumillai; muḻuvatūun toṭarntu avviraṅkaṟporuḷ
varumāyiṉaṉṟē atu kuṟṟamām. allatūuṅ, kuṟiñci, pālai, marutam, mullai mutalāṉa
oḻukkaṅkaḷ naṭaipeṟuṅkālellām
iṭaiiṭaiyē talaivi māṭṭu āṟṟāmai tōṉṟum eṉpatūum, aṅṅaṉan tōṉṟum avvāṟṟāmai
ellām neytal oḻukkamātal illai eṉpatūum 'akanāṉūṟu', 'kalittokai' mutaliya paṇṭai
nūlkaḷilellāṅ kāṇak kiṭattaliṉ, immullaippāṭṭiṉiṭaiyē vanta avvaṭipaṟṟi īṇṭaik
kāvatoru
kuṟṟamumillaiyeṉa viṭukka. āṟṟuvippār yārumiṉṟit taṉiyaḷāyiruntu kaṭalai nōkkiyuṅ
kāṉalai nōkkiyun talaivi iraṅkutalum, piṟar uḷvaḻi avarōṭu iraṅkik kūṟutalum,
ceytaloḻukkamām eṉpatu tollāciriyar nūlakaḷiṟ kāṇka 1 āṟṟuvippār uḷvaḻi yellām
nikaḻum āṟṟāmai 'ṉeytal' āvatillai yākaliṉ, ippāṭṭiṉ kaṇṇuṅ kaṇavaṉ kūṟiya collum
perumutu peṇṭirum āṟṟuvittaṟ kāraṇamāy niṟpat talaivimāṭṭut tōṉṟiya āṟṟāmai
iṭaiyē vaittu moḻiyappaṭṭatākaliṉ, itu neytaṟ ṟiṇaiyātal oru ciṟitum poruntāmaiyiṉ
nacciṉārkkiṉiyar nikaḻttiya maṟuppup pōliyāmeṉṟu oḻika.

paruvaral - tuṉpam, tuyaram, evvam - varuttam. māyōḷ - veḷiṟit taḷukkāka miḷiruṅ

kariyaniṟam uṭaiyavaḷ; "māyōḷ muṉkai yāytoṭi" eṉṉum porunarāṟṟuppaṭai
yaṭiyuraiyilum ipporuḷē kāṇka. kaluḻcci - aḻukai. pulampu - taṉimai; atu taṉittaṉiyē
iṭaiyaṟṟu viḻuṅ kaṇṇīrt tuḷimēl niṉṟatu; iccol ipporuṭṭātal "pulampē taṉimai" eṉṉun
tolkāppiyac cūttirattāl aṟika.

(24-28) mēl eṭuttuc ceṉṟa vēntaṉ paṭaittalaivar pakaippulattiṟku araṇāy amainta

mullaikkāṭṭilē piṭavañceṭikaḷaiyum paciya tūṟukaḷaiyum aḻittu, aṅkuḷḷa vēṭariṉ
kāvaṟ kōṭṭaikaḷaiyum aḻittu, muḷḷālē matil vaḷaittu akalamāyc camaitta pācaṟai
eṉka.

iṉkē pakaiyaracaṉ pāṭivīṭṭil irukkum iruppum, eṭuttuc ceṉṟa vēntaṉ pāṭivīṭṭil
irukkum

iruppumāka iraṇṭu pācaṟaiyamaippu itaṉkaṭ collappaṭṭateṉakkoṇṭu cila eḻutiṉārum
uḷar.

nacciṉārkkiṉiyar uraiyilātal nappūtaṉār pāṭṭilātal aṅṅaṉam iruvakaip pācaṟaiyiruppuc
collappaṭṭa tillāmaiyāl avar kūṟiyatu poruntāvuraiyām eṉka.

kāṉyāṟu taḻīiya akal neṭumpuṟavu - kāṭṭiyāṟu cūḻnta akaṉṟu nīṇṭa mullaikkāṭu.
cēṇnāṟu

- nīḷamaṇaṅkamaḻum; iv aṭai moḻiyaip 'paimputal' eṉpataṉoṭu kūṭṭiyumuraittal
ām. erukki -

aḻittu. puḻai aruppam - vāyil amainta kōṭṭai, 'iṭumuṭpuricai' muḷ iṭu puricai eṉa
māṟṟuka;

kāṭṭa - kāṭṭiṉ kaṇ uḷḷa, itu muḷḷukku aṭai; puricai - matil. 'ēmamuṟu'
iṭaikkuṟaittu ēmuṟu
eṉavāyiṉa; ēmam - kāval. paṭunīrppuṇari - olikkiṉṟa nīraiyuṭaiya kaṭal.

(29-36) ippācaṟaiyiṉ uḷḷuḷḷa terukkaḷiṉ nāṟcanti kūṭum muṟṟattiṟ kāvalāka niṉṟa

matayāṉai, karumpoṭu katirum neruṅkak kaṭṭiya atimaturat taḻaiyiṉai uṇṇāmal,
avaṟṟāl taṉatu

neṟṟiyait tuṭaittuk kompilē toṅkaviṭṭa taṉ puḻaikkaiyilē koṇṭu niṉṟatākap pākar

parikkōliṉāṟ kutti vaṭacoṟpalkāṟ kūṟik kavaḷam ūṭṭa eṉka.

uvalaik kūrai - taḻaikaḷ vēynta kūrai ; pāṭi vīṭṭil maṟavar iruttaṟkāka aṟai aṟaiyāka

vakuttu mēlē taḻaikaḷ vēyntiṭappaṭṭa kūraikaḷ ivai. oḻukiya teru - iṅṅaṉam
vakukkappaṭṭa kūraikaḷ

oḻuṅkāka irukkum terukkaḷ. kavalai - nāṟcanti kūṭum iṭam. pāṭiyiṉuṭ pukuvār
ivviṭattiluḷḷa

muṟṟattiṉkaṇ vantē pācaṟaiyiluḷḷa terukkaḷukkup pōkal vēṇṭutaliṉ, iṅkē yāṉai
kāvalāka

niṟuttappaṭṭatu. tēmpaṭu kavuḷa - matanīr oḻukuṅ kaṉṉattiṉaiyuṭaiya. ōṅkunilaik
karumpu - uyarntu vaḷarntu

niṟṟalaiyuṭaiya karumpu. katir miṭaintu yātta - neṟkatirkaḷai neruṅkap potintu
kaṭṭiya. vayal viḷai

- vayalil viḷainta. iṉkuḷaku - atimaturat taḻai. ayilnuṉai - kūriya muṉai. kavaimuḷ
karuvi - kavartta

allatu piḷappāṉa muḷḷuḷḷa parikkōl. kallā iḷaiñar - yāṉai paḻakkuñ coṟkaḷaiyaṉṟi vēṟu

vaṭacoṟkaḷaik kallāta iḷaiñar. kaippa - ūṭṭa.

(37-44) tuṟavōṉ taṉatu mukkōlai nāṭṭi ataṉkaṭ kāviyuṭaiyait toṅkaviṭṭu

vaittāṟpōlap, pōriṟ piṉṉiṭāmaikku ētuvāṉa valiya villil tūṇiyait toṅkaviṭṭup piṉ

avviṟkaḷai yellām paṭaṅkukkāka ūṉṟip, piṉṉar avai tammai yellāṅ kayiṟṟāl vaḷaittuk
kaṭṭic

ceyta irukkaiyiṟ kuntaṅkōlkaḷai naṭṭu, avaṟṟoṭu paṭalkaḷai varicaiyākap piṇaittu,
ivvāṟu iyaṟṟiya vaḷainta villālāṉa araṇamē tamakkuk kāvaliṭamāka amainta
vēṟuvēṟāṉa palperum paṭaikaḷiṉ naṭuvil, nīṇṭa kuttuk kōlkaḷōṭu cērttuc ceyta
palaniṟam
vāynta matiṭṭiraiyai vaḷaittu vēṟōr uḷvīṭu aracaṉukku eṉṟu ellōrum uṭaṉpaṭṭuc
ceytu eṉka.

kal - kāvikkal. kaltōyttu uṭutta - tukilaik kāvikkaṟ cāyattil tōyttu. paṭivam

- tavavēṭam; "palpukaḻ niṟutta paṭimaiyōṉē" eṉṉum paṉampāraṉār pāyirac ceyyuḷilum
iccol

ipporuṭṭātal kāṇka. acainilai - taṅka vaitta taṉmai; eṉṟatu kāviyuṭaiyai. kaṭuppa -
oppa;

iccol meyuvamattiṉ kaṇ varumeṉpar āciriyar tolkāppiyaṉār. tūṇi nāṟṟi - ampaṟāp

puṭṭilait toṅkaviṭṭu. kūṭam, kūṭāram, paṭaṅku eṉpaṉa oruporuṭ kiḷavikaḷ.
pūntalaik kuntam -

pūccetukkiṉa talaiyaiyuṭaiya kaivēl. kiṭuku - paṭal. niraittu - varicaiyāka vaittu.
nāppaṇ - naṭu.

kāḻ - kampu; kōl. kaṇṭam - kūṟu, kūṟupaṭṭa pala niṟattiṉaiyuṭaiya tiraiyai
uṇarttiyatu ākupeyarāl:

" neṭuṅkāḻk kaṇṭam niralpaṭa niraitta" eṉṟār cilappatikārattilum2.

(45-49) vāḷiṉait tamatu kaccilē cērak kaṭṭiṉa maṅkaiyar pāvaiyiṉ kaiyiluḷḷa
viḷakkukaḷ

keṭuntōṟun tirik kuḻāyiṉāl tiriyaik koḷutti avaṟṟaik koḷutta eṉka.

itaṟku ivvāṟaṉṟi maṅkaiyar kaiyiluḷḷa viḷakkiṉait tirikkuḻāyaiyuṭaiya ciṟṟāṭkaḷ

koḷutta eṉṉuraippiṉ, 'maṅkaiyar' eṉṉuñcol taḻuvum viṉaiyiṉṟi niṉṟu vaṟṟumākaliṉ
apporuḷ

poruntāteṉka.

toṭi - kaivaḷai; ipporuṭṭātal "kaṅkaṇaṅ kaivaḷai yorupalan toṭiyē" eṉṉum

piṅkalantaiyiṟ kāṇka. puṟam - mutuku. kūntal am ciṟupuṟattu - kūntal kiṭakkum
aḻakiya ciṟiya

mutukiṉaiyuṭaiya, eṉṟu maṅkaiyarkku aṭaiyākkuka. iravaip pakalākkum valiya
piṭiyamainta oḷiyuṭaiya vāḷ.

viravu - kalanta, cērnta; 'virava' eṉattirikka. varikkaccu - varintu kaṭṭappaṭṭa
iravikkai; 'vari'

- niṟam eṉiṉumām. niṟattiṉaiyuṭaiya kaccu eṉka. kuṟuntoṭiyaṇinta muṉkaiyiṉaiyuṅ
kūntalacaintu

kiṭakkuñ ciṟu puṟattiṉaiyuṭaiya maṅkaiyar, vāḷ virava varintu kaṭṭiṉa kaccaiyaṇinta
maṅkaiyar, eṉa

aṭaimoḻikaḷai irukāṟ pirittuk kūṭṭuka. ney umiḻ curai - neyyai oḻuka viṭun
tirikkuḻāy. nantu

toṟum - keṭuntōṟum.

(50-54) maṇiyiṉōcaiyum aṭaṅkiya naḷḷiravil, acaiyum mōci mallikaikkoṭi

yēṟiya ciṟu tūṟukaḷ tuvalaiyoṭu vantu acaiyuṅ kāṟṟiṉāl acaintāṟ pōlat, tūkka
mayakkattāl

acaitalaiyuṭaiya meykāppāḷar kāvalākac cuṟṟit tiriyaveṉka.

neṭunā veṇmaṇi - nīṇṭa nākkiṉaiyuṭaiya veḷḷiya maṇi, niḻattiya - nuṇikiya;

aḵtāvatu muṉṉuḷḷa ōcai aṭaṅkiya; iccol nuṇukkap poruḷaiyuṇarttutal ''ōytal āytal
nikaḻttal

cāay, āvayiṉ nāṉkum nuṇukkap poruḷa" eṉṉun tolkāppiya uriyiyaṟ cūttirattiṟ kāṇka. iṉi

'niḻaṟṟal' eṉap pāṭamōtuvārumuḷar; 'niḻaṟṟal' oḷiviṭutaleṉap poruṭarum piṟitoru
collātaliṉ

aḵtīṇṭaikkup poruntātu; aṟṟēl, tivākarattil ''niḻaṟṟal nuṇukkamum niḻaṟceyalu
mākum" eṉṟu

aḵtu iru poruḷum uṭaittāka ōtappaṭṭavāṟeṉṉaiyeṉiṉ; atu kāppiyattoṭu
muraṇuvatākaliṟ

koḷḷaṟpālataṉṟeṉa maṟukka. eṉṟatu kutiraiyāṉai eṉṟaṟ ṟoṭakkattaṉavum uṟaṅkutaliṉ,
avaṟṟiṉ kaḻuttiṟ kaṭṭiya maṇiyōcaiyum aṭaṅkiṉamai kūṟiṟṟu; iṉip pāṭivīṭṭiṉkaṇ
ellārun toḻilavitaṟkut

tirikuṟiyāka aṭittuviṭṭa maṇiyeṉṟuraippiṉum amaiyum. 'pūtta āṭu atiraṟkoṭi' eṉac
coṟkaḷai

māṟṟik kūṭṭuka. paṭār - ciṟutūṟu. citar - tivalai. tukilmuṭittup pōrtta - kūṟaiyāl
mayirai

muṭittu uṭampaiyum pōrttuk koṇṭa; ic coṟṟoṭar meykāppāḷarkku aṭaiyāy niṉṟatu;
"mīppāl

veṇṭukil pōrkkunar pūppāl, veṇṭukil cūḻppak kuḻaṉ muṟukkunar" eṉṉum paripāṭaṟ
pattāñ

ceyyuḷaṭikaḷ īṇṭu oppiṭaṟpālaṉa. ōṅkunaṭaip perumūtāḷar - uyarnta nalloḻukkattiṉai
yuṭaiya

meykāppāḷar; tam aracarkkup pakaiyāvār ceyyuṅ kīḻaṟuttalkaḷukku iṭaṅ koṭātu tam
aracar māṭṭu

meyyoḻukka muṭaiyarātal paṟṟi 'ōṅkunaṭai' yuṭaiyareṉac ciṟanteṭuttuk kūṟiṉār;
'perumūtāḷar' eṉpatu

peritu mutirnta kāvalāḷar eṉap poruṭarutaliṉ, ēṉaik kāvaṟṟoḻililellāṅ kaṭamai vaḻātu
meyppaṭa

oḻuki mutirntār tammaiyē piṉṉar meykāppāḷarāka vaippareṉpatūum peṟṟām.

(55-58) poḻutiṉai ittuṇaiyeṉṟu varampaṟuttu uṇarum poḻutaṟi makkaḷ, aracaṉait
toḻutu

koṇṭē kāṇuṅkaiyiṉarāy, viḷaṅka vāḻtti 'nilavulakattai veṉṟu kaippaṟṟutaṟkuc celvōṉē!
niṉatu

kaṭārattilē iṭṭa ciṟiya nīruḷḷa nāḻikai vaṭṭiliṟ ceṉṟa nāḻikai ivvaḷavu' eṉṟu colla
veṉka.

tam aracarkkup pakaivarāṉōr ceyyuṅ kīḻaṟuttalukku vayamākip poḻutiṉaip poyttuk

kūṟuvār pōlātu, eṉṟun tam aracarpāl nekiḻā meyyaṉpu pūṇṭu poḻutiṉaip poyttaliṉṟi

aṟivippār ivar eṉpatu pulappaṭap 'poyyā mākkaḷ' eṉṟum, poḻutaḷantaṟiyun toḻilaṉṟip
piṟitu

aṟiyāmaiyiṉ ivarai makkaḷ eṉṉātu mākkaḷ eṉṟuṅ kūṟiṉār. ipporuḷ kāṇamāṭṭāta

nacciṉārkkiṉiyar poḻutaṟiyum viṉaiyāḷar eṉṟu nērē poruḷpaṭum iccoṟṟoṭarai 'mākkaḷ

poḻutaḷantaṟiyum poyyāk kāṇkaiyar' eṉap piṟaḻttiyataṉ mēlum īṇṭaikkōr iyaipiṉṟiyum

uraittār. eṟinīr vaiyakam - vīcukiṉṟa kaṭal nīrāṟ cūḻappaṭṭa nilavulakam. kuṟunīr
- ciṟiya nīr;

itu nāḻikai vaṭṭiliṉuṭ kacinta nīr. 'kuṟunīr' eṉpataṟku nāḻikai vaṭṭil eṉṟu kuṟippu

eḻutiṉārumuḷar; apporuḷ nacciṉārkkiṉiya ruraiyilātal maṟṟai nūlkaḷilātal
peṟappaṭāmaiyāl atu

poruntāteṉa viṭukka. kaṉṉal - nāḻikaivaṭṭil; iḵtip poruṭṭātal "kaṉṉaluṅ kiṇṇamum
nāḻikai

vaṭṭil" eṉṉum piṅkalantaic cūttirattiṟ kāṇka. "kuṟunīrk kaṉṉaliṉ, yāmaṅ koḷpavar"
eṉṟār

maṇimēkalaiyilum (7, 64-65). oru kaṭārattilē nīrai nirappi, aṭiyiṟ ciṟu toḷaiyuḷḷa
oru

vaṭṭilai iṭṭāṟ kaṭārattu nīr ap puḻaivaḻiyē vaṭṭiliṉuḷ ūṟum; aṅṅaṉam ūṟum
nīriṉaḷavukkut taka

nāḻikai kaṇakkiṭuvar. poḻutu iṉaittu eṉṟu poḻutu avāy nilaiyāṉ vantatu.

(59-66) uṭaiyiṉaiyum meyppaiyiṉaiyun tōṟṟattiṉaiyum yākkaiyiṉaiyumuṭaiya yavaṉar,

pulic caṅkili viṭṭuk kaiceyta illil aḻakiya maṇiviḷakkiṉai oḷiravaittu valiya kayiṟṟiṟ

curukkiya tiraiyai vaḷaittu muṉ oṉṟum uḷḷoṉṟumāka iraṇṭaṟai vakutta paḷḷiyaṟaiyuṭ
puṟavaṟaiyiṉkaṇṇē

caṭṭaiyiṭṭa ūmai milēccar arukē kāvaliruppareṉka.

mattikai - cavukku, kutiraic cammaṭṭi. mattikai vaḷai iyauṭai - kutiraiccammaṭṭi
cūḻappaṭṭa

uṭai; maṟintu vīṅku ceṟivuuṭai - maṭaṅkip puṭaikka neruṅkutaluṟak kaṭṭiṉa uṭai.
meyppai - caṭṭai.

veruvarun tōṟṟam - kāṇpārkku accam varuvataṟkētuvāṉa tōṟṟam. valipuṇaryākkai -
valimaikūṭiya

uṭampu. yavaṉar - kirēkkar, cōṉakar( ionians). maṇiviḷakkam - paḷiṅku viḷakku;
maṇipōtaliṟ

paḷiṅkum maṇi eṉappaṭṭatu; "maṇiyiṟ ṟikaḻtaru" eṉpataṟkup parimēlaḻakarum
'paḷikku maṇi' eṉṟu

poruḷuraittār. tirukkuṟaḷ 1273. eḻiṉi - tirai. 'uṭampiṉ uraikkum nāviṉuraiyā' eṉa māṟi

uṭampāṟ kuṟikāṭṭit terivittalaṉṟi nāvāl uraikka māṭṭāta eṉka. milēccar - āriyar,

peluccitāṉattiṉiṉṟu vanta turukkar; 'pelucci' eṉpatu milēccar eṉat tirintatu;
peluccitāṉattiṉ

vaḻiyākap parata nāṭṭiṉuṭ pukuntamai paṟṟiyē paṇṭaik kālattil āriyar tamiḻarāl
milēccareṉa

aḻaikkappaṭṭaṉar. tivākarattilum "milēccar āriyar" eṉap pōntamai kāṇka.

(67-79) paḷḷiyaṟaiyiṉ akattē ceṉṟa aracaṉ nāḷaikkuc ceyyum mikka pōriṉai

virumputalālē uṟakkaṅ koḷḷāṉāy, muṉṉāṭkaḷiṟ pakaivar vīciya vēl nuḻaintamaiyāṟ
puṇmikkup

peṭṭai yāṉaikaḷaiyum maṟanta kaḷiṟṟiyāṉaikaḷaiyum, yāṉaikaḷiṉ pariya tumpikkai
aṟṟuviḻat tām

aṇinta vañcimālaikku nalveṟṟiyiṉaic cevvitākkic ceñcōṟṟuk kaṭaṉ tappāmaṟ kaḻittu
iṟanta

maṟavaraiyum niṉaintuṅ, kāvalāyiṭṭa tōṟparicaiyiṉaiyum aṟuttuk koṇṭu appukaḷ
aḻuntiṉamaiyāṟ

ceviyaic cāyttuk koṇṭu tīṉi eṭāmal varuntuṅ kutiraikaḷai niṉaintum oru kaiyiṉaip
paṭukkaiyiṉ

mēl vaittu maṟṟoru kaiyāl muṭiyait tāṅkiyum nīḷac cintittu iraṅki iṅṅaṉamellām
avviravaik

kaḻittup piṉṉāḷiṟ pakaivaraik kuṟittup paṭaikkalaṅkaḷ eṭutta taṉ valiya viralālē avar
tammaiyellām

veṉṟamaiyiṉ tāṉ aṇinta vañcimālaikkum nalveṟṟiyiṉai nilainiṟuttip, piṉṉāḷil taṉ

maṉaiviyaik kāṇum makiḻcciyāṟ pācaṟaiyil iṉiya tuyil koḷkiṉṟāṉ eṉka.

'maṇṭu' eṉpataṉai amar eṉpataṉōṭātal nacaiyeṉpataṉōṭātal kūṭṭi mikkuc cellum pōr,

mikkuc cellum nacai eṉka. pāmpu pataippu aṉṉa - aṭiyuṇṭa pāmpiṉ tuṭippai yotta ;
itu veṭṭuṇṭu

viḻuntu tuṭikkum yāṉait tumpikkaikku uvamam. tēmpāy kaṇṇi - tēṉ oḻukum
vañcimālai. cōṟu

vāyttal - ceñcōṟṟukkaṭaṉ tappāmaṟ kaḻittal; itaṉaic 'ciṟantatituveṉac ceñcōṟu vāyppa"
eṉṉum

puṟapporuḷ veṇpā mālai yuraiyiluṅ kāṇka. kaṭakam - kaṅkaṇam, toṭi, vaḷai; iv
aṇikalaṉ āṇmakkaḷum aṇitaluṇṭeṉpatu 'kaṇṇeri tavaḻa avṇkai maṇinaku kaṭakam
eṟṟā" eṉṉuñ cīvaka cintāmaṇic ceyyuḷiluṅ kāṇka. kaiyait talaikku aṇaiyāka vaittaliṟ
kaiyil aṇinta kaṭakattai
muṭiyiṟ cērtti eṉṟār.

nakaitāḻ kaṇṇi - oḷi taṅku mālai, eṉṟatu taṉakkuṇṭām oḷi taṅkutaṟku aṭaiyāḷamāy
iṭṭa vañci

mālaiyai. aracu iruntu paṉikum muracu muḻaṅku pācaṟai eṉka. paṉikkum -
naṭuṅkum.

(80-103) poḻippurai poruṭpākupāṭṭil viḷakkamāka eḻutappaṭṭirukkiṉṟatu. āṇṭuk

kāṇka.

niṟaitapu pulampu - niṟai keṭutaṟku ētuvāṉa taṉimai. "niṟaiyeṉap paṭuvatu
maṟaipiṟa

raṟiyāmai" eṉṟār kaliyilum. ēuṟumaññai - ampu taitta mayil, itu mayiliṉ
cāyaliṉaiyuṭaiya

talaimakaḷ naṭukkattiṟku uvamaiyāyiṟṟu. iṭam ciṟantu uyariya - iṭam akaṉṟu
ciṟantu uyarnta. pāvai -

veṇkalattāṟ ceyta piratimai; itaṉ kaiyil viḷakkeriya viṭuvatu aracarkku vaḻakkam.
muṭaṅku iṟai -

kūṭalvāy; kūraiyiṉ irupakutikaḷ oṉṟu poruntum mūṭṭuvāy. māttiraḷ aruvi - peritu
tiraṇṭu viḻum

aruvinīr. iṉpal imiḻ icai - iṉiyavāyp palavakaiyāy olikkiṉṟa ōcai. ōrppaṉaḷ kiṭantōḷ -

ceviyiṟ kēṭpavaḷāyk kiṭanta talaiviyiṉ. amcevi niṟaiya āliṉa - uṭcevi nirampa olittaṉa.

piṟar vēṇṭupulam - pakaivar virumpiya nilaṅkaḷ. vayir - ūtukompu. valaṉ nērpu
ārppa - eytiya

veṟṟikku ottu olippa. ayira - nuṇmaṇaliṭatta; maṇaṉmēṉ vaḷartaliṉ 'ayirakāyā' eṉṟār.
añcaṉam

- mai; mainniṟamuṭaiya pūvukku ākupeyar. poṉkāla - poṉ niṟamāṉa pūvait tara.
muṟiiṇar - taḷiruṅ

kottum. tōṭuār - itaḻ niṟainta; 'tokuti niṟainta' eṉa uraippiṉumām. kāṉam nantiya

cennilap peruvaḻi - kāṭu ceḻitta cevviya mullai nilattiṉ vaḻiyilē. vāṉam vāytta -
vēṇṭum

paruvattu maḻai peyyappeṟṟa. vāṅku katirvaraku - vaḷainta katiriṉaiyuṭaiya varaku.
tirimaṟuppu iralai -

muṟukkuṇṭa kompiṉai yaṭaiya pulvāyk kalaikaḷ. etircel veṇmaḻai poḻiyun tiṅkaḷ -
iṉimēṟ

peytaṟkākac cellum veṇpuyal maḻaiyaip poḻitaṟkuriya kārkālan toṭaṅkum āvaṇit
tiṅkaḷ mutalil;

itaṟku nacciṉārkkiṉiyar muṉ paṉikkālam eṉṟu poruḷ koṇṭu ippāṭṭiṉ poruḷukkuc
ciṟitum

iṇaṅkātavāṟu urai kūṟiṉār. piṟakku - piṉ. tuṉaipari turakkum - viraintu celluṅ
kutiraiyai mēlun

tūṇṭic celuttum. viṉai viḷaṅku - pōrviṉaikkaṇ tamatutiṟam mikku viḷaṅkum, eṉṟatu
talaimakaṉatu

tēriṟpūṭṭiya kutiraikaḷai.



tirucciṟṟampalak kōvaiyāril, "āramparantu tiraiporum" eṉṉuñ ceyyuḷmutal
"mūvaṟaḻīiya aruṇmutalōṉ" eṉṉuñ ceyyuḷ īṟākat

talaimakaḷ yārum il oru ciṟait taṉiyaḷāyiruntu kaṭalai nōkkiyum

aṉṉam mutaliyavaṟṟai nōkkiyum varuntik kūṟiya pāṭṭup pattum iraṅkalē kūṟutalāl
'tiṇaineytal' eṉṟu pērāciriyar "mūvaṟaḻīiya"

eṉṉuñ ceyyuḷuraiyiṟ kūṟiyatūum uṟṟu nōkkaṟpālatu.

nīrpaṭaikkātai, 151 ām aṭi.

12. viṉai muṭivu

eḻili perumpuyal poḻinta mālaikkālattilē perumutu peṇṭir, "yām ūr

maruṅkiṟpōki nelloṭu mullaiyun tūuyt toḻutuniṟpa, āymakaḷ kaṉṟiṉ alamaral nōkki '
nuntāyar

kōvalar uyttara iṉṉē varukuvar' eṉpōḷ naṉmoḻi kēṭṭaṉam ataṉālum, niṉ talaivar
tiṟaiyarāy

viṉaimuṭittu varuvatu vāyvatu, māyōy! nī niṉ evvaṅ kaḷai eṉak kāṭṭavuṅ kāṭṭavuṅ
kaluḻntu kaṇmuttu

uṟaippa āṟṟātu varuntun talaimakaḷ, pācaṟaiyil iṉṟuyil vatiyun talaivaṉait taṉ
maruṅkiṟ kāṇāḷāy

mēlum varuntip, piṉ taṉ neñcai avaṉiṭattē āṟṟuppaṭuttit, tāṉ taṉiyaḷāy irukkum
nilaimaiyiṉai

nīḷaniṉaintu pārttu, " nām naṅ kātalaṉ colvaḻi āṟṟiyiruttalē muṟai" eṉattēṟṟiyum,
ōṭuvaḷai

tiruttiyum, maiyalkoṇṭum, uyirttum naṭuṅki, nekiḻntu, viḷakkiṟcuṭar aḻala,
māṭattu muṭaṅkiṟaic

coritarum aruvi ōrppaṉaḷ kiṭantōḷ ceviniṟaiya āliṉa, pariturakkuñ celaviṉar neṭuntēr
pūṇṭamā

eṉṟu viṉaimuṭivu ceyka.

aruñcoṟporuḷ akaravaricai

[eṇ : pāṭṭu vari eṇ]


akam - uḷvīṭu, 44; piṅkalantai

aṅkai- aḻakiyakai; akamkai - uḷḷaṅkai, 15; tolkāppiyam, eḻuttiyal, 315

acai nilai - taṅkavaitta taṉmai, 38; 'acaitalaṭalun taṅkalu murittē' tivākaram



acaitta - kaṭṭiya, 14; piṅ.



añcaṉam(vaṭacol) - mai: maipōṉṟa nīlamalar, 13



añcevi - akam cevi - uṭcevi, 89



atiral - mōci mallikai, 51; cilappatikāra urai, 13, 156; 'puṉali' eṉpar

nacciṉārkkiṉiyar



amar - pōr, 67



ayir - nuṇmaṇal, 92; tivākaram



ayil - kūrmai, 34; tivākaram



aracu - aracaṉ, 79



araṇam - kāvalāṉa iṭam, 42; kāval, 4 ām paripāṭalurai



aruṅkaṭi - ariya kāval, 7



aruppam - araṇ, 26; 'viyalaruppam' eṉpuḻiyum ipporuṭṭāyiṟṟu, puṟanā. 17



alamaral - cuḻalal, 13; tolkāppiyam uyiriyal 13



alari - pū, 10



aviḻ - malarnta, 10



aḻala - eriya, 85



aṉṉa - otta, 70


āymakaḷ - iṭaippeṇ, 14



ār - niṟanta, 96; tivākaram



ārppa - pēroli ceyya, 8, 92; 'ārppu oṉṟalāp pēroli' eṉpar tivākarar



āliṉa - olittaṉa, 89; tivākaram; puṟanāṉūṟṟurai, 128



āṟṟuppaṭutta - vaḻic celuttiya, 81



icai - oli, 7, 88



icaippa - colla, 58



iṇar - kottu, 94; tivākaram



imiḻ - muḻaṅkum, 4, 88; 'ēṟumāṟimiḻippa' eṉpataṉuraiyaik kāṇka, paripāṭal, 22



iralai - āṇmāṉ, pulvāy, 99; tol., marapiyal, 44



irukkai - iruppiṭam, 40



il - vīṭu, pāṭivīṭu, 62



iḻai - aṇikalaṉ, 84; tivākaram



iṉkuḷaku - iṉiya atimaturattaḻai, 33



iṉṉē - ippoḻutē, 16



iṉam - kūṭṭam, 8; 'cuṟaviṉat taṉṉa vāḷōr', puṟanā., 13



iṉaittu - ivvaḷavu, 58



īṇṭu - tiraṇṭa, 10; puṟanā., 17



ukaḷa - tāva, 99; puṟanāṉūṟṟurai, 15



uṇkaṇ - maiyuṇṭa kaṇ, 23; puṟap. veṇ. urai, potu, 7; tirukkuṟaḷ parimēlaḻakarurai
1091



uyttara - celuttutalaic ceyya, 'uḷ' mutaṉilai viṉaip peyar, 15



uyaṅkum - varuntum, 74; tivākaram



uyari - uyarttu, 91; puṟanā. 56; puṟapporuḷ veṇpā mālai 8, 17



uyirttum - perumūccu viṭṭum, neṭṭuyirp peṟintum, 83



uvalai - taḻai, 29; patiṟṟuppattu, 28



uḻantu - varunti, 80; paripāṭalurai, 9



uḻaiyar - arukiluḷḷavar, 66; 'uḻai yiruntāṉ' eṉpaḻiyum ip poruṭṭātal kāṇka,
tirukkuṟaḷ 638



uḷḷiyum - niṉaittum, 72; tirukkuṟaḷurai 1316



uṟutuyar - mikka varuttam, uṟukiṉṟa tuyar eṉa uraippiṉumām, uṟutal - aṭaital, 13



uṟaippa - tuḷippa, 23; uṟai - nīrttuḷi, tivākaram



eḵkam - vēl, 68; tivākaram



erukki - aḻutti, 25; patiṟṟuppattu, 83; kollutal, tivākaram



evvam - varuttam, 21; evvam māṉam eṉpar puṟapporuḷ veṇpāmālai uraikārar;
kaikkiḷai, 7



eḻili - mēkam, 5



eḻiṉi - tirai, 64; cilap. 3, 109



eṟinīr - vīcumnīr; kaṭal, 54; eṟital - vīcutal, piṅkalantai



ē - ampu, 84; ēttoḻil - 'ampiṉṟoḻil' paripāṭal, 18



ēmam - kāval, 54; tivākaram



ēmuṟa - 'ēmam uṟa' eṉpaṉa ēmuṟa eṉṟāyiṉa. ēmam - kāval, 27; puṟanāṉuṟu, 3



oyyeṉa - viraiya, 83; ñāṉāmirtappāyiravurai, 6; puṟanā. 98



oḻintōr - iṟantōr, 72; 'īraim patiṉmarumporutu kaḷattoḻiya' eṉṟār puṟattilum, 2



oḻukiya - oḻuṅkupaṭṭa, 29



oḷ - viḷaṅkiya, 46; puṟanā. 11



oṟṟi - cērtti, 75; cīvakacintāmaṇiyurai, 1746



ōṅku - uyarnta, 53; puṟanā. 13



ōrppaṉaḷ - ceviyiṟ kēṭpavaḷāy, 88; puṟanāṉūṟu, 157; 'karutiṉavaḷāy' eṉṟuraippiṉumām.


kaccu - mulaikkaccu; iravikkai, 47; piṅkalantai



kaṭakam - kaṅkaṇam, toṭi, vaḷai, 76; tivākaram



kaṭuppa - oppa, 38; mey uvamattiṉ kaṇ varuvatu iccol, tolkāppiyam, uvama. 15



kaṇṭam (vaṭacol) - kūṟupāṭu, kūṟupaṭṭa pala niṟattiṉaiyuṭaya matiṭṭirai, 44;
cīvakacintāmaṇi, 64



kaṇṇi - mālai; vañcimālai, 71, 78; tivākaram



kaṇpaṭai - uṟakkam, 57; tirukkuṟaḷ, 1049; piṅkalantai



karuvi - parikkōl; kuttukkōl, tāṟu, 35; paṭaikkalam, tivākaram



kaluḻ - aḻutal, 22; tivā. kalakkam eṉiṉumām, 6 ām paripāṭaluraiyaiyuṅ kāṇka.



kavarnta - kaikkoṇṭa, 10; koḷḷai koṇṭa, puṟapporuḷ veṇpā urai, 2, 6



kavalai - nāṟcanti kūṭum iṭam, 30; canti, tivākaram; kavartta vaḻi, puṟanāṉūṟṟurai, 3



kavaḷam - uṇavu, 36; cōṟu, tivākaram



kavuḷa - kaṉṉattai uṭaiya, 31; kavuḷ - katuppu; kaṉṉam, tivākaram



kavai muṭkaruvi - kavartta muḷ uḷḷa parikkōl, 35; maṇimē. 18. 165, kavai - kavar,
piṅkalantai



kaḷai - vilakku, 21; piṅkalantai



kaṉṟu - āṉkaṉṟu, 12



kaṉṉal - nāḻikaivaṭṭil, 58; tivākaram



kāṭṭa - kāṭṭil uḷḷa, 26



kāyā - kācāñceṭi, 93; tivākaram



kāla - kakka; coriya; malara, 94; tivākaram



kāḻ - kōl, 44; tivākaram



kāṉyāṟu - kāṭṭiyāṟu, 24



kāṉam - kāṭu, 97



kiṭuku - paṭal, 41



kuntam - kaivēl, 41; tivākaram, puṟapporuḷ veṇpā mālai, 4, 7; ciṟucavaḷam
peruñcavaḷam eṉpar

piṅkalantaiyār



kuruti - utiram, 76; tivākaram



kuḷaku - taḻai, 33; 'ilainukar vilaṅkiṉ uṇavu' eṉpar tivākarar; 'maṟi kuḷaku uṇṭaṉṉa'
nālaṭiyār 16



kuṟunīr - ciṟiya nīr, 58



kūṭam - paṭaṅku; kūṭāram, 40; piṅkalantai



kūrnta - mikku, 68; tolkāppiyam, uyiriyal, 18



kūrai - illiṉ mēṟpakuti, 29



kaippa - ūṭṭa, 36; tīṟṟa, maturaikkāñci, 659



kaiya - kaiyiluḷḷa, 14



koṭuṅkōl - varuttun tāṟṟuk kōl, 15



koṭuñcelavu - viraintu cellal, 5



koṇṭeṉa - koṇṭaṉavāka, 34



koḷīi - koḷutti, 48



kōṭal - kāntaḷ, 15; puṟapporuḷ veṇpā mālai, 8, 16



kōṭu - malaimukaṭu, malaiyucci, 5; piṅkalantai



kōli - vaḷattu, 44; tivākaram



kōvalar - iṭaiyar, 15



citar - tuvalai, maḻaittivalai, 52; piṅkalantai



cintitum(vaṭacol) - niṉaintum 74



kaṭṭiya - kuṟitta, 77; puṟanāṉūṟu, 32



cuṭar - kaṉali; tīkkoḻuntu, 85; tivākaram



curai - tirikkuḻāy, 48; patiṟṟuppattu, 47 ām pāṭalurai


cuval - tōḷ, 14; tivākaram



cennilam - cevviya nilam, 17



ceṟi - neruṅkiṉa, 93



ceṟivu - neruṅkutal, 59; piṅkalantai



cēṇ - tolaivu, nīḷam, 25; tivākaram



ñāṇ - nāṇ; kayiṟu, 63; patiṟṟuppatturai, 60



taṭa - periya, 2; 'taṭavuṅ kayavum naḷiyum perumai' tol. uri. 24



tapu - keṭu, 81: tivākaram



taḻīiya - cūḻnta, 24



tāmpu - tāmaṇi, 12; tivā.; kayiṟu, piṅkalantai.



tāḻ - taṅkum, 78; 'tāḻtal - taṅkutal' aṭiyārkku nallārurai, cilappatikāram, 4



tāṉai - cēṉai, 10; kālāṭpaṭai, tivākaram



tiṅkaḷ - mātam; āvaṇi mātam, 100



tiṇ - valiya, 46; tivākaram



tiri - muṟukkuṇṭa, 99



tiru - aḻaku, 63; parimēlaḻakarurai, tirukkuṟaḷ, 1011; ñāṉāmirta urai, 22;
pērāciriyarurai,
tirucciṟṟampalak kōvaiyār 1



tirutti - cevvitākki, 71, 78; puṟanāṉūṟṟurai, 17



tiṟai - kappam, araciṟai, 19; tivākaram



tukil - perumpālum veḷḷiya āṭaiyiṉai uṇarttum, 53; paripāṭal 10 āñ ceyyuḷiluṅ kāṇka;


'tukil veṇmai cemmai iraṇṭaṟkum potu' eṉpar nacciṉārkkiṉiyar, cīvakacintāmaṇi, 34



tumipu - aṟuttu, 72; tivākaram



tumiya - aṟṟuviḻa, 70; tuṇipaṭa, piṅkalantai; puṟanā. 19



tuyar - tuṉpam, 80; tivākaram



tuyil - uṟakkam, 80



turakkum - celuttum, 102; puṟanāṉūṟu, 8



tuṉai - viraivu, 102; tol. uyiriyal 17



tūṅkal - tūkkamayakkam, 53



tūuy - tūvi 10



tūṇi - ampupey kūṭu, 39; tivākaram



tevvar - pakaivar, 18; 'tevvup pakaiyākum' tol. uri. 50



tēm - matanīr, 31; tittippu, piṅ. teṉ, 71; tolkāppiyam, puḷḷimayaṅkiyal 46



toṭar - caṅkili, 62; puṟanā. 74



toṭi - kaivaḷai, 45; piṅ.



toṭutta - kaṭṭappaṭṭa, 12; 'toṭukaḻaṉ maṉṉaṉ' eṉpataṉuraiyuṅ kāṇka. puṟap. veṇ.,
pāṭāṇ, 9



toḻutu - kumpiṭṭu, 10, 56; piṅkalantai



tōṭu - tokuti, pūviṉ itaḻ, 36; tivākaram; puṟanāṉūṟu, 238, 22



tōyttu - naṉaittu, ūṟa vaittu, 37



tōl - kēṭakam, paricai, 72; puṟanāṉūṟu, 4, 16; tōṟpalakai, tivākaram



tōṉṟa - viḷaṅka, 56



tōṉṟi - ceṅkāntaḷ, 96; tivākaram



nakai - oḷi, 78; piṅkalantai



nacai - viruppam, 67



naṭai - oḻukkam, 53; piṅka.



nantutal - keṭutal, 49, taḻaittal, 97; ' nantal kēṭum ākkamumākum' eṉpatu
tivākaram



naṟu - nallamaṇam, 9



naṉṉar - naṉmai, 17; tivākaram


naṉantalai - akaṉṟa iṭam, 1; tol., uri. 78



nāppaṇ - naṭu, 43; piṅkalantai



nāṟṟi - toṅkaviṭṭu, 39



nāḻi - aḷakkunāḻi; paṭi, 9; piṅkalantai



nāṟum - maṇakkum, 25; ipporuṭṭātal ' nāṟṟa nāṭṭattu' eṉpuḻiyuṅ kāṇka,
puṟanāṉūṟu, 70



nimirnta - uyarnta, 3



niraittu - varicaiyāka vaittu, 41; paṭṭiṉappālai, 78



nilai - taṉmai, 38; tivākaram, niṟkuntaṉmai eṉiṉumām



niḻattiya - nuṇukiya; ōcai aṭaṅkiya, 50; tol., uri., 34



niṟai - 'maṟaintatu oru kāriyam piṟar aṟiyāmal oḻukutal' eṉpar nacciṉārkkiṉiyar,
neytaṟkali

urai 16



nutal - neṟṟi, 33



nuṉai - muṉai, 36, 73; puṟanāṉūṟu 42



nekiḻntu - kaḻaṉṟu, 84; tirukkuṟaḷ, 1236



neṭitu - nīḷa, 76; neṭuṅkālam, tirukkuṟaḷ, parimēlaḻakarurai, 562



nēmi(vaṭacol) - cakkaram, 1



nērpu - uṭaṉpaṭṭu, 44



nōṉ - valiya, 77



pakaḻi - ampu, 74; tivākaram



pacalai - paciya niṟam, mikka ilamait taṉmaikkuriyatu 12; ' neruñcippacalai vāṉpū'
eṉpuḻiyuṅ

kāṇka. puṟanāṉūṟu, 155



paṭam - caṭṭai; kuppāyam, 66; 'kuppāya milēccaṉai' eṉṟār cīvakacintāmaṇiyilum, 431



paṭār - ciṟutūṟu, 51



paṭivam - tavavēṭam, viratam eṉiṉumām, 37; 'paṭivam vēṭam' puṟapporuḷ
veṇpāmālai urai, 9, 42;

viratam, patiṟṟuppattu, 74; paripāṭal, 5, 75



paṭunīr - olikkum nīr, 28; paṭumaṇi - olikkum maṇi, puṟapporuḷ veṇpā mālai,
veṭci, 6



paṭai - paṭaikkalam; vāḷ, 77; piṅkalantai



pataippu - pataittal, 70; melivuṟutal, paripāṭalurai 10


payiṟṟi - palakāṟ kūṟi, 35; puṟanāṉūṟṟurai, 34



paranta - akaṉṟa, paraviya, 28



pari - kutirai, 102; tivākaram



paruki - kuṭittu, 4



paruvaral - tuṉpam, 21; tivākaram; tuyaram, puṟapporuḷ veṇpā mālai urai, kaikkiḷai,
7



parūu - pariya; 70, 85



paḷḷi - paṭukkai, 64, 75; piṅkalantai



paṉikkaṭal - kuḷirnta kaṭal, 4



paṉikkum - naṭuṅkum, 79; puṟanāṉūṟu, 5



pācaṟai - pāṭivīṭu, 79; puṟanāṉūṟu, 31



pāṭi - pācaṟai, 28; paṭaivīṭu, tivākaram



pāṭu - oli, 4; tivākaram



pāvai - piratimai, 85



piṭavam - naṟumaṇaṅ kamaḻum veḷḷiya pūkkaḷaiyuṭaiya oru kāṭṭuc ceṭi, 25;
maṇimēkalai, 3, 163;

patiṟṟuppattu, 66; aiṅkuṟu. 435, 461; kuṟiñcippāṭṭu, 78



piṭi - peṇyāṉai, 69; tivākaram



piṟakku - piṉ, 101; puṟanāṉūṟṟurai, 15; 'piṟakkaṭi otuṅkā' eṉṟār patiṟṟuppattu, 80



pukka - pukunta, iṭṭa, 60



puṇar - kūṭiṉa, 61



puṉari - kaṭal, 28; tivākaram


putal - ciṟutūṟu, 25



puricai - matil, 27; puṟanāṉūṟu, 17



pulam - iṭam, 90; tirukkuṟaḷurai 43



pulampu - taṉimai, 23, 81; tol. uri. 35



pulittoṭar - puliccaṅkili, 62



puḻai - ciṟuvāyil, 26; tivākaram



puṟavu - mullainilak kāṭu, 24; piṅkalantai



puṉ - tuṉpam, 6; ipporuḷil 'puṉkaṇ' eṉṉuñ col 'puṉ' eṉa niṉṟatu.



puṉai - kaiceyta, aḻaku ceyta, 62; puṟanāṉūṟu 14



perumutu peṇṭir - peritu mutirnta makaḷir, 11



perumūtāḷar - kāvaṟroḻiliṟ peritu mutirntōr, 54; periya mutumaiyuṭaiyōr,
puṟanāṉūṟu, 243



poṟitta - vaitta, 2



maññai - mayil, 84; tivākaram



maṭam - meṉmai, 99; puṟanāṉūṟṟurai, 23



maṇṭu - mikkuc cellum, 67; puṟanāṉūṟṟurai, 6; 'mēṟkoṇṭu' puṟapporuḷ
veṇpāmālaiyurai, 6,

10



maṇi - ōcaimaṇi; kaṇṭai maṇi, 50; piṅkalantai; paḷikku maṇi, 66; tirukkuṟaḷurai, 1273



mattikai - kutirai cammaṭṭi, 59; tivākaram



maruṅku - pakkam, 7



maruppu - kompu, 4, 99



maṟintu - maṭaṅki, 59; 'kīḻ mēlāy' eṉpar puṟapporuḷ veṇpāmālaiyuraikārar, 7, 9;

nacciṉārkkiṉiyar 'vaṭimpu tāḻntu' eṉpar



mā - tirumakaḷ, 2, periya, 87, tivā; kutirai, 74, 10; piṅkalantai



māṭṭa - koḷutta, 49; puṟanāṉūṟu, 19



māṭṭi - aḻittu, 26; puṟapporuḷ veṇpā mālai uraikārar 'māḷap paṇṇi' eṉpar.



māṭam - aḻakiya vīṭu, 86; 'māṭu' eṉṉum mutaṉilaiyiṟ piṟanta col



māṇ - māṭcimaippaṭṭa, 62



māyōḷ - kariya niṟattai uṭaiyōḷ, māntaḷiriṉ niṟattai uṭaiyōḷeṉiṉumām, 21; 'māmai'

niṟattaiyuṇarttumeṉpar' tivākararum, puṟapporuḷ veṇpāmālaiyuraikārarum



māl - māyōṉ, kariya niṟattiṉaṉ eṉpatu coṟporuḷ, tivākaram



miṭaintu - neruṅka, 2



muṭaṅkiṟai - muṭaṅku iṟai; mūṭṭappaṭṭu vaḷaivāy irukkum vīṭṭiṟappu, eṉṟatu
nīr viḻuṅ kūṭalvāyai, 87;

tivākaram; 'uḻaviṉār kaimmaṭaṅkiṉ' eṉṉun tirukkuṟaḷil maṭaṅkutal ipporuṭṭātal
kāṇka.



muṟṟam - muṉiṭam, 30; puṟanāṉūṟu, 170



mullai - kāṭṭu mallikaik koṭi, 9, tivākaram



muṟi - taḷir, 94; tivākaram



muṉai - pakaivariṭam, 19; 'vēṟṟuppulam' puṟap. veṇ. urai, veṭci 17



mūtūr - paḻaiya ūr, 7



mūḻkal - aḻuntal, 7; paripāṭalurai, 9


meyppai - cṭṭai, 60; tivākaram



maiyal - mayakkam, 8; piṅkalantai



yavaṉar - cōṉakar, 61; tivākaram. (ionians or Greeks)



yākkai - uṭampu, 61



yātta - kaṭṭiya, 2



yāḻ - or icaikkaruvi, 8



vatiyunaṉ - taṅkukiṟavaṉ, 80; tivākaram.



vayir - ūtu kompu, 92; tivākaram.



vari - varintukaṭṭu; niṟam eṉiṉumām 47


valam - veṟṟi; veṉṟi, 71; tivākaram.



valampuri - ōr uyarnta caṅku, 2; āyirañ caṅku cūḻat tirivatu valampuric caṅku eṉpar;

cīvakacintāmaṇi ''varicaḷai cūḻum valampuri'' eṉpataṉ uraiyaik kāṇka, 210



valaṉ ērpu - valamāka, 4; valaṉnērpu - veṟṟikku ottu, 91; nērpu - ottu, paripāṭalurai,
19



vaḷḷi - kiḻaṅku tarukoṭi, 101; piṅkalantai



vaḷi - kāṟṟu, 51



vaḷai - caṅku, 92; tivākaram.



vaḷaii - vaḷaittu 1



vaḷaiiya - cūḻappaṭṭa, 59; puṟanāṉūṟu, 61



vaṉkaṇ - koṭumai, 61; taṟukaṇmai, puṟanā. aruḷiṉmai, acaiviṉmai, tiṇmai, tirukkuṟaḷ

parimēlaḻakarurai, 189, 92



vāṅku - vaḷaitta, 40; vaḷainta, 42, 92; piṅkalantai; vāṅkiya - vaḷaitta 94



vāytta - tappāmaṟ peṟṟa, 98; puṟap. veṇpāmālai 8



vāyttu - tappāmaṟ kaḻittu, puṟap. veṇpāmālai, vākai



vāyppuḷ - naṟcol, viricci, 18; puṟap. veṇpāmālai potu, 11



vāyvatu - uṇmai, 20



vāṉam - maḻai, 98; tirukkuṟaḷ 19



vicayam(vaṭacol) - veṟṟi, 91; piṅkalantai



viravu - kalanta; cērnta, 47; puṟanāṉūṟu, 152



viricci - naṟcol, 11; ipporuṭṭātal ''āṭamait tōḷiviricciyuñ cokiṉamum"

eṉpataṉuraiyiluṅ kāṇka, puṟap. poruḷ veṇpā mālai, potu, 11



viḷakkam - viḷaṅku, 9; 'kuṭiyeṉṉuṅ kuṉṟā viḷakkam', tirukkuṟaḷ, 901



vī - malar, 9



vīṅku - puṭaikkum, 59



veruvarum - accam varum, 60; tivākaram



velīiya - vellutaṟku, 57



vēṭṭu - vēṭu, vēṭṭuvac cāti, 26; cintāmaṇi 446



vēḻam - yāṉai; kaḷiṟṟiyāṉai, 69; tivākaram



vai - kūrmai, 7; 'vaiyē kūrmai' tolkāppiyam, uriyiyal, 61



vaiyakam - nilavulakam, 57; 'vaiyakamum vāṉakamu māṟṟalaritu' eṉṟār
tirukkuṟaḷilum