[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vernacular Literatures](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular) › [Medieval Tamil literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil) › [Later prabandham literature (c. 1500–1800)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late) › [Devotional shrine poems](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati) › [Tiruvaruṇaik Kalampakam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.tiruvarunaik_kalampakam) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.tiruvarunaik_kalampakam~en-mt) › 3.17 # Tiruvarunaik Kalampakam 3.17 English (machine translation) 3.17 - **Language:** English ### [3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.tiruvarunaik_kalampakam~en-mt.3.17) Wordplay (maṭakku) — āciriyaviruttam of eight metrical feet. She chases away parrots in the cool field around the lovely hill of Aruṇai belonging to Śaṅkara, who severed the body of the world-afflicting Jalandhara and swallowed the ocean poison! Her blossoming face is the moon (śaśin); her slender form is \[fair as\] Śacī! Her tender ear-ornament is a makara; her complexion is like the sky! Her breasts are heavenly orbs (mandara/antara); her waist is elusive space (antara)! Her speech is effortless poetry (āśukavi); her eyes are sharp arrows (āśuga)! - [Previous: 3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.tiruvarunaik_kalampakam~en-mt.3.16) - [Next: 3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.tiruvarunaik_kalampakam~en-mt.3.18) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.tiruvarunaik_kalampakam~en-mt.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.tiruvarunaik_kalampakam~en-mt.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.tiruvarunaik_kalampakam~en-mt.3.17) · Pramāṇa