Tirukkurralak Kuravanci 19
English (machine translation) 19
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19.1
The Lord sought by the chanted Vedas, the Lord of Nannakar worshipped by serpents, / the Lord of poets and the protector of Manu, whose feet are revered by Patañjali,
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the Lord who wears the curved crescent moon, the handsome Lord united with Her whose speech is a flute— / if He will unite with me at Kuṟumpalā, O circle of love, draw together!
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He who shattered the cloud-dark Viṣṇu and Brahmā on the lotus, who crushed the God of Love and the slender moon, / who recited the causal Vedas and the Āraṇyakas, the Supreme Lord who is meditated upon,
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the Lord first worshipped by the elephant, the Lord who cherished the Kuṟumuṉi's Tamil— / if He will unite with me at Kuṟumpalā, O circle of love, draw together!
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The arrival of the fortune-telling kuṟatti
Viruttam
In the street where dancing bangles rattle, while Vasantavalli grieves, / drawing the circle of love on the floor of her mansion / as though drawing a portent seeking the conch bracelet that the gracious Lord cast off before, / the kuṟavañci of the mansion-flanked Tirikūṭa Mountain now comes, / swaying her arm adorned with joining bracelets, holding a wand of measure, and bearing a jewelled basket.
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Āciriyappā
(1)
He of Tirikūṭa Mountain, joined by three divine peaks, / bearing the Śaiva stamp upon the sky;
He of the Citranadī river, whose sweetness like honey / mounts to the young cranes babbling in the heavenly waters:
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He of the southern Āriya country where rains swell, lake waters flourish, and sea waves toss;
Lord of Nannakar where tender mangoes ripen, plantains cast honey, and red paddy is guarded and bestowed;
Lord of the horse that rose as the thousand Vedas;
(10)
Lord of the elephant bearing two thousand tusks;
Lord of the bull banner displaying heroic titles;
Lord of the pavilion where the three kinds of drums roar;
Lord of the victorious white parasol covering like a rain-cloud, holding millions of cosmic realms under his command;
(15)
Lord of the koṉṟai garland frequented by lovely bees for the graceful eyes of Bālasundarī Kuḻalvāymoḻi;
Sovereign residing in the flowering garden of ceṇpaka blossoms;
singing the holy grace of the Lord of gods—
wearing shining sacred ash, drawing a tilaka on her brow,
(20)
adorning herself with strings of glass beads and guñjā seeds,
with a basket tied at her bleached cloth waist,
a magic measuring rod held in her right hand,
with a cajoling tone in her speech, a trembling shake of her breasts,
a wink of her eye, and a radiant charm in her mien,
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so that the pride of Urvaśī and Rambhā was humbled,
so that sages were subdued by the mischief of her smile,
so that the entire assembly was stilled by her measured words,
and those who came passing by were captivated by her sidelong glance;
controlling all countless omens through her divination,
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beginning with the rattling uḍukku drum and the kōṭāṅki fortune-telling,
wielding her magic rod as a royal sceptre
over Koṅkaṇa, Āriyam, and the country of the Gujjaras,
planting a victory pillar through the Tamil of the southerners
across the kingdoms of Karṇāṭaka, Telugu, and Kaliṅga,
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reading the right palm of kings,
examining the left palm of sweet-smiling damsels,
telling past fortunes, fortunes yielding immediate fruits,
fortunes to come in the future, fortunes desired in the mind,
bodily omens, palm signs, eye signs, speech signs—
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she who utters any fortune in the twinkling of an eye,
the kuṟavañci with kohl-rimmed eyes, has come!
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Viruttam
Applying a musk tilaka to her bow-like forehead, crowning fragrant tresses with scarlet ixora blossoms,
painting kohl on her deadly wanton eyes, holding her magic wand, bearing an ornate basket,
wearing a necklace of guñjā beads upon her breasts, on the mountain
of the slopes of the Primal Lord of Tirikūṭam, the golden creeper, the exquisite kuṟavañci, comes cooing playfully!
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Kīrttanai
Rāga: Tōḍi; Tāla: Cāppu
Pallavi
The creeper has arrived; the kuṟavañci of the mountains has arrived!
Anupallavi
A creeper of beauty, fine gold; whose streaked eyes are poison; whose full heart is wildness;
to declare abundant fortunes, holding in her heart the immaculate Lord of wisdom with matted hair of five strands under the jackfruit tree—
the creeper has arrived; the kuṟavañci of the mountains has arrived!
Caraṇams
Her breasts rival the val-game stone; her waist is said to be non-existent;
her brow is like an archer’s bow; her smile challenges the jasmine blossom;
as if saying she is far softer than that damsel upon Kolli Mountain
renowned as a magical creeper;
her fame embracing the north as far as glorious Delhi,
telling sweet fortunes as she comes—
the learned kuṟavañci of the mountain of the Lord who embraces Kuḻalmoḻi Selvi, the vine of the snow mountain! (The creeper...)
As rows of guñjā necklaces rest on her breasts like flashes of lightning upon a hill,
as pearls glisten motionless along the path where the fragrant gentle breeze drifts,
as her earrings swing high, with Rati in one and Madana in the other,
she of the victorious mountain of Him whose feet dance in the eternal assembly hall! (The creeper...)
As both her swinging ear pendants strike the wild mass of her dark hair and her pair of eyes,
as her breasts, like fighting elephant tusks, protrude and wrestle beneath the cloth covering them,
singing melodiously in Tōḍi, Muraḷi, Varāḷi, and Bhairavī
with proud flair—
she of the Tirikūṭa mountain, a vast mountain where peafowl dance and the mountain wears the moon! (The creeper...)
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Koccakakkalippā
On the Kuṟṟālam hill of the Three-Eyed Lord who bent the mountain of old,
if the heavy breasts of the maiden of desire with pitch-black tresses,
swelling like golden pots upon her chest,
grow any bigger, her slender waist will not be able to bear them.
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Rāga: Tōḍi; Tāla: Ādi
Pallavi
The creeper came; the mountain kuṟavañci came!
Anupallavi
The creeper came before the delightful enchanter of Tirikūṭam,
like a life-giving sañjīvī herb for the surging affliction of love-sickness!
Caraṇams