Tirukkurralak Kuravanci 24
English (machine translation) 24
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24.1
Listen to me speak of the abundance of the kin of Kuṟṟālam's Lord, my lady!
If you look at his lineage, know that it is greater than that of the gods.
24.2
If you ask closely concerning the mother and father who bore him,
you must ask the Mountain King who gave him his daughter.
24.3
Know that he is the victorious son-in-law
both to the victorious king of the snowy mountains and to the Māṟaṉ of high Madurai.
24.4
Behold, my lady, he is the brother-in-law, dear as an eye,
to the Wise One who slumbers on the hooded serpent in the triumphant milk-ocean.
24.5
To him who sits upon the mouse-vehicle and places the rider of the elephant-vehicle in the heavenly world,
and to him who rides the peacock-vehicle;
24.6
to the son who, by his garland, severed his father's foot,
and to the son gifted to Kāḻi, know that he is the father.
24.7
To the female elephant borne of the elephant at the gate of the lord of celestial hosts,
and to the creeper borne of the deer on the honey-dripping mountain slope;
24.8
to the silent Brahmā who sits upon the fragrant forest flower,
and to Kāma, he is the father-in-law, my lady!
24.9
To the gods of the golden world and to the mortals of the earth,
to the sages of the terrestrial world and to those who dwell in the netherworld;
24.10
he is the anciently manifest Lord, my lady,
who arose before the one who took the form of a swan, the one who took the form of a boar, and all others.
24.11
They call the one who manifested before all things an elder brother;
even if one says so, it may be said; know that there is no fault, my lady!
24.12
It is hard for me to relate the richness of the kin of Kuṟṟālanāthar of the fine city;
the world itself will tell it, my lady!
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Vasantavalli enquires of the kuṟatti the special nature of her fortune-telling
viruttam
O kuṟavañci creeper, singing and dancing
the sharp riches of Kuṟṟālanāthar,
the Pure One whose body is like growing coral, listen:
explain clearly so that I may understand
the way of your glorious fortune-telling,
which you recount as a feast for all women with dark clouds of hair.
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The kuṟatti speaks of the special nature of her fortune-telling
rāga: Toḍi, tāḷa: Ādi
pallavi
Famed and vast is my fortune-telling, my lady!
O maiden of budding breasts adorned with necklaces of pearl gems,
famed and vast is my fortune-telling, my lady!
caraṇams