Tirukkurralak Kuravanci 25
English (machine translation) 25
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25.1
Having spoken excess fortune-telling, praiseworthy and renowned,
in Vañci, the Hill Country, Cochin, Koṅgu,
Mecca, Marāṭha land, and the realm of the Turks,
in Gingee, northern Kāśi, Cuttack, China,
Siṅgalam, Ceylon, Colombo, Bengal,
Tañjāvūr, the fort of Tiruchirappalli, Tamil-gathering Madurai, and Teṉmaṅgalappēṭṭai,
conquering the directions, look at the trophies I have won! (Famed and vast…)
25.2
In the fine city of Kuṟṟālam, in the year eight-hundred and eighty-seven recognized everywhere,
when the serpent-great sage praised, and the Tamil Pāṇḍya first roofed with small tiles
the glorious Citrasabhā that faces the south,
which our Ciṉṉaṇañcāttēvaṉ roofed with copper,
in those past days I told fortunes and received this enchanting garland; look at it, O enchanting creeper! (Famed and vast…)
25.3
Affectionately in the northeast, in the Kollam era
year four hundred and twenty-four,
that the temple of Teṉkāci might rise high, we were the ones
who told the fortune to Ceṇpaka Māṙaṉ! / That the good Pāṇḁya realm might be redeemed, when Cokkanāyakar
came to assume the wedding attire,
that pleasant Madurai Mģnākṣģ asked us for a fortune
the members of the Caṅkam are our witness! (vittāram) / ...52 / Vasantavalli asks for her fortune / viruttam / Wielding the sword of your glance for love-play, / Ciṅki, you conquer the god of desire! / If fortune-telling is your clan's hereditary craft, / would you leave anything wanting, O kuṗavañci? / In the land of the Supreme Lord, the Kuṗṗālar, / who abides sweetly as the fruit inside the jackfruit, / with lips redder than the silk-cotton blossom, / tell a fortune for me! / ...53 / The kuṗatti tells the fortune / Rāga – Aṭāṇā, Tāḷa – Ādi / kaṇṇis