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# English (machine translation)

Translation of [Tirukkurralak Kuravanci (Tirukkuṟṟālak Kuṟavañci)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci)

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## Text

### [0](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.0)

Praise of Vināyakar  
To praise the royal flower-feet of Kuṟṟālattīcar who wears a garland of flower-rich koṉṟai  
and to sing the Tamil kuṟavañci,  
protection is provided by the one skilled with five hands like wish-granting trees,  
whose body has grown like a mountain where great cataracts of rut flow.  
...1

### [p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.p1)

Lord Murugaṉ  
When the twelve hands received the spear, when the eleven bore weapons,  
while the worthy Nine Warriors in the ten directions praised,  
sporting across the eight mountains and seven oceans,  
bearing six golden diadems, tossing \[their foes\] aside like five heads,  
the unique one with four-times-three shoulders who grants his two feet  
has bestowed this Tamil Tirukkuṟṟālak Kuṟavañci.  
...2

### [p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.p2)

Tirikūṭanāthar  
Where all the branching boughs are the four Vedas,  
all the shoots sprouted from branches are Śivaliṅgas, all the fruits are Śivaliṅgas,  
all the carpels born of the fruits are Śivaliṅgas, and all the seeds have the form of Śivaliṅgas:  
we pray to the tender shoot of Śiva that sprang up at that peerless Kuṟumpalā.  
...3

### [p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.p3)

Kuḻalvāymoḻi Ammai  
Sprouting on the snowy mountain whose peak is traversed by the pale moon,  
creeping up with desire upon the coral mountain of the majestic three-eyed one,  
shooting forth tender sprays, coming of age,  
bearing the blossoming, fragrant water-lily and lotus, bearing a single water-tusk lily,  
we praise Kuḻalvāymoḻi of beautiful tresses, the vine of grace that blooms across the world.  
...4

### [p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.p4)

Three among the Four Teachers of the Śaiva Tradition  
To sing the fertile kuṟavañci drama,  
praising the broad, mighty shoulders strong like a rock  
of the Lord of sacred Kuṟṟālam, who summoned the seven supporting oceans for his mother-in-law  
though a river was upon his head,  
the protection shall be:  
he who mounted a stone so that it floated upon the waves,  
he who summoned the damsel on that day from the bones,  
and he who cast into a river the gold he received in the city and retrieved it from a deep tank.  
...5

### [p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.p5)

Sage Agastya and Venerable Māṇikkavācakar  
Wishing to perform the kuṟavañci drama of the eternal Tirikūṭaliṅgar,  
we sing of the sage who spoke Tamil so that the sacred forms of the liberated ones melted,  
and we cherish the feet of Vātavūrāṉ who joined the twin feet of the Madman,  
so that phlegm does not arise and choke us on the day when the soul leaves this body and dies.  
...6

### [p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.p6)

Sarasvatī  
Whose pair of flower-feet and red water-lily mouth are crimson,  
whose long flowery tresses and collyrium-lined eyes like blue lotuses are black,  
and whose form, renown, and crystal in her fair hand are white:  
we celebrate that vine of wisdom for the Tirukkuṟṟālak Kuṟavañci.  
...7

### [p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.p7)

The Benefit of the Work  
Because on that day he took pity on the hunter of the mighty bow, the fox, the Vedic scholar, and the gods,  
and destroyed the cruel five heinous sins—  
murder, theft, drinking, lust, and treachery to one’s guru—  
those who contemplate the Kuṟṟālam of the one who wears the crescent moon  
shall attain the boons they desire; so that they may contemplate it,  
there will be benefit both for those who read and those who listen  
to this kuṟavañci drama endowed with many splendours.  
...8

### [p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.p8)

Apologia  
Whenever one willingly binds a flower garland upon one's head,  
do people of the world cast it aside saying, “The string is vile”?  
Amidst this illustrious Tamil garland,  
the great ones will surely not reject my words,  
because of the name of the wealthy Kuṟṟālattīcar.  
...9

### [p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.p9)

Arrival of the Herald  
Announcing the procession of the wealthy Kuṟṟālattīcar of the car-graced spring streets,  
who mounts the world-sustaining bull,  
with a straight sacred thread on his chest and a long cane in his hand,  
the herald entered like a bull of the dark cloud.  
...10

### [p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.p10)

Rāgam: Toḍi, Tāḷam: Cāppu  
Couplets

### [1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.1.1)

He has the cane of authority of the righteous sceptre that protects  
rulers of the line of Manu, Indra lord of gods, and the foremost ones who dwell on the earth.

### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.1.2)

The gate herald of Kuṟṟālanāthar, the benefactor who wields the great Meru bow, has arrived.  
... 2  
The herald speaks of Tirikūṭanāthar coming in procession  
Viruttam  
In the ancient streets of the fair city of Nannakar, where pearl-adorned women form ranks,  
the generous lord who reveals with his hand the bounding fawn for the eloquent Kuṟumuṉi,  
whose feet resound with anklets where the four abundant Vedas echo,  
mounted upon his bull, the lord of the mountain,  
and, crowned with the moon rising in the west, appeared like the sun rising in the east.  
... 3  
Rāgam - Pantuvarāḷi, Tāḷam - Cāppu  
Pallavi  
He has come in procession, on his young bull he has come in procession!  
Anupallavi  
Dwelling in Kuṟumpalā praised by the earth, the master of silence, the ever-youthful lord,  
he who became Śiva, Hari, and Aja \[Brahmā\], mounting his swift, massive bull— (He has come in procession)  
Caraṇams

### [2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.2.1)

While the throng of gods, the throng of sages,  
the throng of asuras, and the throng of devotees among mortals,  
surrounded him and were individually bewildered, \[thinking,\] "Are they gods who do not blink?",  
and each time they were separated and stationed, saying, "These are mortals of old, and these are gods,"  
the blows of Nandi’s cane of authority struck upon the crowns of countless regional kings— (He has come in procession)

### [2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.2.2)

While one hand averts, one hand bestows,  
one hand holds aloft the burning battle-axe,  
and one hand grasps the raised young fawn, as his serpent ornaments gleam bright;  
while the garment given by a ferocious tiger and the upper canopy cloth given by an elephant  
swayed upon his sacred waist, and the begging-bowl given by lotus-dwelling Aja suited him well— (He has come in procession)

### [2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.2.3)

While the victorious army was borne by the noble son who mounts a pursuing bandicoot rat,  
while the ruler on the fierce peacock mount bore aloft the victorious spear at his right,  
while upon his garlanded chest the koṉṟai wreaths and the brilliance of the pendant gem overflowed,  
and as the whole world thrived and flourished on seeing the arrival of the supreme Lord— (He has come in procession)

### [2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.2.4)

While like moving storm clouds with thunderous roars, the deafening kettle-drums upon elephants  
and the roar of uḍukkai drums spread everywhere, so that the elephants of the directions covered their ears with trunks;  
while the strains of Tiruppallāṇṭu sung by devotees opened even plugged ears,  
and on one side the refined Tamil Tirumuṟai hymns of the Three, and on the other the Vedas were chanted— (He has come in procession)

### [2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.2.5)

While golden tamburas, kinnaras, and sweet vīṇās strummed softly;  
while palanquins of faultless holy pearls, canopies, and golden circular sun-shades cast their shade;  
while lines of maidens waved clustered fly-whisks, cāmara plumes, and rows of fans;  
and while all the gods, headed by Kubera, Indra, and Varuṇa, offered praise— (He has come in procession)

### [2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.2.6)

While the Śaivas rose high and the Jainas fell low, and all religions were redeemed;  
while graceful Viṣṇu, discus in hand, together with the lotus-born \[Brahmā\], guarded his flanks;  
and while herald horns blew loudly again and again, proclaiming:  
"The lord of the five has come! The lord of many immortals has come! The lord of gods has come!"— (He has come in procession)

### [2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.2.7)

While the multitude of armies, the multitude of infantry, the multitude of chariots, the multitude of flower-garlands,  
and the multitude of elephants and horses crowded the entire earth;  
while a forest of towering banners covered the vast expanse and plunged everything into darkness,  
and then the bull banner radiating brilliant light rose high, shining in every direction— (He has come in procession)

### [2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.2.8)

While divine maidens with clustered flower braids danced the kuravai dance, crowding like the sea;  
while the songs of the two suited to his holy ears melted all the seven worlds;  
while drums thundered like rain clouds and peahen-like maidens danced abundantly;  
and while the Goddess, Bhairavī, Gaurī, the woman named Kuḻalmoḻi, sat at his left side— (He has come in procession)  
... 4  
Women arriving to witness the procession  
Viruttam  
To see the procession of the Lord of Tirikūṭa on his milk-white bull,  
maiden damsels, serving as infantry bearing weapons for Manmatha riding on the breeze,  
sharpening their carp-like rebellious glances as arrows, and bending their long bow-like eyebrows,  
come forward as their gemmed anklets sound like battle drums, proclaiming, "We shall fight to make him mad with love!"  
... 5  
The words of the women who came to witness the procession  
Rāgam - Punnākavarāḷi, Tāḷam - Cāppu  
Kaṇṇis

### [3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.3.1)

Ten million delicate maidens arrived like ten million deer,  
following the supreme Lord who came holding a single deer.

### [3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.3.2)

Some said, "He with the sacred thread upon his chest is Aja \[Brahmā\]!";  
then said, "If he were Aja, why the ferocious serpent, and why the singular conch \[earring\]?"

### [3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.3.3)

Some said, "He is Māl \[Viṣṇu\] of boundless compassion!";  
then said, "If he were Māl, would there be an eye upon an eye, or a crown upon a crown?"

### [3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.3.4)

"Because the Four-faced One and Tirumāl are coming on either side, / he is the Lord, the King of Tirikūṭa!" they say.

### [3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.3.5)

Women who wore bangles on one arm, forgetting to put bangles on the other, / run forward, look around for those who mock them, and bow their heads.

### [3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.3.6)

The bodice meant for both breasts they wrap around the waist as a garment, / and then saying, "This garment is a bodice!" they put it on their lovely breasts.

### [3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.3.7)

As their yearning minds wander outside, they come / with kohl taken in hand for one eye, and kohl applied to only one eye.

### [3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.3.8)

"Will this king not stand for a long time on the street of Nannakar? / Will he not speak a single word?" they say.

### [3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.3.9)

"The white moon adorned by the God of gods who has a blemish upon his true form / shines bright just like our maidenly intellect!" they say.

### [3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.3.10)

"Will not the serpents curled with hoods wrapped upon his body / hunger? Will they not feed upon the southern breeze?" they say.

### [3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.3.11)

"If they do not press against his chest so that the bracelets on these arms press into his shoulders, / what kind of breasts are these lovely breasts that have arisen for us?" they say.

### [3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.3.12)

"While dark coiled hair came undone, he took the bracelets from our arms; what magic is this? / Is this justice for one wearing matted hair?" they say.  
...6  
The Arrival of Vasantavalli  
viruttam  
Displaying the birth-form of the maidens who lose modesty and garments before the Lord of Nannakar, / stirring the turmoil of the God of Love, / adorning a tilaka of radiant gold, wearing a garland of blooming flowers, / displaying the colorful Mohinī, the enchantress of spring, Vasantavalli, arrived.  
...7  
Rāga: Kalyāṇi, Tāla: Ādi  
kaṇṇis

### [4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.4.1)

Wearing golden ornaments, marking a tilaka, / bewitching the God of Love with her glance, / Vasantavalli, the lovely, enchanting maiden, / arrived like a divine rambhā.

### [4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.4.2)

As her eye matches eye \[with Kāma\], and to conquer with a glance / the forehead-eyed Lord of Tirikūṭa, / making even woman swoon over woman, Vasantavalli / arrived like a female swan.

### [4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.4.3)

Wearing wrist-bracelets to fill her hands, vanquishing women bright as lightning, / staging a drama in her eyes, / walking with graceful allure, Vasantavalli / arrived like a painting.

### [4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.4.4)

On the long assembly street of Kuṟṟālanāthar, / who delights in playful dalliance, / like the playful woman Rati, Vasantavalli / arrived making even Urvaśī feel shy.  
...8  
Rāga: Bhairavī, Tāla: Cāppu  
kaṇṇis

### [5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.5.1)

She whose topknot is encircled by dark clouds, curling and throwing eddies; / she whose carp-like eyes leap and play against her ear-ornaments, pillaging the heart; / she whose lips are like the blossom of the well-formed murukku flower; / she whose forehead curves like an arched bow and shines like the crescent moon;

### [5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.5.2)

she whose eyebrows even the celestial bow of heaven desires and declares its love for; / she who is in the bloom of maidenhood possessing a pride that bewitches others' minds; / she whose speech is sweet like sugarcane and refined like nectar-medicine; / she whose teeth are set like rows of pearls washed up by the roaring waves of the sea;

### [5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.5.3)

she with a pearl on her nose that reaches to gaze upon the beauty of her teeth; / she whose face, where the form accustomed to the moon resides, is an abode of beauty; / she whose neck, adorned with bow-shaped ornaments, surpasses the areca palm and climbing vine; / she upon whom are painted lines of sandal-paste evaluating the world and establishing the place of pleasure;

### [5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.5.4)

she whose reddish hands wear precious bracelets of gold set with gems; / she whose pair of breasts remain succulent though strapped within a bodice everywhere; / she whose lovely navel creates an eddy even in the stone-like hearts of ascetics of capable mind; / she whose small line of hair rises above it in order, swallowing the heart;

### [5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.5.5)

she whose tiny waist is contained within an hourglass drum and grasped within a fist; / she whose thighs are like trunks of plantain trees erected for the palace of the wicked god of desire; / she whose attire is a colorful folded sari gathered in pleats; / she whose gait practices a delicate step within the gentle walk of a swan.

### [5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.5.6)

Her form fashioned by taking ambrosia produced from the churning sea; / like sugar fit for the milk of desire, obtained by the great Bhīma's cooking; / like a fragrant flowering creeper grasped—such is the magnificence of Vasantavalli, / that would melt the mind of the King of Tirikūṭa, who abides on the Śakti Pīṭha.  
...9  
Vasantavalli playing ball  
viruttam  
Did Vasantavalli, coming out in the Tirikūṭa of the Wise Lord, / from the tossing game or from the bouncing of her broad breasts, / redden her shell-adorned hands, springing four steps forward / and drawing back ten steps, as she practiced striking the ball?  
...10  
Rāga: Bhairavī, Tāla: Cāppu  
kaṇṇis

### [6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.6.1)

As the bangles on her fair hands jingled and clattered, dancing “Victory! Victory!”, / as her anklets and tinkle-bells joined together in dance, saying “Agreement!”, / as both her breasts swayed and danced, saying “We have conquered a cruel enemy!”, / the maiden Vasantasundarī, a green flowering creeper, practiced with the ball.

### [6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.6.2)

As the fish-like eyes rolled and danced, approaching the heavy, overflowing earrings; / as the bees on the bow of Kāma flew away, seeing the swarm of bees dispersed in her cloud-like tresses; / as her waist wavered, asking “Seeing this now, what will become of the world?”, / the lotus-like maiden Vasantasundarī practiced with the ball.

### [6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.6.3)

As the armlets stood and danced, beholding the white conch-bangles on her wrist; / as her crafted foot-ornaments and tender feet took on a posture and danced; / like a peacock of fine plumage dancing gracefully, in the street of the good city, / the graceful Vasantavalli, a golden creeper adorned, played vigorously with the ball.

### [6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.6.4)

Wondering: “Is she Indirā? Is she Sundarī? Is she a divine Rambhā? Or Mohinī?”, / and: “Did her mind dart forward? Did her eyes dart forward? Or did her hands dart forward?”, / in the conch-filled street of the Lord of Kuṟumpalā, who wears the crescent moon, / that graceful woman Vasantavalli, adorned with gemmed bangles, played with her golden ball.  
...11  
viruttam  
As her flower-decked tresses slipped down, in the good city Vasantavalli—moving before and behind the cruel Kāma, / walking three steps, then four steps, hastening through the throng of women, / spinning, wheeling to the left and to the right, surrounded by her companions— / as she struck the ball in this fashion, Brahmā did not create a thousand eyes to behold it!  
...12  
caru  
Rāga: Kāmbhodhi, Ādi tāla  
pallavi  
Gracefully did Vasantasundarī strike the ball! (Strike)  
caraṇams

### [7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.7.1)

Her Mandara-like breasts clashing in dispute, / her shark-shaped ear-pendants swaying like swings, / her lovely eyes waging a battle, / to the beat: toṅga-toṅga-toṅgat-tom! (Strike)

### [7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.7.2)

Like the brilliance of lightning that leaps and flashes upon the luster of gold, / seeking sweet words of melody again and again, / joining with her companions again and again, / singing of Tirikūṭa in the good city, / to the beat: nakurtat-tikurtat-takurtat-tom! (Strike)  
...13  
Vasantavalli beholding Tirikūṭanāthar  
viruttam  
In the street where the conch-bearing procession came, / as two balls leaped and played at her feet, / two balls danced upon her breasts, / and one ball was played by her hand— / she beheld coming toward her the Siddha / who performed wondrous feats with all five balls gathered in one casket.  
...14  
Rāga: Aṭāṇā, Tāla: Rūpaka  
pallavi  
Who is this Siddha? A very marvelous magician, / he has come riding upon a bull! (Who)  
caraṇams

### [8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.8.1)

Binding a snake upon his arm, binding poison upon his throat, / binding the cremation grounds everywhere so that no crow draws near, / keeping one woman on his side like a green parrot, / he has placed another woman upon his crown to awaken lust! (Who)

### [8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.8.2)

Seeing the beauty of the red hue of his body and the beauty of the battle-axe in his hand, / will not women with collyrium-lined eyes swoon in love? / While the tender crescent moon rests upon his ruddy matted hair, / the serpent spreads its hood for nothing, O mother! (Who)

### [8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.8.3)

“With a glance of his eyes of grace, he melted my body like gold  
the moment I saw him!  
If you see this greatness, the illusion he worked this once  
is just like our Lord of Tirukkuṟṟālam!” (This)  
...15  
Vasantavalli falls in love upon hearing the words of her maidens  
viruttam  
“See, he wore the moon upon his crest!  
See, he is the Lord of Tirikūṭa!  
He alone is the sovereign  
over all the siddhis in the world!”—  
Drinking the nectar of the sweet words  
spoken thus by many young women,  
the maiden Vasantavalli  
gave her heart; she fell deep in love.  
...16  
Rāga: Punnākavarāḷi, Tāla: Rūpaka  
kaṇṇis

### [9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.9.1)

Is he the sweet one praised by sages? Is he the fruit of the whole jackfruit tree of the Vedas?  
Is he the pure honey placed inside the fruit? Has he come to melt women's hearts?  
His red beauty like the sun, and the black beauty upon his holy throat,  
and both his ears adorned with serpents—if she sees them, will not a woman melt?

### [9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.9.2)

Alas, does it melt at the sight of the handsome one? Does a fainting stupor come upon me?  
Is this what they call desire? Did I know this before?  
Has my entire body turned pale yellow? Have the words spoken by the mother who bore me grown bitter?  
Without thirst I put on no ornaments; nor do I see the sliding bangles on my wrists!  
...17  
Lament of the maidens  
viruttam  
Vasantavalli of Nannakar, whose gait  
makes the swan admit defeat,  
went before him who rides the bull  
and lost her conch bangles in the street of conches;  
she took the garment of him who has matted locks  
and gave him her own;  
was it a dispute over her garment  
that she seized his moving chariot?  
...18  
Rāga: Toḍi, Tāla: Cāppu  
kaṇṇis

### [10.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.10.1)

“Stricken with longing, she has fallen to the ground, our darling deer!” they say; “Look, she will not  
play, she will not sing, nor wear unfading garlands!” they say;  
“What deceit is this that she does not speak?” they say; “Is it the demon  
of lust?” they say; “Is it madness?” they say; “Is it an illusion?” they say.

### [10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.10.2)

“Alas, what shall we do?” they say; “O God, has exhaustion  
overcome her?” they say; “Where is her breath?” they say; “Where is her speech?” they say;  
All the maidens take holy ash in hand and cry: “O Lord of Tirikūṭa  
with the trident in your hand, look with grace!”  
...19  
The companions attend to Vasantavalli  
viruttam  
Saying, “Vasantavalli’s body  
has grown weak from love  
for the god of Tirukkuṟṟālam,”  
they brought her to the golden mansion,  
and, like those who submerge in a well  
ones who have fallen with their radiant beauty lost,  
the lightning-like maidens scorched her with cooling things.  
...20  
Rāga: Kalyāṇi, Tāla: Cāppu  
kaṇṇis

### [11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.11.1)

They smear fragrant sandalwood paste;  
and fan her, stoking and stoking the fire of yearning;  
they say, “Her body is scorching! It is melting!”  
They say, “The scattered flowers are burning to charcoal! The pearls are bursting!”

### [11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.11.2)

Sitting beside her, they tell stories;  
taking her and embracing her, the women lay her on a tender plantain leaf;  
Vasantamohinī, belonging to him of Kuṟumpalā in flourishing Nannakar,  
mingled in dispute with the vast moonlight.  
...21  
Vasantavalli reproaches the moon  
viruttam  
Because of the delusion caused by him who gave a share of himself  
to Kuḻalvāymoḻi among women,  
I lie on the earth with my mind bewildered; are you too  
bewildered in mind, O moon?  
Associating with him who keeps fire in his eye and burns,  
burning and burning with him,  
you have set fire to the sky, O white moon,  
a cruel sinner with cool light!  
...22  
Rāga: Varāḷi, Tāla: Ādi  
kaṇṇis

### [12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.12.1)

You were born along with cool ambrosia, O white moon!  
Why have you forgotten that cool grace, O white moon?  
You were also born with a woman, O white moon!  
Seeing my womanhood, should you scorch me, O white moon?

### [12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.12.2)

Is it because you were born in the sky, O white moon,  
or because I threw cow dung cakes at you, O white moon,  
that like one who does not open his eyes, O white moon,  
you play such a fierce game of burning, O white moon?

### [12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.12.3)

Was it not by doing mischief, O white moon,  
that you waned like a man-eater, O white moon?  
When I say I do not see the handsome one coming, O white moon,  
why this fury of yours, O white moon?

### [12.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.12.4)

Do not think it is a serpent, white moon, / see, this is a neat plait of hair, white moon! / You destroyed the pride of the lotus, white moon; / go and scorch before Tirikūṭaliṅgar, white moon!  
...23  
Vasantavalli reproaches Manmatha  
Viruttam  
Knowing the infatuation granted by Him who wears the cool-mooned crown, / women have harboured boundless malice; who called this town Nannakar? / Is it not enough for me that the Lord is Tirikūṭanāthar? / O Lord of Spring, holding the white-moon parasol, holding the fish banner!  
...24  
Rāga: Eadukulakāmbhōji, Tāla: Cāppu  
Kaṇṇis

### [13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.13.1)

What is the sugarcane in hand, what are the arrows, what are you, Manmatha? / Are not this twilight sky and the sinful moon enough, Manmatha? / Manmatha, infatuated with black-kohled-eyed Rati! / If I am infatuated with Him who is mighty upon the bull mount, is the fault upon me, Manmatha?

### [13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.13.2)

The tiger of the southern breeze leaps from every direction, Manmatha! / Having blown the cuckoo’s horn, no food is palatable, Manmatha! / My companion who is called elder sister reviles me without shame, Manmatha; / besides her, my mother is a cruel, treacherous woman, behold, Manmatha!

### [13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.13.3)

Look at the well-jewelled women and the town, Manmatha! / Sleep in the eyes has become an enemy, Manmatha! / Why the fame of flowers rather than great renown, boy Manmatha? / Will you become a manly hero by waging war upon a young girl, Manmatha?

### [13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.13.4)

This is not long matted hair, see, it is a plait of dark locks, Manmatha! / That which came upon the forehead is not an eye, look, it is a line of vermilion, Manmatha! / He shares half His form with a woman; He belongs to the southern Aryan land, Manmatha; / go before Kuṟṟālar of our Nannakar, Manmatha!  
...25  
The female companion questions Vasantavalli  
Viruttam  
When the words spoken by the ruler of the seven worlds / trained the great warrior Manmatha, / while I remain your servant and friend, / may I not practice them? / O vine! O branch dripping with ripe sweetness! / O female elephant with breasts challenging the bodice! / O sole daughter to our family, / disclose your thoughts!  
...26  
Vasantavalli speaks to her female companion  
Rāga: Kalyāṇi, Tāla: Cāppu  
Kaṇṇis

### [14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.14.1)

I have fallen deeply in love with the Lord of Tirikūṭa, / who is true to the true; listen to that news, my friend! / His red matted locks, the beauty of the sacred koṉṟai garland, / and the battle-axe in His hand never leave my eyes.

### [14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.14.2)

Seeing the divine Shoot wearing the tender shoot of the Gaṅgā, / I turned even the tender cool moon into a shoot of fire! / Seeing Him who wears the conch earring in the street of conches, / the conch bangles upon both red hands slipped off, and I grew distraught!

### [14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.14.3)

Seeing Him who adorns His head with the fragrant tender crescent moon, / I suffered as the wasp of the gentle southern breeze stung me day by day! / I went before Kuṟṟālanāthar, whose bow is the mountain; / wielding his victorious bow, Madan fought softly and relentlessly.

### [14.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.14.4)

Seeing the Lord upon the great royal street of Nannakar, / seeing the deer in His hand, I let my garment slip loose! / Seeing Him who has a speck of blackness upon His red body, / alas, mother, my whole body has now darkened completely!

### [14.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.14.5)

Seeing Him who wears the tiger skin on the silver bull mount, / I saw the moon lodged in my heart as if it were the sun! / Seeing Him who has not the least food or sleep, / I too have abandoned glorious food and sleep!  
...27  
The female companion derides Vasantavalli  
Viruttam  
O golden vine, come like an ornament to the maiden Earth! / O foremost among women, Vasantavalli! / What shall I say to the foolishness you spoke? / Longing for the Woman of the Mountain, / upon Him who rides a grey bull along the conch-filled street— / is it for Him, lady, that you have fallen in love?  
...28  
Vasantavalli praises Tirikūṭanāthar and speaks to her female companion  
Rāga: Saurāṣṭram, Tāla: Rūpakam  
Kaṇṇis

### [15.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.15.1)

Will you not hear more and more news of King Kuṟṟālar, / O deer-like maiden? / For the great bull mount, His vehicle, / all the worlds are but a single stride, see, O deer-like maiden! / Is it not the blessing of His presence that constitutes / the wealth of the gods in the golden world, O deer-like maiden? / Behold the threshold where the moon and the sun / come down and descend, O deer-like maiden!

### [15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.15.2)

Did I alone fall in love with the Lord of Nannakar, deer-like maid? / Many young women have desired him, and sages' wives too have desired him, deer-like maid! / That maiden Mandodarī who lived in Southern Laṅkā, deer-like maid— / what penance did she do to reach and embrace his golden feet, deer-like maid?  
...29  
The same: viruttam  
Fruit ripening at the root, carpels bursting at the base, and overflowing sweet honey / bursting forth as if the subterranean Gaṅgā had leapt upon the earth; / the spotless Lord holding court at Kuṟumpalā where sweet honey mixes into the swelling waters— / I am just one of the women who are infatuated with him, see!  
...30  
The friend interrogates Vasantavalli on propriety  
viruttam  
Vasantavalli, exuberant as spring! / Speaking word for word, / see, your color is paling and the town speaks slander! / You have placed desire on the Supreme Lord. / What claim is there for the eternal Lord of sacred Kuṟṟālam / who yields truth to unite with you? / Speak reasonably so that it fits!  
...31  
Vasantavalli speaks in sorrow  
Rāgam - Nādanāmakriyā, Tāḷam - Ādi  
kaṇṇis

### [16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.16.1)

He quenched the fire of the three cities for the three men, / but does not quench the fire of passion in me, a woman in love. / He bent the massive mountain with his hand, / but will not take in his hand the rounded youthful mountains of my breasts.

### [16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.16.2)

Upon the five heads he placed six heads; / for the five trembling faculties of my heart he will not grant a resting solace. / He drank the poison and gave nectar, / but will not drink the poison of my sword-like eyes and grant nectar.

### [16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.16.3)

He ended the curse of the lord of the gods, / but does not end the curse imposed by the youthful prince of multicolored cuckoos! / Praised by all, the Lord of sacred Kuṟṟālam pities everyone, / yet takes no pity on me, O girl!  
...32  
The friend offers counsel to Vasantavalli  
viruttam  
Desiring the Lord of sacred Kuṟṟālam in Nannakar, / you have learned to speak words matching those who talk of him. / O splendid peafowl, is it fit to proclaim the glory of his holy presence? / I have told you what was mine to say; / from now on, it is your own wish.  
...33  
Vasantavalli sends her friend as a messenger  
Rāgam - Kāmbhodhi, Tāḷam - Ādi  
pallavi  
Go and deliver a message, O girl! / Go before the Lord of Kuṟṟālam, deliver a message and return!  
anupallavi  
Before him who once went as an envoy for Cuntarar in days of old, (Go and deliver a message)  
caraṇams

### [17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.17.1)

Sleep will not come for me to sleep; / nor can I forget him who wrought this sorcery, even if I try to forget. / Even though born into a woman’s life, great greed is unseemly; / yet knowing that, I have fallen in love with that gracious lord now! (Go and deliver a message)

### [17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.17.2)

Remaining cool all day yesterday, it boils today— / why does the sinful god of sleep compete against me? In the middle of this, / an agitation has overcome this wind; / proclaiming that the antidote for love-sickness is the three-eyed medicine, (Go and deliver a message)

### [17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.17.3)

Tell him to come at this very moment if he comes; / if he does not come, tell him to at least send his garland! / If the Lord of Kuṟṟālam gives, tell him to give back my heart; / if he does not give, say: “I will not let go of the woman that he himself has become!” (Go and deliver a message)  
...34  
Vasantavalli explains the suitable time to visit Tirikūṭanāthar to her friend  
viruttam  
He graciously brings forth the god of love, sometimes conquers him, / and returns to summon that god of love back again. / He who flayed the tusked elephant sent by the sages full of rising arrogance— / the court of this Lord of Kuṟṟālam is difficult even for the immortals to behold. / There are many unfavorable times; listen, you who are like lightning, as I explain the auspicious time.  
...35  
Rāgam - Bihāg, Tāḷam - Ādi  
kaṇṇis

### [18.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.18.1)

For the king of Tirikūṭa, from the Tiruvaṉantal morning service onwards, / he holds court nine times a day, O companion!

### [18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.18.2)

During the seven great ablution ceremonies, / know, O companion, that it is not a time for anyone to speak!

### [18.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.18.3)

Among the approaching days, there are three great temple festivals, the spring festival, / and monthly and yearly celebrations, O companion!

### [18.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.18.4)

Day after day, in marvelous majesty, / there is the court assembly where the lady Kuḻalvāymoḻi delights to sit, O companion!

### [18.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.18.5)

Without knowing the proper time in the great court  
of the Lord Liṅga of auspicious Kuṟṟālam, replete with royal majesty, my friend,

### [18.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.18.6)

While the siddhas, the hosts of gods, and the gaṇas of Śiva bar the way, / some people stand waiting at the entrance of the sacred gate, O companion!

### [18.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.18.7)

Those who crossed that boundary, dodging Nandi's cane of authority, / stand upon the raised verandah of the Lord who took them as His own, O friend!

### [18.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.18.8)

Look, O friend! The bees and parrots dispatched by dark-kohled, black-eyed women / wait at every doorway.

### [18.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.18.9)

The auspicious Makutāgama is performed, O friend, / by Kuṟṟālam's Civarāma Nampi through the grace of Śaṅkara Viśvanātha.

### [18.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.18.10)

As rivers of milk and rivers of clarified butter flow for ablutions and offerings, / He graciously accepts each time of service, O friend!

### [18.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.18.11)

The ancient songs of the four Vedas, the sacred songs spoken by the trio, / and new songs by poets of the four poetic modes, O friend—

### [18.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.18.12)

in the full royal assembly where the blue-throated Lord of Kuṟṟālam graciously presides, / there is no exclusion: it is open to all, look, O friend!

### [18.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.18.13)

At that hour, the Lord of Kuṟṟālam sits in court with His goddess; / you must not speak of love then, look, O friend!

### [18.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.18.14)

Those who touch the holy form throughout the three times come and stand / striving together at the sacred bedchamber service, O friend;

### [18.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.18.15)

then the young maiden adorned with lovely dangling ear-ornaments departs from the bedchamber, / and this is the time of solitude in the temple, O friend.

### [18.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.18.16)

O you whose eyes are accustomed to kohl, tell Him of my great yearning / and bring back His fragrant garland, O friend!"  
...36  
Vasantavalli casts the circle of love  
Koccakam  
He who wears the holy water of the clear northern waterfall, / who adorned His red matted hair with the waters of heaven—unable to bear the fever of longing for Him, / with her tears as fragrant water and her hand-bangles forming the bank, / she makes a well-spring with the circle of love drawn on the floor.  
...37  
Cintu  
Rāga: Pantuvarāḷi, Tāla: Tripuṭa  
Kaṇṇis

### [19.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.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,

### [19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.19.2)

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!

### [19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.19.3)

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,

### [19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.19.4)

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!  
...38  
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.  
...39  
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:

### [19.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.19.5)

—  
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,  
(25)  
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,  
(30)  
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,  
(35)  
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—  
(40)  
she who utters any fortune in the twinkling of an eye,  
the kuṟavañci with kohl-rimmed eyes, has come!  
...40  
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!  
...41  
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...)  
...41-1  
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.  
...41-2  
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

### [20.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.20.1)

—  
To conquer all three worlds,  
to speak fair, auspicious fortunes  
to women with rounded breasts,  
going about saying, “Mother! O mother!” (The creeper came...)

### [20.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.20.2)

Like a young cuckoo arriving in a grove in spring,  
the kuṟavañci who dwells on the Kuṟṟālam mountain  
of the Lord who holds the beautiful mountain as a bow, (vañci)

### [20.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.20.3)

with her magic wand held close,  
her eyes casting astrological glances,  
her body radiant in praise,  
looking like a blossoming flowering creeper. (vañci)  
...42  
Vasantavalli seeing the kuṟatti and asking about the wealth of her mountain  
viruttam  
Seeing the kuṟavañci who came singing the grace  
of the Kuṟṟālaliṅgar of the fine city where celestial drums resound,  
Vasantavalli, her heart filled with joy, said:  
“O maiden of shapely breasts, slender waist,  
white smile, and coral lips!  
Which mountain is your own mountain? Describe to me  
the abundance of that mountain.”  
...43  
The kuṟatti describing the wealth of the mountain  
rāga: Punnākavarāḷi, tāḷa: Ādi  
kaṇṇis

### [21.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.21.1)

Male monkeys give fruits and sweet-talk the female monkeys;  
celestial poets plead for the fruits the female monkeys drop.

### [21.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.21.2)

Forest hunters cast their gaze and summon the gods of heaven;  
siddhas who travel the skies keep arriving to work perfection of the body.

### [21.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.21.3)

Waves of cascades of honey rise and flow across the path of the sky;  
the hooves of the horses and the wheels of the chariot of the hot-rayed Sun slip.

### [21.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.21.4)

The mountain of Kuṟṟālam’s Tirikūṭa, of the Lord adorned with braided hair  
crowned with the curved young crescent moon, is our mountain.

### [21.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.21.5)

Cascades of water with roaring waves toss pearls like playing-stones;  
spreading through every courtyard, they sweep away the toy houses of girls.

### [21.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.21.6)

We dig up roots, gather honey, and walk about singing of abundance;  
breaking the tusks of wild elephants, we pound the harvested millet.

### [21.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.21.7)

Plump monkeys play ball with the fruits of the sweet mango tree;  
the fragrance of blossoming honeyed campaka bursts forth in the celestial world.

### [21.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.21.8)

The Tirikūṭa Mountain, rich in bounty, of the Lord of Kuṟumpalā,  
the great King of boundless generosity, is our mountain.

### [21.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.21.9)

The gems yielded by moving serpents flash millions of sunbeams;  
thinking the moon is a morsel of food, the elephant blocks its path.

### [21.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.21.10)

In every clearing hacked by hunters to sow millet,  
the wondrous scents of eaglewood, saffron, and sandalwood arise.

### [21.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.21.11)

Through every forest, mountain goats run and leap;  
upon the mountain where no crow can draw near, ranks of clouds recline.

### [21.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.21.12)

The everlasting Tirikūṭa Mountain of the eternal Lord of Kuṟumpalā,  
who dwells on Mount Kailāsa, is our mountain.

### [21.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.21.13)

It is the southern mountain to the northern mountain called Kailāsa, O lady;  
it is the mountain that stands like the great golden Meru, O lady.

### [21.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.21.14)

It is the northern mountain to the southern mountain Podiyil, O lady;  
it is the mountain that holds all mountains within itself, O lady.

### [21.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.21.15)

It is the mountain where diamonds and rubies grow, O lady;  
it is the mountain into whose caves the sun in the sky enters, O lady.

### [21.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.21.16)

The Tirikūṭa Mountain of the Pure One whom those who awaken from sleep  
seek throughout the entire universe, is our mountain, O lady.

### [21.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.21.17)

The Kolli mountain belongs to my younger sister Celli, O lady;  
the hereditary mountain of my husband is the Palaṉi mountain, O lady.

### [21.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.21.18)

The sunlit Vindhya mountain is my father’s mountain, O lady;  
the Himālaya mountain is my elder brother’s mountain, O lady.

### [21.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.21.19)

Incomparable Swāmimalai is my mother-in-law’s mountain, O lady;  
the Vēḷvimalai in the country of Nāñcil is my female friend’s mountain, O lady.

### [21.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.21.20)

Tirikūṭa mountain, where flocks of peacocks dance  
as hosts of clouds drum, is our treasure mountain, O lady.

### [21.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.21.21)

We give no daughters to another caste, nor take from another caste;  
once we form a kinship, we never let it go: we are the kuṟava clan.

### [21.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.21.22)

In the millet field where terrifying wild beasts came, warding them off,  
because He shielded us from the sun taking the form of a vēṅkai tree,

### [21.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.21.23)

to the gracious Lord Vēlaṉ of Ilañci we gave a maiden \[in marriage\];  
as dowry, we gave all the ancient mountains.

### [21.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.21.24)

The mountain encircled by the sun and moon we gave to Dhruva;  
the Tirikūṭa mountain of the Supreme Lord is our ancient mountain, O lady.  
...44  
Vasantavalli inquiring about the wealth of the kuṟatti’s country and city  
viruttam  
“The bounty of tusks is shown by your breasts; the bounty of vines is shown by your waist;  
the bounty of the forest where kuṟiñci has blossomed is shown by your hair;  
why need you describe the bounty of the mountain to show it to me?  
O peahen flourishing on the Tirikūṭa Mountain of the Lord with adorned ears,  
tell me of the bounty of your country,  
and declare the bounty of the city of Kuṟṟālam.”  
...45  
The kuṟatti describing the wealth of the country  
rāga: Kedāragauḷa, tāḷa: Cāppu  
kaṇṇis

### [22.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.22.1)

While the martial bugles of cuckoos / blow: "The Lord of Love has come! The Lord has come!", / while lightning-like maidens with great pearl necklaces / decorate each their chariot of hips, / while the massive, great full moon outshines as a white umbrella, / and steeds of flying parrots chatter playfully in front, / the god of desire and spring stroll in a chariot / through the southern Āriyanāṭu of the sacred Lord of Kuṟṟālam.

### [22.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.22.2)

Ashamed before women whose locks resemble the dark storm clouds, / the dark cloud joined the ocean; / obtaining a mountain-bow that matches their breast-band-bound breasts, / with arrows of rain-showers joined to water, / mounting the long cloud-chariot to encircle the chariot of the sun, / the rainy season conquers in the southern Āriyanāṭu of the sacred Lord of Kuṟṟālam.

### [22.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.22.3)

At the ghat where female buffaloes descend and gather, / the vāḷai fish, having drunk the milk they pour forth, / leaps onto the short, fragrant jackfruit tree; / the ripe jackfruit topples onto a plantain; / the plantain bends and strikes a fragrant screw-pine; / like hosts entertaining an arriving guest, / the screw-pine serves cooked rice and the plantain gives tender shoots / in the southern Āriyanāṭu of the Moon-crested Lord.

### [22.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.22.4)

Thinking, "It mocked the speech of those fine women," / men bury sugarcane into the earth; / crowding close, it sprouts again, surpasses the shoulders of maiden women, / brings forth gleaming pearl-like blossoms, / and then surpasses their smiles; / in the season of parting, to conquer womanhood, / it rises as a bow for the sugarcane-bowed God of Love / in our country, the divine Āriyanāṭu!

### [22.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.22.5)

A land that existed before the fit earth,  
a land dear to all the gods,  
a land that grew and rose high in every direction,  
a land where even treason against Śiva is removed,  
a land where the three-eyed Lord played,  
a land sung by the ancient four Vedas,  
the joyful Āryan land of the consort of Kuḻalvāymoḻi Ammai whose eyes are dark with kohl,  
is our land.

### [22.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.22.6)

A land holding five hundred sacrifices,  
a land that has seen many crores of yugas,  
a land where the lotus-born \[Brahmā\] arises,  
a land praised by Kamalā and Vāṇī,  
a land to which the great sage of sweet words journeyed,  
a land where red-eyed Māl became Śiva,  
the joyful Āryan land of Tirikūṭanāthar, consort of the slender vine,  
is our land.

### [22.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.22.7)

A land with rain three times a month,  
a land with three harvests a year,  
a land where Kuṟumpalā has the three Vedas,  
a land where the three excellences flourish,  
a land where the three times bring forth good,  
a land circumambulated by the three worlds,  
the Āryan land of Kuṟṟālanāthar, the Lord of three forms,  
is our land.

### [22.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.22.8)

What is seen departing is the sin of those who reach it;  
what is seen crowding is red paddy amid sugarcane;  
what is seen hanging is bunches of mango fruit;  
what is seen spinning is the churning-stick in sweet curds;  
what is seen swelling is the breasts of maidens;  
what is seen bursting is the wild jasmine in the garden;  
what is seen wailing is the auspicious kettledrum;  
the Āryan land of the Lord is our land.

### [22.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.22.9)

What is seen running is the flood of flower-strewn water;  
what is seen shrinking is the mind of yogis;  
what is seen wilting is the waist of lightning-slender maidens;  
what is seen suffering is the conch in the pains of labour;  
what is seen cast down is seed upon the soil;  
what is seen crying out is clusters of tinkling bells;  
what is seen sought after is good virtue and renown;  
the southern Āryan land of the holy Lord of Kuṟṟālam \[is our land\].  
...46  
The kuṟatti tells Vasantavalli the greatness of the holy site  
Viruttam  
Though Hari, Ayan, and the Vedas join to search daily, it stands hard to find;  
its sweetness never cloys, my lady, when telling of the wealth of the sacred land where Tirikūṭa town abides!  
On the slope where female elephants wander alongside tuskers, holding a bow in hand,  
even a jackal attained Kailāsa with a hunter; listen as I tell the glory of the holy site of Tirikūṭa!  
...47  
Rāga: Bilahari, Tāla: Jampa  
Kaṇṇis

### [23.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.23.1)

Even sages do not know the source of Citranadī;  
listen, my lady, as I speak a little of what I know!

### [23.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.23.2)

At the ghat of the sweet honey falls of lofty Tirikūṭa,  
there is a Śivaliṅga, as a secret of the gods.

### [23.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.23.3)

At that time, when not knowing the place spoken of by Ayan,  
one wandered searching for the sake of rare penance,

### [23.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.23.4)

The ancient river Gaṅgā that our forest-dwellers show to silent gods  
is the river Śivamadhugaṅgā.

### [23.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.23.5)

The glory of Śivamadhugaṅgā is praised across all the worlds;  
listen as I tell the nature of the ghat of Ceṇpakāṭavi!

### [23.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.23.6)

The gathering of ascetic sages and the caves where they abide,  
and magical herbs such as the sañjīvi—

### [23.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.23.7)

sky-faring adepts and silent yogis  
who watch and wait—it is just like Kailāsa, O lady!

### [23.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.23.8)

A place where the nine treasures yield fruit; and beyond that spot,  
lies the swelling ocean echoing with the kuṟavai dance of fair women.

### [23.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.23.9)

Rich like the confluence of the Trivēṇī into the swelling sea,  
the fitting bathing-ghats of the Citranadī sift gold and pearls.

### [23.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.23.10)

The northern waterfall known as the Gaṅgā, where the rainbow rests;  
if one bathes in it, sins flee and vanish like wastewater.

### [23.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.23.11)

Gathering in the oyster-shell streets, herds of conches graze;  
all over the lofty crests of the ramparts, fat kayal fish leap.

### [23.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.23.12)

The Lord of Kuṟumpalā in the fragrant, blossoming champak grove:  
Kuṟṟālam's Tirikūṭa sacred site is our sacred site, my lady!

### [23.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.23.13)

The divine drum ever roars above in the courtyard;  
the fertile four yugas roll on like ordinary days of the week.

### [23.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.23.14)

The shrine where the rutting elephant once stood and offered worship;  
the shrine where the blaspheming Puṣpadanta offered praise;

### [23.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.23.15)

This is the shrine circumambulated by the hunter along with the wild boar;  
this is the Kuṟṟālam shrine where the Supreme Lord dwells as refuge;

### [23.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.23.16)

The great shrine where victorious gods perform penance  
as hills, as trees, and as beasts, my lady!  
...48  
Vasantavalli enquires about Tirikūṭanāthar's kin  
viruttam  
You have told the greatness of the holy water and the foremost greatness of the sacred place;  
by the way you spoke in every word,  
I have understood the greatness of the Lord of Tirukkuṟṟālam.  
O mountain kuṟavañci creeper, skilled in exquisite speech,  
now speak of the greatness of the vast kin  
of the famed Dweller of the Jackfruit Tree!  
...49  
The kuṟatti speaks of the greatness of Tirikūṭanāthar's kin  
rāga: Mukhāri, tāḷa: Ēka  
kaṇṇis

### [24.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.kuravanci.tirukkurralak_kuravanci~en-mt.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!

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