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palakuṭai nīḻalun taṅkuṭaikkīḻk kāṇpa / ralakuṭai nīḻa lavar.
Those whose shade is grain will see even the shade of many umbrellas under their own.
▸Other translations · Pope (1886) & Aiyar (1916)
“O'er many a land they 'll see their monarch reign, / Whose fields are shaded by the waving grain.”
“Behold the men whose fields sleep under the shadow of the rich ears of their harvests: they will see the umbrellas of other princes bow down before the umbrella of their own sovereign.”
Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
அலகு உடை நீழலவர்= உழுதல் தொழிலான், நெல்லினை உடையராய தண்ணளி உடையோர்; பல குடை நீழலும் தம் குடைக்கீழ்க் காண்பர் = பலவேந்தர் குடை நிழலதாய மண் முழுதினையும், தம் அரசன் குடைக்கீழே காண்பர்.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
Those whose ploughing gives them grain, and who have kindness with it, will see all the land that lies under many kings' umbrellas come under their own king's. ('Their own king' is Parimelazhagar's addition.)