Rejoicing in the Embrace
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kaṇṭukēṭ ṭuṇṭuyirt tuṟṟaṟiyu maimpulaṉu / moṇṭoṭi kaṇṇē yuḷa.
Everything the five senses can know — sight, sound, taste, smell, touch — he finds gathered in one person. The world has not stopped offering; his senses have simply stopped going anywhere else.
▸Other translations · Pope (1886) & Aiyar (1916)
“All joys that senses five- sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch- can give, / In this resplendent armlets-bearing damsel live!”
“All the delights of sight and sound and smell and taste and touch are to be found in their entirety only in this damsel of the shining bangles.”
Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
கண்டு கேட்டு உண்டு உயிர்த்து உற்று அறியும் ஐம்புலனும்= கண்ணாற்கண்டும், செவியாற் கேட்டும், நாவால் உண்டும், மூக்கான் மோந்தும் மெய்யால் தீண்டியும் அனுபவிக்கப்படும் ஐம் புலனும்; ஒண்டொடி கண்ணே உள= இவ்வொள்ளிய தொடியை உடையாள்கண்டே உளவாயின.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
Parimelazhagar explains: the five senses that are enjoyed by seeing with the eye, hearing with the ear, tasting with the tongue, smelling with the nose, and touching with the body — all five of them exist only in this woman who wears the bright bangle.