Desire for Reunion
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tiṉaittuṇaiyu mūṭāmai vēṇṭum paṉaittuṇaiyuṅ / kāma niṟaiya variṉ.
Not so much as a millet grain's worth of sulking should be kept, if love has come filling the measure of a palmyra.
▸Other translations · Pope (1886) & Aiyar (1916)
“When as palmyra tall, fulness of perfect love we gain, / Distrust can find no place small as the millet grain.”
“When love exceedeth even the measure of a palmyra tree, the desire to sulk can never enter the heart even to the extent of a millet seed.”
Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
காமம் பனைத்துணையும் நிறைய வரின்= மகளிர்க்குக் காமம் பனையளவினும் மிக உண்டாமாயின்; தினைததுணையும் ஊடாமை வேண்டும்= அவரால், தங்காதலரோடு தினையளவும் ஊடுதல் செய்யாமை வேண்டப்படும், எ-று.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
If love has arisen in women more even than the measure of a palmyra, then what is required of them is that they hold no estrangement with the one they love, not even to the measure of a millet grain.