meenaatchiyammai piLLaiththamizh is a thamizh poetry on my
mother shrii miinaakshi amman by the poet kumaraguruparar. I
am planning to transliterate this here and also provide text in
Tamil. I have enough information about the author, his other works, and
especially, this work with notes. But it will be another six months or
so before you see the complete work here. But as prelude, I give the
opening verse.
I use Madurai transliteration scheme for thamizh.
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kumaragurupara adigaL
aruLiya
meenaatchiyammai piLLaiththamizh
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piLLaith thamizh is one of the ninety six types of
prabhandas sung it tamil. Here the poet imagines the God (it can even
be saint or a king ), in our case shrii miinaakshi amman, as child and
sing in praise of her childhood. We can say that the poet assumes the
role of mother and adores the child. In hindu tradition, there are
different bhaavas in which you can sing in praise of the God and this
one of the bhaavas. The nature of piLLaith thamizh will vary
slightly depending on whether the child is a male or a female. This
will dictate the number of stages into which the childhood is
divided. The first seven stages are same for both baby boy and the
girl, but the last three stages differ. My first goal is to
transliterate the text, hence I will not be providing English
translation immediately. Another reason for this is my understanding
of the subject is poor. As I mature, I hope to translate this text. As
this birth of mine and the following one will only center around her,
I have enough time to accomplish these tasks.
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paruvaGNkaL
1) kaappup paruvam
ipparuvam kuzhan^ththaiyin iraNdaam thiGNkaLil
thotaGNkum. kaaththaR kadavuLaagiya thirumaal muthal thEvarkaLai
vaNaGNki, piLLaiyai kaakka ena vENduvathu ippakuthiyil amaiyum.
2) cheGNkeeraip paruvam
oru kaalai madakki oru kaalai neetti, iru kaikaLaiyum
nilaththil oonRith thala nimin^thu mukam asaiya aaduthal. ipparuvam
kuzha^thaiyin ain^thaam thiGNkaLil nikazhum.
3) thaalap paruvam
thaalaattaik kavanikkum paruvam. thaalattu - oru vakai
naavasaippu.
4) chappaaNip paruvam
iraNdu kaikaLaiyum onRaakach chErthtu kottum paruvam. ithu
onbathaavathu thingaLil nigathum.
5) muththap paruvam
kuzhanththaiyai muththam tharumaaRu peRRoryum chuRRaththavarum
veNdum paruvam. ithu pathinonRaam thingaLil nigazhvathu.
6) varukaip paruvam
chiRunadai eythum paruvam. ithu pannirendaam thingaLil
nigazhvathu.
7) ambulip paruvam
vaanil thavazhum azhagiya nilavai kuzhain^thaikku kaatti
viLaiyaadum paruvam. ithu pathinettam thingaLil nigazhum.
8) ammaanaip paruvam
piLLaiyai nOkki maatharkaL muththammaanai muthaliya
ammaanaiyai etuththaadi aruLa vENdumenak kooRum paruvam.
9) neeraadaR paruvam
piLLaiyai nOkki makaLir aaRRu veLLa neeraada vENdikooRum
paruvam.
10) oosaR paruvam
kuzhan^thaiyai ooJNchalil ERRi makaLir avvooJNchalai
aadachcheyyum paruvam. iRuthiyil nikazhum moonRu paruvaGNkaLum ain^thu
aaNdu muthal onbathavathu aaNduvarai nikazhum enRu kooRuvar.
thodarum ...
