INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF TIRUVALLUVAR
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A Lecture by Prof.Avvai Duraisami Pillai
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Part – 97
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நனவினால் நல்காதவரைக் கனவினால்
காண்டலின் உண்டு என் உயிர் (100)
When she is haunted very much by love dreams, she angrily expresses to herself that her husband who does not show any compassion and her has no right to disquiet her sleep by his appearance in dreams. Her companion pitying at her plight condemns her husband for prolonging his absence, but, on the other hand, she feels mortified and, out of love to her lord, retorts that only those who do not know how compassionately her husband moves with her in her sweet dreams will speak strongly of his separations. And then she expresses her regret for the ignorance of her friends.
Experience has taught us that all pains both physical and mental appear acute and virulent •during night time; the sickness of love is ‘no exception to it. The setting sun, the fading light of day, the ringing of the bells of the cattle on their homeward march in the evening, the flute of the cowherd, the sweet fragrance of the blooming flowers and the bright cool light of the fullmoon intensify the poignancy of the feelings of love. So, the love-sick lady frowns at the approach of the evening and even scolds it as the fatal time of killing the parted lovers, particularly women. In the absence of her husband, the incoming of the evening appears to her as that of a merciless executioner to the platform whereon stands the scaffold. In the day time, as her mind engages itself in attending to the regular discharge of the daily duties of the household life, her feelings of love are dormant; but when the sub sets and darkness comes in throwing every thing out of sight, her mind retires from its -seasonal region and reverts to think of her lover and his love. Loneliness and the separation of her beloved husband arouse the feelings of love, and their irrepressibility forces her to utter that the pain of love is just like a flower which buds in the morning hours, blooms during day time and blossoms in the evening:
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