INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF TIRUVALLUVAR
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A Lecture by Prof.Avvai Duraisami Pillai
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Part – 102
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The incessant thinking of love and the lover infuses the mind with a distressing!y burning desire to meet each other. She loses her patience and becomes erotic. She says that her existence is solely dependent upon the return of her husband and therefore she cannot avoid thinking of him even though it is the only course of easing her mind from grief. If she forgets him, she fears that her colour and beauty will be irrecoverably lost and asserts herself that the pallor , which eclipses the beautiful colour of her shoulders will disappear at the very sight of her lord. In her erotic mood, she regrets that she is not clear whether she would maintain her womanly reserve and be glum or rush forth and embrace him and vacillates between the two when her beloved husband returns. Though it is incumbent on the householder to be hospitable to all guests and strangers, the housewife is prohibited to receive them when her husband is absent from headquarters. This primary duty is suspended on account of his long absence and hence’ the wife 19 very eager to resume it because she knows that the family life is imperfect by its suspension. She receives a message from her husband informing her of his victory in the warfare and return. She rejoices on its receipt and says,
வினைகலந்து வென்றீக வேந்தன் மனைகலந்து
மாலை அயர்கம் விருந்து (107)
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