INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF TIRUVALLUVAR
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A Lecture by Prof.Avvai Duraisami Pillai
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Part – 103
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i. e. let ray kingly husband return victorious and let us honour him with a feast in the evening. Unfortunately the return journey of the equally impatient husband is delayed by a short period and hence he gets disheartened. In a pessimistic tone, he utters then that his beloved wife will be ^broken-hearted and perhaps lose her life and his return to the house, the sight of her face and the cold embrace of her person will be of no avail.
பெறின் என்னாம் பெற்றக்கால் என்னாம்உறின்
என்னாம்
உள்ளம் உடைந்துக்கக் கால் (108)
The husband returns home and the domestic life resumes its full vigour and regularity. In her sexual life which is but the natural consummation of love, her blooming young mind entertains a suspicion that her enjoyment of love will be interrupted by further partings. Her modesty and womanly reserve do not permit her to express it in words- But, any how, it is detected by her judicious husband and he says to her that in spite of her attempt to hide, her eyes are capable of disclosing that there is something in her mind. To a shrewd observer, it appears like a thread running through transparent crystal beads and the bud of a flower holding within its characteristic sweet fragrance.
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