Part 5 - KundruthOrAdal
" paingkodi naRaikkAi idai-idubu vElan - - - - - - - - - 190
ambbodhip puttil virai-i kuLaviyodu
veNkU thALam thoduththa kaNNiyan
naRunj-chAndhu aNindha kEzhkiLar mArbin
kodun-thozhil valvil kolai-iya kAnavar
needu-amai viLaindha thEkkaL thERal - - - - - - - - - 195
kundragach siRu-kudik kiLaiyudan magizhndhu
thoNdagach siRupaRaik kuravai ayara ..." - - - - - - - - - 197
"The head of VElan [who assumes the role of Lord Murugan in the festivities held in honour of the Lord] is adorned with a chaplet a mini-garland, made of vines, nutmeg, thakkOlam [a fragrant pepper-like-aromatic], jasmine of the forest, as well as the white kUdhALam and other flowers. His chest is daubed with fragrant white sandal-wood-paste. The hunter-folk of the hills are well versed in the cruel sport of using the strong bow in hunting down animals, and they partake of the sweet-toddy, made of honey, matured in long tubular bamboo, and make merry with their kin-folk, dwelling in small hamlets; they perform the kuravai-dance to the beat of the small drum of thoNdagam ..."
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" viral-uLarppu avizhndha vERupadu naRungkAn - - - - - - - - - 198
kuNdu-sunai pUththa vaNdupadu kaNNi
iNaiththa kOdhai aNaiththa kUndhal - - - - - - - - - 200
mudiththa kullai ilaiyudai naRum-pU
sengAl marA-aththa vAl-iNar idai-idubu
surumbu-uNath thoduththa perundhaN mAththazhai
thirundhu-kAzh alkul thiLaippa udee-i
mayil-kaN danna madanadai magaLirodu ... " - - - - - - - - - 205
"The womenfolk of the hills have adorned their hair with circlets, swarmed by bees [for they are made of] buds, grown in little tarns [deep reservoirs] of the hills, and the petals of those buds, when prised open with fingers, exude varied sweet fragrance. Their hair is double-decked with the fillets as well as other garlands made of flower-petals; they are wearing around their waist a skirt, made of large, cool, pretty and sweet leaves of kullai [basil]-plant], as well as bunches of lovely bright flowers and shoots intermixed with white-blossoms of red-stemmed-kadambu-trees, and the bees are partaking of the honey in the blossoms; the majestic-gentle-walk-of-the-women-folk is like the strutting-gait of peacock-bird ..."
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" seyyan sivandha Adaiyan sevvaraich - - - - - - - - - 206
seyalaith thaN-thaLir thuyalvarum kAdhinan
kachchinan kazhalinan sechchaik kaNNiyan
kuzhalan kOttan kuRumbal liyaththan
dhagaran manj-njaiyan pugar-il sEval-am - - - - - - - - - 210
kodiyan nediyan thodi-aNi thOLan
narambu Arththanna in-kural thogudhiyodu
kuRumpoRik koNda naRundhaN sAyal
marungkil kattiya nilan-nErbu thugilinan
muzhavu-uRazh thadakkaiyin iyala Endhi - - - - - - - - - 215
mendhOL pal-piNai thazhee-i thalaiththandhu
kundrudhoRu Adalum-nindra thanpaNbE, adhAndru ... " - - - - - - - - - 217
"VElan is of red complexion; he is wearing red apparel; he has behind his ears the cool sprouts of red-stemmed AsOka-trees; he is wearing red garment at his waist; his feet are adorned with [heroic] anklets; he has a chaplet of vetchi-blossoms around his head; he plays the flute and blows the horn and several other kinds of musical instruments; he has the ram and the peacock; he holds in his hand the flag of flawless rooster; he is tall; he is wearing the large ornament of thodi as an armlet over his forearm; he is accompanying a group of female minstrels playing sweet melodies produced by stringed instrument; he is wearing a cool, spotted, and fragrant apparel reaching the ground; he extends his broad hand to hold the tender shoulders of the maidens performing the kuravai-dance. Thus Lord Murugan assumes the form of VElan and dances on every hill; that is the nature of the Lord, not only that ..."
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