Tiruveḷḷaṟai’s well, gnomic verse
Editor: Emmanuel Francis.
Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00525.
Summary: Gnomic verse.
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
Version: (731357b), last modified (388d6a9).
Edition
⟨1⟩ śrī
I. āciriyaviruttam
kaṇ·ṭār kāṇā-v ulakattiṟ· kātal-a cey⟨·⟩tu nillātē{y}
1paṇ·ṭē{y} paramaṉ paṭait·ta nāḷ pārttu niṉ·ṟu naiyyātē{y·}
2⟨2⟩ taṇ·ṭ’ ār· mūp(·)pu van·t’ uṉ·ṉai-t· taḷara-c· cey·tu nillā muṉ·{ṉ}
3uṇ·ṭ’ ēl{l} uṇ(·)ṭu mik(·)katu Ulakam·{m} aṟiya vaim(·)miṉ{·}ē{y}
4Apparatus
Translation by Subrahmanya Aiyar 1911–1912
Prosperity!
Without being [passionately] attached to this world where men seen [today] are not seen [tomorrow]; without giving [yourself] up to despair looking for the [final] day appointed by the Creator; and before your [limbs] become weak at the appearance of old age with its [appendage of a] stick; if you have [wealth] maintain [yourself] and devote [what remains to charity] so that [all] the world may know [it].
Translation into French by Emmanuel Francis
Bibliography
Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyar 1911–1912 (EI 11.15); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 98).
This edition by Emmanuel Francis (2020), based on autopsy, photographs, and facsimile published in Subrahmanya Aiyar 1911–1912.
Primary
[KVS] Subrahmanya Aiyar, K. V. 1911–1912. “Tiruvellarai inscription of Dantivarman.” EI 11, pp. 154–158.
[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 335–336, item 98.
Secondary
Venkayya, V. 1905. G.O. No. 518, 18th July 1905. Epigraphy. Recording the annual report of the Government Epigraphist for the year 1904-1905, and directing that the report be forwarded to the government of India. No place. Page 33, appendix B/1905, item 541.
[VVA] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page 16, item 40.
Notes
- 1. Littéralement "sans t’arrêter à faire les choses de l’amour".
- 2. Littéralement "à regarder".
- 3. Littéralement "ne plus pouvoir tenir debout".
- 4. Alternativement: "un châtiment".
- 5. Littéralement "le vieil âge étant venu … et t’ayant fait décrépir".
- 6. Littéralement "ce qui est abondant et existe, s’il en est".
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<p>Prosperity!</p>
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Fortune !
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<l>Dans ce monde que ne voient plus ceux qui ont vu, sans t'affairer à l'amour <note>Littéralement "sans t'arrêter à faire les choses de l’amour".</note>,</l>
<l>Sans dépérir à penser<note>Littéralement "à regarder".</note> sans cesse au jour qu’a jadis fixé le Seigneur suprême,</l>
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See also inscription <ref target="DHARMA_INSPallava00098.xml">Pallava 98</ref>.
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In two instances, consonants are unduly duplicated at word <foreign>sandhi</foreign> (<foreign>uṇṭ’ ēl<surplus>l</surplus></foreign>, <foreign>ulakam<surplus>m</surplus></foreign>).
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Commentary
See also inscription Pallava 98.
In two instances, consonants are unduly duplicated at word sandhi (uṇṭ’ ēl{l}, ulakam{m}).
The particle -ē is consistently appended with a y (nillātē{y}, paṇṭē{y}, naiyyātē{y}, vaimmiṉē{y}). Subrahmanya Aiyar 1911–1912, p. 157, n. 7 notes: “In these four instances the final y seems to have been inserted to represent the full sound produced in pronouncing the words.”