Sulking
காதலின் சுவையை அதிகரிக்க தலைவனுடன் செய்யும் செல்லமான ஊடல் (புலவி). — Playfully turning away to heighten the pleasure of his pleading and reconciliation.
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ūṭi yavarai yuṇarāmai vāṭiya / vaḷḷi mutalarin taṟṟu.
“To use no kind conciliating art when lover grieves, / Is cutting out the root of tender winding plant that droops.”
“To come away without conciliating her who is frowning in a pet is like cutting off the roots from under the starving plant.”
To leave those who have sulked with you without going and soothing them out of it is like taking a creeper already withered for want of water and cutting it through at the root.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
ஊடியவரை உணராமை= நும்மோடு ஊடிய பரத்தையரை ஊடல் உணர்த்திக் கூடாது ஒழிதல்; வாடிய வள்ளி முதல் அரிந்தற்று= பண்டே நீர்பெறாது வாடிய கொடியை அடியிலே அறுத்தாற்போலும் எ-று.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
Refusing to soothe and reconcile with a woman who sulks is like severing at its root a creeper already withering for lack of water.