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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nalattakai nallavark kēer pulattakai / pūvaṉṉa kaṇṇā rakattu.
“Even to men of good and worthy mind, the petulance / Of wives with flowery eyes lacks not a lovely grace.”
“The bouderie of the beloved hath an attraction even for men who are spotlessly pure.”
Even to men whom good qualities have made worthy, there is a grace, and it is this: the fullness of the sulking that rises in the hearts of their flower-eyed women.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
நலத்தகை நல்லவர்க்கு ஏஎர்= நற்குணங்களாற் தகுதியுடையராய தலைவர்க்கும் அழகாவது; பூ அன்ன கண்ணார் அகத்துப் புலத்தகை= தம் பூவன்ன கண்ணார் நெஞ்சின்கண் நிகழும் புலவி மிகுதியன்றே, எ-று.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
Even to a man adorned with every noble virtue, a greater charm is lent by the sweet petulance rising within the heart of his flower-eyed beloved.