Transactional Relationships
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āyu maṟiviṉa rallārk kaṇaṅkeṉpa / māya makaḷir muyakku.
“As demoness who lures to ruin woman's treacherous love / To men devoid of wisdom's searching power will prove.”
“Behold the men who have not a discriminating understanding: the embraces of wily women are to them even as the fascination of the siren of the solitudes.”
To those lacking discerning wisdom, the embrace of deceitful women is like the fatal grasp of a destructive enchantress.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
மாய மகளிர் முயக்கு= உருவு சொற்செயல்களான் வஞ்சித்தலை வல்ல மகளிரது முயக்கத்தை; ஆயும் அறிவினவர் அல்லார்க்கு அணங்கு என்ப= அவ்வஞ்சனை ஆராய்ந்தறியும் அறிவுடையர் அல்லார்க்கு, அணங்குதாக்கு என்றுசொல்லுவர் நூலோர்.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
To those destitute of discerning wisdom, the alluring embrace of deceitful women proves as deadly as an encounter with a fatal spirit.