“The women of our town guard the path, And the night has ended, but the flowers have not faded. They feed the large rock-fish from the small palm-leaf basket. O you of the mountain path where the kurinji blooms, Should I also risk my life?”
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The Kurunthogai is often reviewed as the "encyclopedia of the Tamil heart" because it captures human emotions through nature. “The women of our town guard the path,
The heroine’s friend is speaking to the hero. She is telling him, in coded language, that the night is over (dawn has come) and the town’s women are awake. If he stays any longer, their secret will be revealed. The “rock-fish” is a metaphor for her heart—nourished but trapped. The heroine’s friend is speaking to the hero