1110. Her mother says,
“If my daughter wears sandal paste (mixture of saffron, musk and sandal paste) and pearl garlands
on her round breasts, they burn her.
The white moon that rises in the evening
sheds hot rays and makes her weak.
When she hears the sound of the roaring waves
of the ocean she prattles and prattles,
her beautiful body that has the color of a mango shoot becomes pale
and her bangles grow loose and fall from her hands.
What do you think of that beautiful girl
decorated with precious ornaments,
O father, lord of Thiruvidaventhai?”
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(The words may be rearranged to facilitate poetry to prose conversion (Aṉvayam). Please read the meanings (in black) continiously to form the sentence and understand the simple meaning of those verse.)