2680. “She worshipped the god and asked for a boon,
saying, ‘I will give you a lovely fragrant garland
strung with Kurinji flowers.
Please take away my daughter’s sorrow. ’ 8
Word by Word (WBW) meaning
(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.)
sen kurinji thār ār naṛu māllai sāththaṛku — for ṣāsthā, another deity, who wears the fragrant flowers of kurinji (a hilly flower); thān pinnum — she, who hadn’t so far [done]; nĕrādhana onṛu nĕrndhāl̤ — she carried out an anjali (cupping the palms together as a mark of worship) which she had never carried out.