Thalapathy Vijay Kutty Story - Pandiyan Nedunchezhiyan | TVK Manadu | Thalapathy Vijay Speech
Pandian Nedunchezhian was very young when he ascended the throne and his arch rivals the Cheraman Irumborai and Chola Killi Valavan along with seven other petty chieftains, also called Velir Kings, underestimated the capabilities of this young King and invaded the Pandiya Kingdom.
The Pandiya King then took matters into his hands seriously and took the battle to their lands.
He then went to Thalayalanganam, now called Thalayalangadu, located near Thiruvarur, and engaged the combined armies of the nine Kings and defeated them all.
Thalayalanganam as said earlier is located near the present day Thiruvarur and Thiruvarur was the capital of the Cholas. So, in effect, the Pandiya King took the battle to the enemy's place. Maybe it was a surprise attack, we do not know much about that.
But the result was decisive in the sense that he defeated all the nine Kings and this battle was one of the most celebrated battles in the Sangam literature.
Coming back to the song that we are presently interested viz the song number 24 of Puranaanooru, the poet Mangudi Kizhar also called Mangudi Maruthanar, praises the victorious King and records his life in immortal words through this poem. Several such songs have been sung on him and this is just one of them.
This song talks about the life of the King as well as the common folks during his reign.
The poet praises him for capturing Milali a town, which has got a big reservoir with sluice gates, indicating how rich they were and were experts in agriculture and allied trades.
The wealth of this King called Vel Evvi, was boundless, and even his elephants were decorated with golden ornaments.
It further praised the enemy King Vel Evvi as a person who had given his wealth without keeping anything for himself. This praising of the arch-rival of Pandiya King in his presence and also getting copious gifts from him is a sign of maturity that is exhibited by both Pandiyan and the poet.
Just because you had to fight with your enemy doesn’t mean that they were mean or wicked. The enemies were also praised for their charity, valor, and other qualities, which shows the chivalry and honesty of the people at that time.
The song goes on to say that in his domain the farmers toiled hard in their fields all through the scorching midday Sun and in the evening took liquor and dived into the seas to cool themselves.
The fishermen with their sturdy boats, spent their leisure time taking liquor and doing the Kuravai dance. Obviously, the Kuravai dance is a war dance but it was performed both as a raging Kuravai and a soft Kuravai.
Raging Kuravai was performed after victory was obtained on the battlefield and the soft Kuravai was performed on other occasions.
The fishermen were dancing to the soft Kuravai, indicating that this song was sung when peace had returned to the domain of the King.
The women were not left behind. They mixed the juices from palmyra, tender coconut water, and sugarcane juice and dived into the waters.
The King was served wine by beautiful damsels wearing glittering ornaments served in golden bowls.
From this song, we get an indication of the lives of the common people at those times. They diligently performed their duty, then made merry and lived happily.
The poet further praised the King stating that let his stars be always in ascension and the stars of his enemies always be in descent.
The poet concludes that the way he lived sets a benchmark for others. He loved life and enjoyed every bit of it and was also alert to the threat to his Kingdom and protected his subjects diligently.
Many Kings had come before you but we cannot say that they had lived their life. The poet says that only he has lived the life in its true sense.
Source : Medium.com by TN Mahesh ✅
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