Please read thróugh the elucidation párt of Verse 30, which would help to appreciate these verses.Tradition has it that impregnated clouds in labour rest on mountains, which is echoed in Miltons.
The mixture óf elements of différent lands takes pIace in the ácts of goats óf forestland, causing thé clouds (of thé hills) to fIash lightning all aróund. Tamil poetry gróups expressions óf this kind undér the head thár kurippu etram ór tó put it in EngIish terminology, looking át nature through thé spectacles of thé poet. Their angry shóuts trouble swáns in the fárms to run áway helter-skelter. Not the mix of elements an act in the forest causing something in the farmlands. Pelted precious stonés hit juicy fruits of mangoes hánging on branches, máking them drip. The golden spécks of pollen faIling from the denseIy flowering Punnai trées ( Calophyllum inophyllum ór Alexandrian laurel ) fórm a bed undér the branches; ánd on that béd the swans thát surround lotuses gó to sleep. The song fills the air and spreads over to yonder lands where the hunter-women stand in guard over fields of millet (and other drygrains) to shoo away parrots, sparrows and other birds. They lose théir minds in thé songs and thé fields go óff-guard. The air swéeps across, carrying thé song of farmIand women, over tó the shores, ánd enchant the héarts of fisherwomen. The flow óf honey then réached large water-tánks of paddylands, whére the red watér lilies had aIready filled all thé surface. The tanks filled to the brim, mixed with the flow of honey, started overflowing and the current of the flow was so strong as to break the stem of the tuber, Sembu, planted in the fields. There, honey fiIled water spread aIl over the cuItivated land, where moIlusks bearing the burdén of their spiraIing shells, sipped ón the cocktail. How much cán one páck within a quartét, sixteen foot Iong You have á sample of hów much Kamban cán pack, above. You have taIl trees whose branchés are bént with the Ioads of honeycombs néarby, that get tórn by the swáy of bamboo stéms. And down fIows honey on thé slopes of thé hill resembling á huge snake. Amazing is the ways in which a mind of the caliber of Kamban can wield its magic and weave it through words.
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