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Study of Civakacintamani
Here reference to his popularity among women has been made deliberately to indicate the tragic flaw which made him lose all his wealth and later on his life itself. But in the Cc., though Caccantan also meets his end as a result of his passion for Vicayai, he is introduced differently. The description of Caccantan, which proceeds in five verses, reminds us strongly of Kālidāsa's description of Dasaratha in the Raghuvamsa. The idea expressed in the following verse is similar to the verse in the Cc. which sets forth the relationship between Caccantan and his vassal kings.
Raghuvamsa
udayam astamayam ca raghūdvahād ubhayam inaśire vasudhādhipāḥ / sa hi nideśam alangha yatăm abhūt suhțd ayohțdayaḥ pratigar jatām 1/1
(Through the head of the family of Raghu, th: vassal kings experienced both rise and set, for he had a kind heart towards those who did not violate his commands and a heart made of steel towards his enemies.)
naccu nākattin ar alar cirruttan accam urr ațaintārkk amirt annavan
(To his enemies his anger is like that of the fiery venom of the poisonous cobra and to the people wh surrender themselves out of fear he is like ambrosia.) The verse
samataya vasu-vrsti-visar janair niyamanad asatăm ca naradhipah / anuyayau yama-punya jan svarau savaruņāyaruņāgrasaram ruca 1/3
(The lord of the people imitated Yama in equitability; the lord of the yaksas (Kubera) in raining showers of wealth; Varuņa in punishing the wicked; and the
sun, whom the dawn precedes in his bright splendour.) also is similar to the verse in the Cc.
tarumın rannaliyār ranat ikaiyal varunan kurr uyir marr alin vamanē arumaiyal alakir kanaiy aintutait
tiromakan riru mā nila mannane + (He, the king of the prosperous city, is Dharma (the eldest of Pandavas) through his benevolence, Varunan through his generosity; Yama through taking lives (punishing evil people); Arhat through his greatness; and Kaman (the God of love) through his beauty.) The third verse in Caccantan's description runs as follows:
kötai nittilañ cūl kulir ven kuțai öra nir ulakoppa nilarralar rātaiyèy avan ta nilar rankiya
kātalār kalikkinrat iv vai yamē5 1 Raghuvam sa, 9:9. 2 Cc. v. 157. 3 Raghuvamsa, 9.6. 4 Cc. v. 160. 5 Cc. v. 159.
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