The Country
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perumporuḷāṟ peṭṭatta tāki yaruṅkēṭṭā / lāṟṟa viḷaivatu nāṭu.
A country is desirable for its abundant resources and produces greatly while destructive calamity remains rare.
▸Other translations · Pope (1886) & Aiyar (1916)
“That is a 'land' which men desire for wealth's abundant share, / Yielding rich increase, where calamities are rare.”
“That is the great country which attracteth men to itself by the greatness of its wealth and which yieldeth abundantly for that it is free from pests.”
Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
பெரும் பொருளால் பெட்டக்கது ஆகி= அளவிறந்த பொருளுடைமையாற் பிற தேயத்தாரானும் விரும்பத்தக்கதாய்; அருங் கேட்டால் ஆற்ற விளைவது நாடு= கேடின்மையோடு கூடி மிகவிளைவதே நாடாவது.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
Parimelazhagar explains that a country is desirable even to people of other lands because of its immense resources, and that it yields abundantly while ruin is rare.