Purananuru # 060

Timil catamaran
It will sail in night with lamp. 

I and my wife, dancer prayed the full-moon on my way in arid land, because, it resembles the royal umbrella of my king Valavan. He is a man like a bull that pulls the cart on ascending rout. As per the king concerned the cart is ruling the country.  

• The stars appear as lamps in catamarans. 

Poem by: SitthalaiSatthanar, a grain-merchant in Madurai
Poem to: Nanmaran, the Pandia king, died in ChtthiraiMadam village
Message: Comparing to sun and moon
Refer the original poem in Tamil with annotation