Tirukkural Chapter 132 - Couplets 1,2,3 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 132 - புலவி நுணுக்கம்
CHAPTER 132- SHARP SULKINESS OF WOMEN
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132/01. பெண்ணியலார் எல்லாரும் கண்ணின் பொதுஉண்பர்
நண்ணேன் பரத்திநின் மார்பு.

132/01. Penniyalaar ellorum kannin podhuunnbar
Nannane parathinin maarbhu.

132/01. 'Oh you, loved by prostitute, all girls will approach you
After seeing you with their eyes. So, I won't touch your chest
Drenched by their saliva.'
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Akshaykumar: What a strong criticism she makes
Against her lover?

Bhaagvaan: In one way she's correct,
How can a married man caught,
A prostitute for his pleasure,
When he has a legitimate lover?

Any other woman will seek divorce
For his misconduct like this,
It breaks the unity of a family
When he goes out merrily.

How can she accept his chest
Kissed by lips of others?
As her partner he's unfit
When he had betrayed her.
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132/02. ஊடி இருந்தேமாத் தும்மினார் யார்தம்மை
நீடுவாழ் கென்பாக்கு அறிந்து.

132/02. Udi irunthemaath thumminaar yaarthammai
Needuvaazh kenpaakku arrindhu.

132/02. 'I was not talking of love with my lover.
He sneezed thinking I will bless him for a long life.'
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Akshaykumar: She's not talking to him
And he sneezes for her response.

Bhagvaan: She didn't talk to him
So, he starts sneezing at that time
As he expects her response
And also her best wishes.

Though she had in mind
To wish him all the good,
She was not in a mood
To do that blessed deed.

He understood her reluctance,
But tried to coax her in words,
In praise of her beauties,
And her fresh feminine face.
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132/03. கோட்டுப்பூச் சூடினும் காயும் ஒருத்தியைக்
காட்டிய சூடினீர் என்று?

132/03. Kottuppooch choodinum kaayum oruththiyaik
Kaattiya soodineer endrru?

132/03. 'I put on her head a flower from a tree of another land.
But she is angry saying that to show this to another girl
I put on this flower on her head. For this type of girl
Is any other reason necessary? '
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Akshaykumar: She seems to be accusing him always
For some reason or the other.

Bhagvaan: There are some girls
They find faults always,
If he says ‘Yes, ' she will say ‘No'
And if he says ‘No, ' she will say ‘Yes.'

With that type of obstinate girl,
He doesn't know how to deal?
It is a lifelong problem for him,
But there is no escape for him.

He put a flower on her head
That was brought from another land.
She accuses him that he wanted
To show it to another girl.
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