Tirukkural Chapter 32 - Couplets 1,2,3 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 32 - இன்னா செய்யாமை
CHAPTER 32 - NOT DOING EVIL
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32/01. சிறப்பீனும் செல்வம் பெறினும் பிறர்க்கின்னா
செய்யாமை மாசற்றார் கோள்.

32/01. Sirrapeenum selvam perrinum pirrarkkinnaa
Seiyaamai maasatrrar koll.

32/01. If one gets wealth by harming others,
Better don't do that harm, wise men say.
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Govind: Gopal, why one should get wealth by harming others?

Gopal: One shouldn't harm others
For the sake some financial benefits,
Better do not harm others.
Avoid receiving their curses.

One should earn wealth
For his own use
And must not rob wealth
That belongs to others.

If an evil deed is done
It'll reflect on the same person
Who was the cause for it,
And he'll surely suffer for it.
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32/02. கறுத்தின்னா செய்தவக் கண்ணும் மறுத்தின்னா
செய்யாமை மாற்றார் கோள்.

32/02. Karuththinnaa seidhavak kannum marruththinnaa
Seiyaamai marrtraar koall.

32/02. If one harms you out of his wrath, you don't harm him.
This is the policy of blameless elders.
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Govind: It is like, ‘if one slaps your right cheek
Show him the left cheek, ' but don't slap him back.

Gopal: This is a good policy of elders
To get rid of hard feelings,
Again and again that my repeat
After that one bitter incident.

On the other hand
If one is still kind
After receiving blows
His magnanimity it shows.

Though it's difficult,
For one to remain silent,
Mind should be trained
To be calm and kind.
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32/03. செய்யாமல் செற்றார்க்கும் இன்னாத செய்தபின்
உய்யா விழுமம் தரும்.

32/03. Seiyaamal serrtrraarkkum innaadha seidhapin
Uiyaa vizhumam tharum.

32/03. If an innocent man harms, in return for what harm done to him by another person
It will result in endless troubles to that innocent man.
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Govind: One's retaliation will cause
Harm for both the persons
And more for the man
Who's retaliated in his turn.

What's done is done.
Why should it go on
Continue again and again,
Both sides in endless action?

Better, let the innocent man
Do not harm the other person,
So that, the matter ends,
With no further damages.
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