Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

Sit at ease on the floor and do.

Inhale with your left nostril
And exhale with right nostril.
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Parents will know their children
When they are at their death bed.
Siblings would know each other
When they share the parents' things.
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Will you evade tax if you can?
Will you escape catch if you can?
Will you overhear some if you can?
Will you pilfer goods if you can?
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Must I save her husband or not?
If I didn't, she might be made mine.
If I did, her love would be mine.
I paid the bill and earned her love..
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Between good manners and bad manners lies
A fine line that tells you good manners are
Doing pretty sacrifices so that
Others are not put to discomforts.
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Fear of failure is the cause of anger.
Upset of plans is the cause of anger.
Sense of injustice is the cause of anger.
Loss of importance is the cause of anger.
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Love is delicate; even a bead of tear is a burden.
Love is sensitive; even silence is a deadly weapon.
Love is penetrative; even stone turns butter.
Love is suspicious; even an innocent smile wrecks.
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Why did you beget your kids?
Was it to meet the world’s need?
How cheep your produce is and.
How crowded the world is, affect you not..
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Death follows birth; does birth follow birth?
Birth to death, journeys have ups and down.
What is the status between death and birth?
Why must you fight death if no-rebirth is bliss?
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Woman is expert in concrete thinking
And man, in abstract thinking.
She does with perfection and he, with
heaviness.
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