Tirukkural Chapter 08 - Couplets 4,5,6 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

திருக்குறள் -THIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 8 - அன்புடமை
CHAPTER 8 - KINDNESS
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08/04. அன்பினும் ஆர்வம் உடைமை; அதுவீனும்
நண்பென்னும் நாடாச் சிறப்பு.

08/04. Anbinum aarvam udaimai; adhuveenum
Nannbennum naadaach sirappu.

08/04. Love among neighbors creates kindness,
Which, in turn, becomes friendship.
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Rajan: Oh Ram, How nice the world will be
When people love each other, she or he?

Ram: True, my dear friend, it will be
A Heaven on this earth, you'll see.
But God created good and bad
Like pious cow and poisonous cobra.

They co-exist, may be for good,
But we take it as bad.
What's in God's mind?
Who can understand?

Snakes eat rats in fields
And save our crops.
From snakes-poison,
They make medicine.

So, in the scheme of things,
Created by God nothing
Is a waste, unlike the views of fools,
Not knowing their purposes.
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திருக்குறள் -THIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 8 - அன்புடமை
CHAPTER 8 - KINDNESS
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08/05. அன்புற்று அமர்ந்த வழக்கென்ப; வையகத்து
இன்புற்றார் எய்தும் சிறப்பு.

08/05. anbutrru amarndha vazhakkenba; vaigaththu
Enbutraar eaidhum sirappu.

08/05. The happiness of some people in this world,
Is as a result of their love for others.
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Rajan: We see some happy people
As a result of their love for others.

Ram: It's true, nothing it costs
For one to love others.
If you sow corn
You reap corn.

If you fight with others
They'll fight with you.
If you hate others
They'll hate you.

A very simple thing it is
But people should know this
To bring peace in the world
That would please God.
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திருக்குறள் -THIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 8 - அன்புடமை
CHAPTER 8 - KINDNESS

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08/06. அறத்திற்கே அன்புசார்பு என்ப அறியார்
மறத்திற்கும் அஃதே துணை.

08/06. Arrathirrkke anbhusarbu enba arriyaar
Marraththirrkum akkdhe thunai.

08/06. An ignorant man only will say love will guide to charity.
But love will guide to destroy sin also.
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Rajan: Love and kindness to all
Will help one to go to heaven.

Ram: Yes Rajan, Love does not mean
Physical love of men and women.
It's a kind of divine love to lead
Oneself towards Godhead.

About love the poet indicates
It can also destroy sins,
Perhaps the divine love can
Relive one from committing a sin.

Meera loved Krishna
And joined Krishna
Andal loved Ranganatha
And joined Ranganatha.

This is not the material love,
But the divine love,
That goes to please God,
And it is always good.
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