Tirukkural Chapter 09 - Couplets 4,5,6 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

திருக்குறள் -THIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 9 - விருந்தோம்பல்
CHAPTER 9 - HOSPITALITY
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09/04. அகன்அமர்ந்து செய்யாள் உறையும்; முகன்அமர்ந்து
நல்விருந்து ஓம்புவான் இல்.

09/04. Aganamarndhu seiyaall uraiyum; muganamarndhu
Nalvirundhu ombhuvaan il.

09/04. With a smiling face host should receive guest.
In that house Lakshmi, Goddess of wealth, will reside.
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Saroja: We feel the house is full of joy
When our guests visit us.

Manoj: Yes, the few days or hours
They all will stay with us,
We're blessed by Goddess
Lakshmi in our house.

Money comes and goes,
But rarely we've our guests.
Then if we keep a wry face,
What will they think of us?

Give and take is the best
As one day we may visit
Their house also for food
Then for us will it be good?

But the poet suggests,
Whomsoever be the guests,
Be it known or unknown,
We should entertain.
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திருக்குறள் -THIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 9 - விருந்தோம்பல்
CHAPTER 9 - HOSPITALITY
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09/05. வித்தும் இடல்வேண்டும் கொல்லோ? விருந்தோம்பி
மிச்சில் மிசைவான் புலம்.

09/05. Viththum idalvendum kollao? Virundhombi
Michchil misaivaan pulam.

09/05. Is it necessary to sow seeds in the fields
And then eat only after feeding the guests?
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Saroja: How to maintain our house
If daily guests visit our house.

Manoj: All can't entertain guests.
Haves should help have-nots.
This is the intention behind
The suggestion we find.

Charity begins at home,
And it shouldn't end there,
This is known to everyone,
And let it be in action.

The poet asks a question
'Should a host first entertain guests
And sow the remaining seeds
Then only in his lands? '

The answer lies in the hands
Of rich men who've more seeds
As they can afford to feed,
And then sow the seeds.
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திருக்குறள் -THIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 9 - விருந்தோம்பல்
CHAPTER 9 - HOSPITALITY
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09/06. செல்விருந்து ஓம்பி வருவிருந்து பார்த்திருப்பான்
நல்விருந்து வானத் தவர்க்கு.

09/06. Selvirundhu Ombi varuvirundhu paarththiruppaan
Nalvirundhu vaanath thavarkku.

09/06. The host who expects some more guests
After feeding his guests, he'll become a guest of the Heaven.
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Saroja: If we entertain guests after guests
What will become of our house?

Manoj: They're extreme cases
Where guests after guests
Are entertained day by day
For that host Heaven shows its way.

We shouldn't read lines in between,
But only take their hidden
Meaning and the intention
Of the poet in every situation.

All cannot go to Heaven.
Only those divine men
Can go there for rests
After doing good deeds.
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