Tirukkural Chapter 09 - Couplets 7,8,9,10 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 9 - விருந்தோம்பல்
CHAPTER 9 - HOSPITALITY
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09/07. இனைத்துணைத்து என்பதொன்று இல்லை; விருந்தின்
துணைத்துணை வோள்விப் பயன்.

09/07. Inaiththunnaiththu embadhonru illai; virundhin
Thunnaithunnai vellvip payan.

09/07. No measure can find results of host's entertainment.
It can be found only in guest's satisfaction.
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Saroja: I'm happy to find our guests are fully satisfied
With our food and hospitality.

Manoj: Yes Saroja, when they're happy,
We too are happy.
Their satisfaction,
Is our satisfaction.

Finally what do we gain?
Not their dissatisfaction,
But their contentment,
And not their resentment.

I didn't hear any comments
Now from our guests,
Our fortune it means,
And also their kindness.
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திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 9 - விருந்தோம்பல்
CHAPTER 9 - HOSPITALITY
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09/08. பரிந்தோம்பிப் பற்றற்றேம் என்பர்; விருந்தோம்பி
வேள்வி தலைப்படா தார்.

09/08. Parindhombip patratraem enbar; virundhombi
Vellvi thalaippadaa dhaar.

09/08. Not getting the benefit of entertaining guests,
The host may feel that wealth gained is of no use.
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Saroja: There is no point in hoarding wealth
Even if we are spending on our guests.

Manoj: When Goddess Lakshmi resides
Happily In our house,
Why we should hoard wealth
When she supplies us liberally wealth?

Let us entertain guests
Not checking the results
Now and then about
What is our benefit?

Then the purpose is lost
When we count on guests
We'll do our best.
To our regular guests.
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திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 9 - விருந்தோம்பல்
CHAPTER 9 - HOSPITALITY
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09/09. உடைமையுள் இன்மை விருந்தோம்பல் ஓம்பா
மடமை மடவார்கண் உண்டு.

09/09. Udaimaiyull inmai virundhombal ombaa
Madamai madavaarkann undu.

09/09. When there is wealth, to say poverty will come
If we entertain guests, is not acceptable.
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Saroja: If we spend on guests
Will we become poor one day?

Manoj: Only fools think like that.
How much a guest will eat?
Even ants share their food.
After all the little ants gather food.

One day wealth will come
Another day it will go out.
But life should go on
Forever with no hesitation.

Let us not worry about,
Our poverty or not.
We'll give our guests
Well within our means.
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திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 9 - விருந்தோம்பல்
CHAPTER 9 - HOSPITALITY
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09/10. மோப்பக் குழையும் அனிச்சம்; முகம்திரிந்து
நோக்கம் குழையும் விருந்து.

09/10. Moppak kuzhaiyum anichcham; mugamthirindhu
Nokkam kuzhaiyum virundhu.

09/10. Smelt Annicham flower will not fade that day,
But guest's face will change and fade.

(Annicham flower is so delicate it'll wilt
And whither even at a slight sniff)

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Saroja: Guest friends will not comment easily,
But guest relatives will criticize easily.

Manoj: Whatever they say, good or bad,
Let us not keep in our mind.
Their mouths we can't shut.
But our ears we can shut.

One in ten will speak badly.
Nine will speak nicely.
We shall hear those nine
Leaving aside that only one.

Some characters are well settled.
It's difficult for them to mend
Themselves at any stage,
Or for that matter at any age.

What the poet wants to say,
Let us deeply study,
And try to follow it
After understanding it.
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