Tirukkural Chapter 100 - Couplets 4,5,6 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 100 - பண்புடைமை.
CHAPTER 100 - POLITENESS
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100/04. நயனொடு நன்றி புரிந்த பயனுடையார்
பண்புபா ராட்டும் உலகு.

100/04. Nayanodu nandrri purindha payanudaiyaar
Panbupaa raattum ulaghu

100/04. Not only showing pity, but also doing good to others
The world will appreciate this kind of politeness.
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Bhanupriya: Politeness, combined with pity
and doing good to others, is an extraordinary
quality of a good person.

Sanjana: Yes it is true, politeness
Has its own importance
Wherever a person goes,
To achieve easily success.

Beside this politeness
One is doing good service
To many deserving persons
This is one of his good qualities.

No doubt, the world will,
Appreciate politeness well,
As courtesy demands one
To be soft and kind to everyone.
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100/05. நகையுள்ளும் இன்னாது இகழ்ச்சி; பகையுள்ளும்
பண்புள பாடறிவார் மாட்டு.

100/05. Nagaiyullum innaadhu ighazhchi; pagaiyullum
Pannpulla paadarrivaar maattu.

100/05. Those who have the nature of understanding others troubles
they will show courtesy to enemies also; so, even for a joke,
to criticize others they will feel it a painful action.
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Bhanupriya: He must be an extraordinary person
To show courtesy even to an enemy.

Sanjana: He doesn't even criticize anyone
As he feels it a painful action,
Besides he understands others' troubles
And try to help them to the extent possible.

See how this politeness works,
To any place one goes,
People give warm welcome
And also respects to him.

Politeness is a good culture,
That'll brighten one's future,
If it is regularly practiced by him,
Then happily he can spend his time.
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100/06. பண்புடையார்ப் பட்டுண்டு உலகம்; அதுவின்றேல்
மண்புக்கு மாய்வது மன்.

100/06. Pannbhudaiyaarp pattunndu ulagham; adhuvindrel
Mannbhukku maaivadhu mann.

100/06. Because of courteous people,
Lives in the world go well; if not,
Lives would have been buried deep in sands.
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Bhanupriya: Lives in the world go well
on account of politeness in majority of places
if not everywhere.

Sanjana: It is true, if courtesy is not there
And full of hatred is there,
None would have survived
To live in this world.

None expects roughness
But everyone expects politeness
Even a girl expects her mother
To show her courtesy better.

Otherwise, the girl cries,
If mother keeps a rough face,
So, it is a natural tendency,
For anyone to expect courtesy.
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