Tirukkural Chapter 107 - Couplets 1,2,3 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 107 - இரவச்சம்
CHAPTER 107 - ON FEAR OF BEGGING.
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107/01. கரவாது உவந்தீயும் கண்ணன்னார் கண்ணும்
இரவாமை கோடி உறும்.

107/01. Karavaadhu uvandheeyum kannannaar kannum
Iravaamai kodi urrum.

107/01. It is better not to beg from a person like eyes,
Who is giving beggars always without, saying "No."
It is crore times good for him.
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Bindya: A person feels shy of begging
He fears to go out and beg.

Chaaya: One will think several times,
To go for others' obligations,
Because he never used to ask anyone
On any previous occasion.

He knows begging is inferior,
And not begging is superior,
But necessity forces him
To ask someone this time.

Sometime fear of begging,
Is there for one, but necessity
Forces him due to poverty,
To shed his shy of begging.
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107/02. இரந்தும் உயிர்வாழ்தல் வேண்டின் பரந்து
கெடுக உலகியற்றி யான்.

107/02. Irandhum uyirvaazhdhal venndin parandhu
Keduga ulagiyatrri yaan.

107/02. If the Creator of this world has ordered that everyone must beg
Then let Him also get destroyed wandering here and there for begging.
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Bindya: The intention of the poet may be
God has not created this world as a land of beggars.
This is a man made profession.

Chayya: Creator has created this world,
Perfectly as designed for mankind,
But it is the man, who misused
The natural resources of this land.

There are so many reasons,
Why there are many beggars,
Who've no other means to live,
Other than begging just to survive.

Creator is rich enough to survive.
He need not beg for a living.
He also gives world all the riches
To be shared by all living persons,
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107/03. இன்மை இடும்பை இரந்துதீர் வாம்என்னும்
வன்மையின் வன்பாட்டது இல்.

107/03. Inmai idumbai irandhutheer vaamennum
Vanmaiyin vanpaattadhu il.

107/03. A person to believe that he will able to destroy poverty
By begging is nothing but his obstinacy.
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Bindya: Even if he begs lifelong
He cannot solve poverty.

Chayya: it is nothing but his obstinacy,
And he is very much lazy,
He doesn't want to work hard
And manage his livelihood.

If he has no family to maintain,
As a beggar he can remain,
But if he has wife and children,
How he'll support everyone?

Will begging solve their problems?
Who will take care of them?
He must go for work then,
For them, if he has more concern.
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