Tirukkural Chapter 15 - Couplets 4,5,6 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

திருக்குறள் -THIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 15- பிறனில் விழையாமை
CHAPTER 15 - ON ADULTERY.
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15/04. எனைத்துணையர் ஆயினும் என்னாம்? தினைத்துணையும்
தேரான் பிறனின் புகல்.

15/04. Enaiththunnyar aayinum ennaam? Thinaiththunnaiyum
Theraan pirranin pugal.

15/04. When a man goes to another man's wife, with no slightest thought
That it wrong, then where will his reputation end?
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Wife: Is it not ridiculous for man to go behind another man's wife?

Husband: Yes, you're correct, my dear.
That mad man has no shame or fear
For going after a woman,
Who's a wife of another man.

An animal has no voice,
Or it has no choice
Of a decent family life,
Or to live with a single wife.

This man is not normal,
But worst than an animal,
In doing such a stupid action,
That is condemned by wise men.
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15/05. எளிதென இல்இறப்பான் எய்தும்எஞ் ஞான்றும்
விளியாது நிற்கும் பழி.

15/05. Ellidhena ilirrappaan eaidhumegn gnaandrrum
Villiyaadhu nirrkum pazhi.

15/05. Thinking it is easy to approach her, if one goes after wife
Of another man, he will be blamed for that life long.
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Wife: How can that shameless man go after a married woman?

Husband: Really he's a mad person,
To go after a married woman,
Without any kind of shame
Or minding not others' blame.

An uncivilized man he is,
Fit to live only in forests
Like roaming animals
And not allowed in cities.

How that married woman
Will allow that mad man?
This kind of dirty passion,
Made him an animal man.
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15/06. பகைபாவம் அச்சம் பழியென நான்கும்
இகவாவாம் இல்இறப்பான் கண்.

15/06. Pagaipaavam achcham pazhiyena naangum
Igavaavaam ilirrappaan kann.

15/06. For a man, who misbehaves with another man's wife,
Enmity, sin, fear, and blame all the four will never leave him
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Wife: Has this mad man has no fear or shame?

Husband: He must be a drunkard,
Or certainly he must be mad,
If he has guilty conscience,
He knows, it is mere nonsense.

He'll face enmity, fear, sin,
And disgrace for his passion,
That'll become meaningless,
Had he realized its consequences?

Bad time never leaves one.
It has caught this man.
He's a victim of his own passion
That drove him as a mad man.
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