Tirukkural Chapter 25 - Couplets 1,2,3 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

திருக்குறள் -THIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 25 - அருளுடைமை.
CHAPTER 25 - COMPASSION.
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25/01. அருட்செல்வம் செல்வத்துட் செல்வம்; பொருட்செல்வம்
பூரியார் கண்ணும் உள.

25/01. Arutselvam selvathul selvam; porutselvam
Pooriyaar kannum ulla.

25/01. Of all the wealth the best one is from compassion
Other material wealth is with the meanest persons.
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Sarada: One should show compassion to all lives.

Gopika: Yes Sarada, whosoever considers
Other lives as their-own lives,
They'll not cause irritation,
But will show them compassion.

How far it's practical
In particular with animals,
To show them compassion,
One may ask this question.

Unless they come and attack,
Let us not hunt their flock,
For the sake of game,
Or catch them to tame.
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25/02. நல்லாற்றான் நாடி அருளாள்க; பல்லாற்றான்
தேரினும் அஃதே துணை.

25/02. Nallaatrraan naadi arullaalga; pallaatrraan
Therinum agdhe thunai.

25/02. Of all the virtues, one should practice how to show pity,
The best one that gives life support to him.
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Sarada: Compassion is an inborn nature
Only circumstances make one harsh in life.

Gopika: Many have self-pity,
Than showing others pity,
There compassion has no place,
But it gives room for vengeance.

One should rise above self
To take pity on someone's life,
And once pitying becomes a habit
He gets people's moral support.

They begin to like him,
Help him at the crucial time,
Thus his life begin to shine,
And he gets self satisfaction.
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25/03. அருள்சேர்ந்த நெஞ்சினார்க்கு இல்லை இருள்சேர்ந்த
இன்னா உலகம் புகல்.

23/03. Arullserndha nenjinaarkku illai irullserndha
Innaa ulagam pugal.

23/03. A person having his heart full of compassion
Will never go to the darkest world of hardship.
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Sarada: A man of compassion will never
Mind about hardship.

Gopika: It's true, he gets strength more
To withstand hardship any longer,
And with his heart full of compassion,
He goes to any extent to help someone.

He never pays his attention
To the dark side of his life even,
As his mind thinks of others,
How to solve their worries?

Lord Buddha, take for instance,
He was a Royal Prince once,
As an incarnation of compassion,
He took up renunciation.
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