Tirukkural Chapter 28 - Couplets 1,2,3 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 28 - கூடா ஒழுக்கம்
CHAPTER 28 - MISCONDUCT
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28/01. வஞ்ச மனத்தான் படிற்றொழுக்கம் பூதங்கள்
ஐந்தும் அகத்தே நகும்.

28/01. Vanjha manaththaan padirrozhukkam bhoodhangal
Aindhum aghaththey nagum.

28/01. Others may not know one's atrocities
But five monsters inside his body know and laugh at him.
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Barath: One who is doing atrocities
Has he no conscience?

Shyam: Every criminal knows
That he's doing wrong things,
But he shuts the doors
Of his guilty conscience.

To steal is wrong, he knows,
But in the temple he prays,
That His attempt to steal,
With His grace, should go well.

Eve teasing is bad, a minor knows,
But he goes behind pretty girls,
Much against his conscience,
That says, misconduct it is.

Five monsters, eyes,
Mouth, nose, ears
And touch feelings,
They laugh at his actions.
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28/02. வான்உயர் தோற்றம் எவன்செய்யும் தன்நெஞ்சம்
தான்அறி குற்றப் படின்.

28/02. Vaanuyar thotrram evanseiyum thannenjam
Thaanarri kutrrap padin.

28/02. When his heart knows what he does is wrong
What is the use of his sky high penance role?
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Barath: In a story of ‘cloak and dagger, '
A junior king planed to murder
A senior king in disguise
Wearing an ascetic dress.

Inside a book he kept
A dagger in secret,
To stab the senior
When he came near.

The senior's goodwill
Disturbed his heart well
And his plan to kill
Then it began to fail.
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28/03. வலிஇல் நிலைமையான் வல்உருவம் பெற்றம்
புலியின்தோல் போர்த்துமேய்ந் தற்று.

28/03. Valiill nilaimaiyaan valuruvam petrram
Puliyinthol porththumeindh thatrru

28/03. A man who is in ascetic role without controlling his mind,
Is like a cow in tiger skin terrifying some, but eating grass before others.
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Barath: How can an ascetic cheat others?

Shyam: True, but there are pseudo ascetics,
Who are like a cow in tiger skin that roams,
Extracting money from their followers
And spending time with beautiful girls.

Where innocent people are there,
One can look for a cheater there,
In the name of some God,
But doing some kind of fraud.

These cheaters speak fluently
And mesmerize people cunningly
Who fall victims unknowingly,
In the end stand cheated miserably.
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