Tirukkural Chapter 31 - Couplets 4,5,6 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 31- வெகுளாமை
CHAPTER 31 - NOT GETTING ANGRY
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31/04. நகையும் உவகையும் கொல்லும் சினத்தின்
பகையும் உளவோ பிற.

31/04. Nagaiyum uvagaiyum kollum sinaththin
Pagaiyum ullavo pirra.

31/04. Are there enemies other than an angry man's face
Without any laughter or his heart free from happiness?
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Meena: Kamala, why some people always
Keep their faces seriously?

Kamala: One's mind with no tension,
His muscles in a relaxed position,
With these conditions only
He can laugh freely

One's mind full of tension
His muscles in stiff position
His mood upset completely
Then only he can be angry.

Now laughter or anger,
Which one you'll prefer,
Tension or no tension
You'll choose which one?
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31/05. தன்னைத்தான் காக்கின் சினம்காக்க; காவாக்கால்
தன்னையே கொல்லும் சினம்.

31/05. Thannaiththaan kaakkin sinamkaakka; kaavaakkaal
Thannaiye; kollum sinam.

31/05. If one wants that he should not get any harm,
Then he should guard himself by not getting angry with anyone.
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Meena: Who is going to harm anyone
Unless he shouts angrily at another person?

(Kamala tells her a story)

Kamala: A man had an angry wife
And for him it was a henpecked life.
His friend met him one day
When he was on his way.

He brought his friend home
Requested her that time
Not to shout with anger
When his friend was there.

She agreed to remain calm
Only for three times,
And with this condition
That day went on.

In the midst of dinner
He lost his usual shiver.
His promise, he forgot
In ordering this and that.

One, two, three,
Thus she counted three,
The pot of soup she threw.
His friend rose up and flew.
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31/06. சினம்என்னும் சேர்ந்தாரைக் கொல்லி இனம்என்னும்
ஏமப் புணையைச் சுடும்.

31/06. Sinamennum Serndhaaraik kolli inamennum
Aemap punnyaich sudum.

31/06. The fire of anger destroys even close relationship
When they try to save him from trouble.
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Meena: Even close relatives will not talk to an angry man.

Kamala: True, an angry man uses
Bad words even with relatives,
So, when they see him at a distance,
They'll run and hide themselves.

His anger is the cause
For snapping of ties
With his close relatives,
Who helped him always.

A testing day will come
When none of them
Will come near him,
To save him at that time.
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