Tirukkural Chapter 33 - Couplets 1,2,3 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 33 - கொல்லாமை
CHAPTER 33 - NOT KILLING
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33/01. அறவினை யாதெனின் கொல்லாமை; கோறல்
பிறவினை எல்லாம் தரும்.

33/01. Arravinai yaadhenin kollaamai; korral
Pirravinai ellaam tharum.

33/01. Not killing a life is part of virtue.
Killing other lives is a collective sin.
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Prabhu: When killing is sin why people kill others?

Nataraj: Yes, killing is a sin
Particularly for a Jain,
They've many rules
To protect even insects.

They wear a cloth
Over their mouth
Walk with bare foot
At night they won't go out.

All these restrictions
Are just to protect
Animals and insects
From killing by any chance.

But, it's difficult for others
To follow these rules
Some kill animals and birds
For their daily food,
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33/02. பகுத்துண்டு பல்லுயிர் ஓம்புதல் நூலோர்
தொகுத்தவற்றுள் எல்லாம் தலை.

33/02. Paguththundu palluyir ombudhal nooloar
Thguththavatrrull ellaam thalai.

33/02. Feeding hungry persons including oneself
And saving other lives, are both important virtues as written in scriptures.
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Prabhu: Scripture says that one must feed hungry people and save them.


Nataraj: Feeding hungry persons
And also saving their lives
Are the virtuous man's duties
As laid down in scriptures.

Saving another man's life
Is equal to saving oneself
As life for both is precious,
And killing it is of no use.

Life is to live for others,
More than for self uses,
And if it's killed by one
He is cursed with sin.
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33/03. ஒன்றாக நல்லது கொல்லாமை; மற்றதன்
பின்சாரப் பொய்யாமை நன்று.

33/03. Onerraaga nalladhu kollaamai; matrradhan
Pinsaarap poiyaamai nandru.

33/03. Of all the virtues, the best is non-violence,
And the next best one is not telling lies.
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Prabhu: Killing and telling lies are sinful
But saving life and telling truth are virtuous.

Nataraj: Killing lives is sinful,
And also it's not useful,
Thereafter to anyone,
As once for all it's gone.

One can't create a life,
But can destroy a life,
It appears at God's will
And disappears at His will.

Both telling lies,
And killing lives,
They're senseless ones
Also not virtuous ones.
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