Tirukkural Chapter 36 - Couplets 4,5,6 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 36 - மெய்யுணர்தல்
CHAPTER 36 - TRUE KNOWLEDGE
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36/04. ஐயுணர்வு எய்தியக் கண்ணும் பயம்இன்றே
மெய்யுணர்வு இல்லா தவர்க்கு.

36/04. Aiyunnarvu eaidhiyak kannum bayamindre
Meiyunarvu illaa dhavarkku.

36/04. Those who fail to know about the true knowledge,
For them, there is no use their five senses.
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Hema: What knowledge a dead wood has?

Prema: A dead wood has no sense
But a man has got five senses,
And if he doesn't make best use
What's the purpose of all senses?

He'll just be eating, sleeping,
Snoring, sightseeing, gossiping
For which the senses are meant
But truth he has not learnt.

Learning makes a man wise
Otherwise, what is the use,
Of his physical birth
Or his living on this earth?
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திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 36 - மெய்யுணர்தல்
CHAPTER 36 - TRUE KNOWLEDGE
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36/05. எப்பொருள் எத்தன்மைத்து ஆயினும் அப்பொருள்
மெய்ப்பொருள் காண்பது அறிவு.

36/05. Epporull eththanmaithu aayinum apporull
Meipporull kaannbadhu arrivu.

36/05. One should not consider the appearance of a thing,
But should be wise to take the truth behind that thing.
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Hema: Wise men say, that appearance is deceptive.

Prema: Sometime an appearance
Gives a false picture to us,
But we should go further
To find out really what's there?

We see animals and birds,
In the formation of clouds,
But they are optical illusions
And aren't real visions.

At the point of horizon
The sky is touching the ocean
And ships sail in between
As another false vision.
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திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 36 - மெய்யுணர்தல்
CHAPTER 36 - TRUE KNOWLEDGE
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36/06. கற்றீண்டு மெய்ப்பொருள் கண்டார் தலைப்படுவர்
மற்றீண்டு வாரா நெறி.

36/06. Karrtrreenndu meipporull kandaar thalaippaduvar
Marrtreenndu vaaraa nerri

36/06. Those study under guru and learnt the true knowledge
Will go to heaven without taking birth in this world.
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Hema: Unless one study under a learned guru
He can't understand what is true knowledge?

Prema: Students, in the early days,
Stayed in the houses of gurus,
Did their household duties
And learnt the truth from scriptures.

A student will ask questions,
Guru will give him answers,
Like this, by oral method lessons
Were taught to students.

There were only palm leaves,
To write with sharp needles,
And they were no other facilities
To learn all the lessons.
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