Tirukkural Chapter 38 - Couplets 7,8,9,10 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 38 - ஊழ்
CHAPTER 38 - FATE.
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38/07. வகுத்தான் வகுத்த வகையல்லால் கோடி
தொகுத்தார்க்கும் துய்தல் அரிது.

38/07. Vaguththaan vaguththa vagaiyallaal kodi
Thoguththaarkkum thuidhal arridhu.

38/07. If one has saved all enjoyable assets in crores,
Unless the fate written by God is favorable, he cannot enjoy the same.
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Kamal: Fate is given more importance here.

Vimal: In Bhagavat Gita Krishna says
That fruit of one's action is
In the Lord's hands
And not in the person's hands.

Fate in a different way says
The results of your past actions
You now enjoy or suffer
For your good or bad karmas.

In one way fate helps one
To be more careful again
Not to do bad things
In this and coming births.
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38/08. துறப்பார்மன் துப்புரவு இல்லால் உறற்பால
ஊட்டா கழியும் எனின்.

38/08. Thurappaarman thuppuravu illaamal urrarrpaala
Yuttaa kzhiyum enin.

38/08. If the fate removes one's sufferings
He, not in poverty, will renounce worldly life.
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Kamal: How fate will help a man
When it is only a record of events?

Vimal: Fate has no choice
But to do its duties
As ordered by God
And it obeys His command.

We can't blame the fate
That goes by the list
Of duties it has to perform
All the day, all the time.

Again fate is only a list
Of one's dead past,
Present and future deeds
To decide the type of his births.
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38/09. நன்றாங்கால் நல்லவாக் காண்பவர் அன்றாங்கால்
அல்லற் படுவது எவன்?

38/09. Nanrraangaal nallavaak kaanbavar andrraangkaal
Allarr paduvadhu evan?

38/09. When one enjoys the benefits given by fate in good times
Why he wants to avoid the sufferings given by fate in bad times?
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Kamal: So, fate gives both enjoyments
And sufferings to one individual?

Vimal: If one did good and bad deeds
Both in the previous births,
Benefits and sufferings will come
As his fate distributes them.

One should enjoy benefits,
And tolerate sufferings,
Which are his own creations
In his several births.

Instead blaming the fate,
One should sort out,
His own plus and minus,
In the past and present births
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38/10. ஊழிற் பெருவலி யாவள்? மற்றொன்று
சூழினும் தான்முந் துறும்.

38/10. Uzhitrr peruvali yaavall? Matrrondru
Soozhinum thaanmundh dhurum.

38/10. What is stronger than fate? By one's intelligence
He can stop it. The fate also will stop.
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Kamal: Can anyone stop the fate?

Vimal: Yes, one can stop fate,
By his intelligent act,
And it submits to him
On God's will sometime.

If he practices penance
The fate also considers
And it under plays
Its role of seriousness.

That shows, the fate is good
When a person is good
And fate acts badly
When he acts badly.
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