Tirukkural Chapter 71 - Couplets 4,5,6 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 71 - குறிப்பறிதல்.
CHAPTER 71 - KNOWING INTENTION
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71/04. குறித்தது கூறாமைக் கொள்வாரோடு ஏனை
உறுப்போ ரனையரால் வேறு.

71/04. Kurriththadhu koorraamaik kollvaaroadu eanai
Urruppo ranaiyaraal verru.

71/04. If one is an expert in reading other's mind, without hearing his thoughts, he is more than an ordinary man, who is physically the same, but mentally not so wise.
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Balagopal: A mind reader differs from an ordinary person.

Gajendran: The mind reading technique,
Not known to many, is unique,
In that a special practice is a must
If one wants to learn this art.

For some gifted persons,
This art naturally comes,
From their previous births,
To their present births.

In that art, they are experts,
Not comparable to others,
Who are the same physically,
But not the same mentally.
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71/05. குறிப்பின் குறிப்புணரா வாயின் உறுப்பினுள்
என்ன பயத்தவோ கண்?

71/05. Kurrippin kurippunnaraa vaayin urruppnull
Enna payaththavoa kann?

71/05. What is the use of eyes when one cannot find
what is in mind of another person by his face look?
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Balagopal: There is no use of two eyes
When one can't read minds, the poet says.

Gajendran: He may mean a wise man,
And not an ordinary person,
While saying, "no use of two eyes,
If one can't read minds of others."

But even an ordinary man
Can read another person
To know whether he's angry,
Or he is very much hungry.

A hungry man's face
Or an angry man's face
He can easily recognize
By his own experience.
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71/06. அடுத்தது காட்டும் பளிங்குபோல் நெஞ்சம்
கடுத்தது காட்டும் முகம்.

71/06. Aduththadhu kaattum pallingupoal nenjam
Kaduththadhu kaattum mugam.

71/06. Just like a mirror shows an object kept before it,
a man's face will reveal what is in his mind?
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Balagopal: Face is the index of the mind.
This fact, the poet has found
2000 years back when he wrote this poem.

Gajendran: It's a natural tendency
For even a child to identify
And read its mother's face
In what mood she is?

If its mother laughs
The child also laughs
If she is just angry
The child begins to cry.

This kind of response
By nature it comes,
All such gestures falls
Only under mind readings.
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