Tirukkural Chapter 74 - Couplets 4,5,6 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 74 - நாடு
CHAPTER 74 - KINGDOM (COUNTRY)
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74/04. உறுபசியும் ஓவாப் பிணியும் செறுபகையும்
சேராது இயல்வது நாடு.

74/04. Urrupasiyum ovaap pinniyum serrupagaiyum
Serradhu iyalvadhu naadu.

74/04. A country is so good, when there are no hungers, no diseases,
and no destructions by foreigners.
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Madhav: A country is great when it is free from
Hungers, diseases and foreign invasions.

Nagesh: Yes true, a hunger free
And also a disease free
Country will be called
Great in the world.

That shows the clean habits
And the kind hearts
What its people possess
In their own self interests.

If there is no destruction,
Due to foreign invasion,
Safe its resources remain
With all its countrymen.
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74/05. பல்குழுவும் பாழ்செய்யும் உட்பகையும் வேந்தலைக்கும்
கொல்குறும்பும் இல்லாது நாடு.

74/05. Palkuzhuvum paazhseiyum utpagaiyum vendhalaikkum
Kolkurrumbum illaadhu naadu.

74/05. A good country is one which does not have
various local parties, internal close enemies,
and adjacent junior kings waiting to kill its King.
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Madhav: We have to search for that country in the world
Where there are no local politics,
Internal enemies and hostile neighbors.

Nagesh: As an earth-turned-heaven
That country will remain
Peaceful in the absence
Of all these negative forces.

I don't think there is
One country like this
In the present day world
As peaceful as the poet told.

That kind of ideal condition
May exist in an Utopian
Country-like, so far unseen
With naked eyes of anyone.
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74/06. கேடறியாக் கெட்ட இடத்தும் வளங்குன்றா
நாடென்ப நாட்டின் தலை.

74/06. Kedarriyaak ketta idaththum vallangundraa
Needenba naattin thalai.

74/06. A country is on the top of all countries, when it is not harassed or even harassed by enemies, it is not reduced in its prosperity.
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Madhav: That must be a strong country
not reduced in its prosperity despite shortcomings.

Nagesh: True, it must be like that,
As it stands on its own feet,
Though harassed by enemies,
Now and then, by their attacks.

It has got more valuable resources,
And to grab that only its enemies
Tried to penetrate thru' its borders,
But they failed in their attempts.

It is that country that ranks
First among all the countries
For its abundant resources,
As well as its powerful armies.
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