Tirukkural Chapter 85 - Couplets 1,2,3 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 85 - புல்லறிவாண்மை.
CHAPTER 85 - ON IGNORANCE.
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85/01. அறிவின்மை இன்மையுள் இன்மை; பிறிதின்மை
இன்மையா வையாது உலகு.

85/01. Arrivinmai inmaiyull inmai; pirridhinmai
Inmaiyaa vaiyaadhu ulaghu.

85/01. For a person poverty within poverty is his ignorance.
The world will not consider the absence of other things seriously.
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Anuradha: An ignorant man will be a fool
In the eyes of wise men one day.

Divya: For a person, ignorance is no excuse,
As legally and morally he must know the rules
To the minimum extent for his existence,
And also to manage himself his day to day duties.

He can't say, "I don't know the rules
That stealing is punishable,
So, I stole things for my existence
Instead of doing manual jobs."

Poverty is not a crime for one,
But ignorance of a person,
Will not be taken as an excuse,
For all punishable crimes.
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85/02. அறிவிலான் நெஞ்சுவந்து ஈதல் பிறிதியாதும்
இல்லை; பெறுவான் தவம்.

85/02. Arrivilaan nenjuvandhu eedhal pirridhiyaadhum
Illai; perruvaan thavam.

85/02. If an ignorant man gives someone something
it is due to nothing but the receiver's virtuous deeds.
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Anuradha: That means an ignorant man is a miser
and he gives rarely any gift to a lucky man.

Divya: What does a man of ignorance,
Know about the virtue or the vice,
To give charity to the needy,
Or do crimes which are petty.

His life is like a wood,
Not knowing bad or good,
He regularly eats and sleeps,
And somehow spending his days.

If someone receives a gift,
It is not from giver's heart,
But it is the receiver's fortune
That prompted him to give one.
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85/03. அறிவிலார் தாம்தம்மைப் பீழிக்கும் பீழை
செறுவார்க்கும் செய்தல் அரிது.

85/03. Arrivilaar thaamthammaip peezhikkum peezhai
Serruvaarkkum seidhal aridhu.

85/03. Ignorant persons suffer themselves all troubles,
more than what their enemies can give troubles to them.
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Anuradha: An ignorant man's mistakes
Keep him tense always.

Divya: His sufferings are created,
From his own misdeeds,
Out of his ignorance,
For which there is no excuse.

Even the enemies haven't given
So many problems to that man
And all his present sufferings
Are due to his own ignorance.

An ignorant man can ignore,
But others cannot ignore,
His deliberate attempts,
To give others problems.
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