Tirukkural Chapter 92 - Couplets 7,8,9,10 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 92 - வரைவின் மகளிர்
CHAPTER 92 - ON PUBLIC WOMEN
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92/07. நிறைநெஞ்சம் இல்லவர் தோய்வர் பிறநெஞ்சின்
பேணிப் புணர்பவர் தோள்.

92/07. Nirrainenjam illavar thoivar pirranenjin
Pennip punnarbhavar tholl

92/07. Those who cannot control their minds, they hug the shoulders
of public women who are not for mating love, but for money.
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Jitender: Some are mentally weak and cannot control their mind.
They go to the houses of public women.

Mohit: As already discussed
Persons with weak mind
They visit public houses
Unmindful of sexual diseases.

Mostly lower class people,
Whose mind is unstable,
They've this strong habit,
And suffer at a later date.

First of all public women,
They must all be given,
A kind of special treatment,
With alternative appointment.

Then the incidence
Of sexual diseases
May be eradicated
When they're rehabilitated.
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92/08. ஆயும் அறிவினர் அல்லார்க்கு அணங்கென்ப
மாய மகளிர் முயக்கு.

92/08. Ayum arrivinar allaarkku annanggenbha
Maaya mallir muyakku

92/08. For people who have no common sense, the cunning relationship
Of public women is just like they have been haunted by ghosts.
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Jitender: Some people who are made after public women
are haunted by ghosts.

Mohit: It is more or less like that
Being haunted by a ghost,
For sexually a weak person,
Who is mad after a public woman.

Only after he suffers,
For his conduct he regrets,
But it is too late for him
Having neglected it in time.

He remains handicapped
Lifelong as a diseased
Unfortunate man unfit for
A normal life thereafter.
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92/09. வரைவிலா மாணிழையார் மென்றோள் புரையிலாப்
பூரியர்கள் ஆழும் அளறு.

92/09. Varaivilaa mannizhaiyaar mendroll puraiyilaap
Pooriyargall aazhum allarru.

92/09. With no sins and no common sense, fools fall into a hell ditch, because they hug the shoulders of beautifully dressed public women.
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Jitender: Again and again the poet repeats the dangers of
Having relationship with public women.

Mohit: His advices are good to hear,
But people must adhere
To his words of wisdom,
Which will benefit them.

It is like pennywise,
And pound foolish,
For a small pleasure,
One has to lifelong suffer.

They must take note
Of this serious point
"Prevention is better,
In fact, than cure."
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92/10. இருமனப் பெண்டிரும் கள்ளும் கவறும்
திருநீக்கப் பட்டார் தொடர்பு.

92/10. Irumanap penndirum kallum kavarrum
Thiruneekkap pattaar thodarbhu.

92/10. The double minded public women, wine and gambling
These have been discarded by Goddess of Fortune (Lakshmi) .
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Jitender: One can practically see with their own eyes
How people are ruined by public woman, wine and gambling.

Mohit: Relationship with a public woman
Is the greatest sin of all sins.
Drinking and gambling habits
Ruined many wealthy families.

All these three devils
Are the greatest evils
In the human society
Which has its own history.

2000 years before the poet wrote,
That means, these three habits
Will remain as long as weak people,
Exist in this unfortunate world.
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