Tirukkural Chapter 95 - Couplets 7,8,9,10 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 95 - மருந்து.
CHAPTER 95 - MEDICINE.
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95/07. தீயளவு அன்றித் தெரியான் பெரிதுண்ணின்
நோயளவு இன்றிப் படும்.

95/07. Theeyallavu andrrith theriyaan peridhunnin
Noyallavu indrrip padum.

95/07. Not knowing the capacity and time to digest
If one takes overdose of food, he'll suffer from countless diseases.
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Aarati: There are specific rules to follow
By one while eating food.

Jyotika: There are three types of rules,
1.Limited to capacity, one must eat less.
2. Allow time gap between two meals
3. Never eat overdose of edibles.

If these rules are overlooked,
And are not strictly followed,
There, the trouble comes
In the form of disease.

There is a proverb, "One man's food
Is another man's poison, "
So, don't follow any other man
While eating your choice of food.
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95/08. நோய்நாடி நோய்முதல் நாடி அதுதணிக்கும்
வாய்நாடி வாய்ப்பச் செயல்.

95/08. Noinaadi noimudhal naadi adhuthannikkum
Vaainaadi vaaippach seyal.

95/08. One must know the nature of disease,
The reason for it and go for treatment from a doctor
Who is competent to cure that disease.
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Aarati: One must take proper treatment
From a competent doctor for his disease.

Jyotika: What type of disease it is?
How he got that disease?
All such information, he must know
And to a good doctor, he must show.

"Preventive is better than cure"
One must, therefore, be sure,
To regulate his diet periodically
To prevent treatment medically.

Avoid food that suits not.
Don't take food very late,
Or leaving no gap in time,
And keep up regular meals time.
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95/09. உற்றான் அளவும் பிணிஅளவும் காலமும்
கற்றான் கருதிச் செயல்.

95/09. Utraan allavum pinni allavum kaalamum
Katrraan karudhich seyal.

95/09. A doctor must know one's body constitution
The intensity of the disease, its current position
And then give the patient proper treatment.
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Aarati: A doctor must examine a patient
Knowing all the details relating to him.

Jyotika: All the details of a patient,
A doctor must collect before treatment,
He must study how his body is?
What is the nature of disease?

What type of medicine,
For the patient to be given?
All such details a doctor
Must know how to cure?

One must not suppress
All kinds of his symptoms
And must tell doctor facts
For him to give proper medicines.
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95/10. உற்றவன் தீர்ப்பான் மருந்துழைச் செல்வான்என்று
அப்பால்நாற் கூற்றே மருந்து.

95/10. Utrravan theerippaan marundhuzhaich chelvaanendrru
Appaalnaarr kootrre marundhu.

95/10. When a patient is handed over to a doctor,
he must treat the patient keeping in mind,
four aspects, patient, doctor, medicine, and patient's helper.
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Aarati: A doctor takes care of a patient
After studying his case history.

Jyotika: Main points the poet has given,
Patient, doctor, medicine
And a helper by his side,
These things doctor will decide.

Once the treatment starts
The patient must follow the rules
About which the doctor says
And take regular medicines.

Medicine works one half,
Patient's response is another half,
Both brings cure to him
And he's restored back well in time.
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