Tirukkural Chapter 96 - Couplets 1,2,3 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 96 - குடிமை
CHAPTER 96 - NOBLE BIRTH
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96/01. இற்பிறந்தார் கண்ணல்லாது இல்லை இயல்பாகச்
செப்பமும் நாணும் ஒருங்கு.

96/01. Irrpirrandhaar kannallaadhu illai iyalbhaghach
Seppamum naannum orungu

96/01. Helping nature and doing anything free from blame,
both the habits usually are there with noble born people
and not with other people.
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Lata: Noble people try to help others
And also whatever they do,
They will try to do without other's blames

Parvathi: By and large noble people
Are of helping nature,
Not that other people,
Have no helping nature.

Also noble men will do things,
With no blame from others,
As they're born in cultured families,
And will maintain those traditions.

It requires a larger heart
For one to take note
Of others' difficulties
And alleviate their sufferings.
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96/02. ஒழுக்கமும் வாய்மையும் நாணும்இம் மூன்றும்
இழுக்கார் குடிப்பிறந் தார்.

96/02. Ozhukkamum vaaimaiyum naannumim moondrrum
Izhukkaar kudippirran dhaar.

92/02. A person born in a noble family will behave well,
will follow truth and have fear for blames;
All these three qualities they will not miss.
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Lata: All good qualities a person born
In a noble family will possess.

Parvathi: Yes Lata, their faces will tell,
They're born noble people,
As a reflection of their true minds
And their kindness in their hearts.

Their behavior with others,
Their fears for blames,
Those will speak well
Of their nature being very noble.

They have moral fear to tell lies,
And will speak truth always,
As their conscience is pure,
And so also their very nature.
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96/03. நகைஈகை இன்சொல் இகழாமை நான்கும்
வகைஎன்ப வாய்மைக் குடிக்கு.

96/03. Nagaieegai insol ighazhaamai nangum
Vagaienba vaaimaik kudikku.

96/03. For a truly noble born person, he'll have a smiling face,
will give what others want, will speak sweet words, and
will not criticize others; all these four qualities
indicate his noble family origin.
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Lata: How to identify that one is
From a noble family origin?

Parvathi: He'll have a smiling face,
He'll fulfill others' wants,
He'll speak sweet words.
He'll not criticize others.

These four good qualities,
All the noble families,
By nature, they all possess,
From their forefathers' days.

So, by virtue of their relatives
They inherited these qualities
In their cultured background
And follow them morally bound.
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