திருக்குறள் -THIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 9 - விருந்தோம்பல்
CHAPTER 9 - HOSPITALITY
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He was a monk,
Of the holy rank,
So said everyone,
In that temple town.
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The rainy season began,
Days and months ran,
Sugreeva was happy,
But Ram unhappy.
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Never advise a fool,
On the use of any tool,
That’ll end in the story,
Of a foolish monkey.
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He was on the same spot,
Holding a small pot,
Ran his family lot,
With whatever he got.
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Along side the sea shore I walk,
Alone, none by my side to talk,
Every evening in the Juhu Beach,
Very near my house to reach.
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A pleader in a Lordship's Court
Advised his defaulting client
'You say for every question
'Bey, Bey, ' as a dumb man.'
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Do you know the silent majority,
No matter, of any one Country?
They’re the cores of the Society,
Held as the backbones of that Country.
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A butterfly sits
On a feathery flower tip.
A sparrow sits
On a slender twig tip.
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Hanuman’s happiness knew no bound,
When Lanka city at last he found,
To trace Sita was foremost in his mind,
But how far it was possible to find?
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