The Kural
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கடவுள் வாழ்த்து
Kurals 1–10 of the Thirukkural, in the book of Virtue (அறத்துப்பால்).
அகர முதல எழுத்தெல்லாம் ஆதி
பகவன் முதற்றே உலகு.
A, as its first of letters, every speech maintains;
The "Primal Deity" is first through all the world's domains.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Just as every alphabet starts with A, the whole world starts with God.
Open in the appகற்றதனால் ஆய பயனென்கொல் வாலறிவன்
நற்றாள் தொழாஅர் எனின்.
No fruit have men of all their studied lore,
Save they the 'Purely Wise One's' feet adore.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: What good is all your learning if it doesn't make you humble before the One who truly knows?
Open in the appமலர்மிசை ஏகினான் மாணடி சேர்ந்தார்
நிலமிசை நீடுவாழ் வார்.
His feet, 'Who o'er the full-blown flower hath past,' who gain
In bliss long time shall dwell above this earthly plain.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Keep God in your heart and you will thrive, long and well.
Open in the appவேண்டுதல் வேண்டாமை இலானடி சேர்ந்தார்க்கு
யாண்டும் இடும்பை இல.
His foot, 'Whom want affects not, irks not grief,' who gain
Shall not, through every time, of any woes complain.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Lean on the One who wants nothing and hates no one, and trouble cannot reach you.
Open in the appஇருள்சேர் இருவினையும் சேரா இறைவன்
பொருள்சேர் புகழ்புரிந்தார் மாட்டு.
The men, who on the 'King's' true praise delight to dwell,
Affects not them the fruit of deeds done ill or well.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Sincerely praise God, and the good and bad karma that binds people won't stick to you.
Open in the appபொறிவாயில் ஐந்தவித்தான் பொய்தீர் ஒழுக்க
நெறிநின்றார் நீடுவாழ் வார்.
Long live they blest, who've stood in path from falsehood freed;
His, 'Who quenched lusts that from the sense-gates five proceed'.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Follow the path of the One who mastered all five senses, and you will flourish for a long time.
Open in the appதனக்குவமை இல்லாதான் தாள்சேர்ந்தார்க் கல்லால்
மனக்கவலை மாற்றல் அரிது.
Unless His foot, 'to Whom none can compare,' men gain,
'Tis hard for mind to find relief from anxious pain.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Worry doesn't leave the mind until you rest it in the One beyond compare.
Open in the appஅறவாழி அந்தணன் தாள்சேர்ந்தார்க் கல்லால்
பிறவாழி நீந்தல் அரிது.
Unless His feet 'the Sea of Good, the Fair and Bountiful,' men gain,
'Tis hard the further bank of being's changeful sea to attain.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: You can't cross the ocean of wrongdoing alone; hold on to the One who is an ocean of goodness.
Open in the appகோளில் பொறியின் குணமிலவே எண்குணத்தான்
தாளை வணங்காத் தலை.
Before His foot, 'the Eight-fold Excellence,' with unbent head,
Who stands, like palsied sense, is to all living functions dead.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: A head that never bows to the divine is as useless as eyes that cannot see.
Open in the appபிறவிப் பெருங்கடல் நீந்துவர் நீந்தார்
இறைவன் அடிசேரா தார்.
They swim the sea of births, the 'Monarch's' foot who gain;
None others reach the shore of being's mighty main.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Only those who hold on to God can cross the endless sea of rebirths.
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