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மருந்து
Kurals 941–950 of the Thirukkural, in the book of Wealth (பொருட்பால்).
மிகினும் குறையினும் நோய்செய்யும் நூலோர்
வளிமுதலா எண்ணிய மூன்று.
The learned books count three, with wind as first; of these,
As any one prevail, or fail; 'twill cause disease.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Too much or too little food and activity throws the body out of balance and makes you ill.
Open in the appமருந்தென வேண்டாவாம் யாக்கைக்கு அருந்தியது
அற்றது போற்றி உணின்.
No need of medicine to heal your body's pain,
If, what you ate before digested well, you eat again.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: You won't need medicine if you eat only after your last meal has been digested.
Open in the appஅற்றால் அறவறிந்து உண்க அஃதுடம்பு
பெற்றான் நெடிதுய்க்கும் ஆறு.
Who has a body gained may long the gift retain,
If, food digested well, in measure due he eat again.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Once your food has digested, eat in moderation; that's the way to a long life.
Open in the appஅற்றது அறிந்து கடைப்பிடித்து மாறல்ல
துய்க்க துவரப் பசித்து.
Knowing the food digested well, when hunger prompteth thee,
With constant care, the viands choose that well agree.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Make sure your last meal has digested, and when you're truly hungry, eat what agrees with you.
Open in the appமாறுபாடு இல்லாத உண்டி மறுத்துண்ணின்
ஊறுபாடு இல்லை உயிர்க்கு.
With self-denial take the well-selected meal;
So shall thy frame no sudden sickness feel.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Eat in moderation and avoid what disagrees with you, and your health won't let you down.
Open in the appஇழிவறிந்து உண்பான்கண் இன்பம்போல் நிற்கும்
கழிபேர் இரையான்கண் நோய்.
On modest temperance as pleasures pure,
So pain attends the greedy epicure.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Health stays with people who eat moderately; illness stays with people who overeat.
Open in the appதீயள வன்றித் தெரியான் பெரிதுண்ணின்
நோயள வின்றிப் படும்.
Who largely feeds, nor measure of the fire within maintains,
That thoughtless man shall feel unmeasured pains.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Eat too much without thinking about your health, and you'll suffer endless illness.
Open in the appநோய்நாடி நோய்முதல் நாடி அதுதணிக்கும்
வாய்நாடி வாய்ப்பச் செயல்.
Disease, its cause, what may abate the ill:
Let leech examine these, then use his skill.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: A good doctor finds out what the illness is, what caused it and how to treat it, then treats it properly.
Open in the appஉற்றான் அளவும் பிணியளவும் காலமும்
கற்றான் கருதிச் செயல்.
The habitudes of patient and disease, the crises of the ill
These must the learned leech think over well, then use his skill.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: A good doctor considers the patient's condition, the illness and the season before deciding on treatment.
Open in the appஉற்றவன் தீர்ப்பான் மருந்துழைச் செல்வானென்று
அப்பால் நாற் கூற்றே மருந்து.
For patient, leech, and remedies, and him who waits by patient's side,
The art of medicine must fourfold code of laws provide.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Healing has four parts: the patient, the doctor, the medicine and the person who prepares it.
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