Nalkuravu-105th chapter of Thirukural-
(Poverty)
Translated by
P.R.Ramachander
(A graphic description
of the ill of poverty. Most of the points are true even today.)
1.Inmayin innathathu
yaathenin, inmayin,
Inmaye innathathu.
1.If you ask what
causes as much sorrow as poverty,
We can only say, only poverty causes as much sorrow as poverty.
2.Inmai yena oru
paavu marumayum,
Immayum indri varum.
2.If the
sinner called poverty catches some one,
That person would lose
joy of this world as well as the other world.
3.Tholvaravum
thoalum kedukkum thogayaaga
,
Nalkuravu
tenum nasai.
3,The poverty caused
by poisonous desire for riches,
Would spoil the
name of our great lineage and the fame
due to it.
4.Yirpiranthaar
kanneyum inmai ili vantha
,
Chorpirakkum
chorvu tharum.
4.Poverty would
cause the weakness which makes,
People of great lineage
tell evil words.
5.Nalkuravu yenum
idumbayul palkurai,
THunbangal chendru
padum.
5.Due to the sorrowful state called poverty,
Several type of
sorrows would appear.
6.Narporul nankunarnthu
chollinum nalkoornthaar,
Chorporul
chorvu padum.
6.Though a poor man
understands good things in good books
,
And tells them clearly, it would some times be not accepted by
others.
7.Arancharaa nalkuravu
yeendrathaa yaanum,
Piran poala nokka
padum.
7.If poverty which prevents one from acting according to Dharma ,
Reaches a person, even
the mother who gave birth to him
would think him as an outsider.
8.Yindrum
varuvathu kollo neruthalum,
KOndrathu poalum
nirappu.
8.Would the poverty
which came yesterday as if to
kill me ,
Come to me today also?
9.Neruppinul
thunjalum aagum nirappinul,
Yaathondrum kan
paadu arithu.
9.Even though a
person can perhaps sleep in fire
surrounding him,
He cannot close
his eyes in sleep in any way, when affected by poverty.
10.Thuppuravillaar
thuvara thurvaamai,
Uppirkkum kaadikkum koothu.
10.The poor who do not have materials leading
to joy ,
Are living in a family
without leaving everything for
the sake of gruel and salt.
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