My thirukkural translations?
By
P.R.Ramachander
Thirukkral has 133 chapters (note
3+3+1=7) arranged in three books viz Arathu pal( Book of
Dharma) , Porut pal( Book of wealth) and Kamathu pal (book of love
.).Possibly the most accepted commentary is written by
Parinel Azhagar(Pretty one on the top of horse ),Several commentaries in
Tamil exist. All the commentators are of the
opinion that Thiruvalluvar did not write a chapter on
salvation because he felt that those who live
according to the tenets that he has explained ,
salvation is automatic..Thirukkural was first translated in
to Latin first and later in to English which was made
in 1886.. It has been later translated in to 13 different Indian languages
languages. Nine asian languages and 14 european
languages. Since I have studied Thirukkural with lot of interest.,
I wanted to translate it in my own style. I was
hesitant as I was not a master in Tamil lanuguages and
also I thought there is no further need of one
more translation .Anyway , I did the first
chapter of Kural entitled praise of God and
uploaded in several social forums.Many people seem to
like my translation and I was encouraged by
many to translate. I started doing it and
completed it
I decided that I
would not translate Kamathu Pal
, which deals about love .
The following are the contents of the 108 chapters of
Kural which I have translated
Book I : Aram (Righteousness)
Book II : Porul ( The material world)
You can find of
1-108 chapters in
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