Marundhu-95th chapter of Thirukural- (Medicines)

Marundhu-95th chapter of Thirukural-

(Medicines)

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

(Here is remarkable exposition of the knowledge  of  sickness and its treatment  . After reading it, all of will wonder  , why  we do not follow its  advices.)

1.Miginum, kurayinum , noi cheyyum noolor,

VaLi muthalaa  yenniya  moondru.

1.Increased or decreased in take would lead  to diseases.

Caused by imbalance of the three viz  Vatha, Pitha   and Kapha.

2.Marunthu yena veNDavaam  yaakkaikku  , arunthiyathu,

Atthathu   poththi unin.

2.If a person after knowing digestion  of food taken earlier,

Takes food, then there  may not be   any need for  medicines.

3,Aththaal aLavu  arinthu  unka , akthu  udambu,

Peththaan  nedithuikkum  aaru.

3.After  understanding  the measure of  digestion  , if one takes food,

And that is way to be followed  by a person with body, to preserve it for long.

4.Aththathu arinthu  kadai pidithu  maaralla,

Thuikka   thuvara  pasithu.

4.After understanding  the digestion , people should  take food,

Which does not cause  harm  to  him , when he is greatly hungry.

5.Marupadu illatha undi maruthu unnin,

OOrupadu  illai  uyirkku.

5.If   limited food   which are  not harmful is taken,

The person  will not undergo  the suffering  of sickness.

6,Yizhivarinthu  unban kaN inbam poal nirkkum,

Kazhiper irayaan kan noi.

6.Like health   staying with  people who  eat slightly less than need,

Sickness  would stay forever  with peope who eat food more than necessary.

7.THeeyalavu  andri theriyaan  perithu unnin,

Noi alavu   indri padum.

7, Those  who  due to ignorance, eat too much  not caring ,

 For the need of the stomach, he would suffer   very many diseases.

8,Noi naadi  noi mudhal  naadi   athu thanikkum  ,

Vai naadi  vaippa cheyal.

8.After understanding symptoms of the sickness ,after understanding its cause,

And after understanding  the method of curing it, a learned  doctor should treat.

9.Uththaan  alavum  , pini alavum  , kalamum,

Kaththaan  karuthi cheyal.

9.A learned doctor  should understand the age  of the patient, the severity ,

Of the disease and the time when sickness  occurred   and   treat  the patient.

10.Uththavan theerppan  marunthuzhai  chelvaan   yendru,

Appal   naal  kooththee marunthu.

10.Treatment    is the study of  the four   divisions  of   the patient  , of the doctor  ,

Suitable medicine    and time   and dose of medicine 

Dedicated to the memory of my friend K.C.Ramachandran aka Rajan of Perinthalmanna

      Dedicated to the  memory of my friend K.C.Ramachandran aka  Rajan of Perinthalmanna

      By  his friend

     P.R.Ramachander

     Sri .K.C.Ramachandran aka Rajan lived in Perinthalammanna   which is a town adjoining the famous Angadipuram temple of  THirumandhankunnu Bhagwathi.  He was running a  small unit producing ready made  Adai for making  Ada Prathaman  , a great delicacy in Kerala. I am reminded of a story   when I write about Ada Prathaman. 

         It seems one Namboodiri family  conducted a Sradha in which another Brahmin was fed. According to tenets the Guest  Brahmin should eat to the fill and not eat anything  on that day  afterwards..The Namboodiri kept on asking the Guest Brahmin  whether his belly is  really full. At last the guest Brahmin declared that , there was not even space  to put his fingers  in his throat . When the guest Brahmin came out  , he was offered Ada Prathaman by  his friend who was in the opposite house and  he drank it .Unfortunately   the Namboodiri who fed him earlier   saw it and became very angry.He asked the guest Brahmin , how come he  could introduce so much of Ada Prathaman, when he did not have  even place to insert even his fingers.It seems  the guest Brahmin told, “Will there  not be way to the  king to go even in overcrowded roads?  Don’t you know that  Ada Prathaman is the  king  of food?”

       KCR  who did not know me saw an advt  in  internet put by me about   free  matching of horoscopes  by me and   sent me a mail  , attaching his daughter’s horoscope and a few more horoscopes.   As per my normal practice  I replied  to it , next day early morning .Then the mails containing horoscopes   kept on coming  from him. I was surprised once he remarked to me   that I see  the horoscopes   early in the morning around 5 Am.  The very shrewd  KCR could make it out by  seeing my replies .Once in a while he used to phone to me. Then some crisis occurred in the peaceful life of KCR. When he told me about it  , I got the horoscope of all the members of his family    and told him not to worry .I also   was able to   console him pointing out to him that   his problem would get solved.

     . He then became my friend .Later whenever I needed  any Malayalam book  , I used to write to him and he would   search heaven and earth and send it to me  .His daughter’s marriage was celebrated in Palghat .I do not have the practice of attending marriages outside Bangalore but he compelled me to attend his daughter’s marriage .I was the VIP  guest of the marriage and put up in possibly   a great hotel in Palghat.  His  son was  attending to my needs all the time .  I have never been treated that way in any other marriage .

    

     After a few months   when me and wife went to Guruvayur  , we engaged a Taxi   and  went to his house as well  as the  Thirumandhamkunnu temple .It was there  that I came to know  that it was his family who were  the pioneers  in production   of readymade  Ada  in Kerala .Though initially  the idea was given by  his mother and they started  doing it in traditional way and sun dried it   and sold it..Slowly 90%  of the activity was  mechanized as per his ideas.  He told that most of his family members   were running  independent companies   in  several places of Kerala as well as   in Pondicherry .I felt that  every one who  drinks the Ada Prathaman made  by instant Ada   should  visit his home   and see the  mechanic devices   that  he was using .

  

       Our friendship continued   as his  son came to study in Bangalore  .Every time he came back from Perinthalmanna  , My friend  KCR  would send some  new book. About a month back ,His son informed me  that he has passed away .I lost a great friend of mine   and became greatly sad .I am sure  KCR with his sunny temperament must be happy in heaven too  in company  of Gods.

Soodhu -94th chapter of Thirukural- (Gambling)

Soodhu-94^th chapter  of Thirukural-

(Gambling)

Translated  by

P.R.Ramachander

(These golden words of Valluvar about Gambling    are so true that  , it would never get out of date.)

1.Vendarkka vendridinum  choothinai , vendrathoom,

Thoondil pon meen vizhungiyathu.

1.If you are winning   do not desire to gamble as victory,

Is like   the  iron hook  swallowed by the fish.

2.Ondreythi  noorizhakkum   chootharkkum  undangol,

Nandreythi vaazhvathor  aaru.

2.To the gambler losing  hundred things, due to winning ,

Of   one thing, is there  a way to live well.

3.Urulaayam  oovaathu koorin  porulaayam,

Poai purame padum.

3.If a gambler keeps on rotating   the dice by telling the bet,

The income of wealth would desert him and reach others.

4.Chirumai pala cheithu  cheerazhikkum choothin,

Varumai  tharuvathondru yil.

4.There  is nothing else   worse   than gambling ,

In causing sorrow  and in giving  poverty.

5.Kavarum  kazhakamum  kayyum  tharukki  ,

Yivariyaar    yillaki yaar.

5.Those who do not estimate the dice , the casinos and skill ,

In gambling  and leave gambling would loose  everything.

6.Akataraar   allal  uzhappar choothu   yennum,

Mukatiyaan mooda pattaar.

6.Those who   are influences by Gambling which is  Goddess Jyeshta*,

Would   not eat sufficiently and   sorrow greatly.

        *.Goddess  of misfortune , elder sister of Goddess  Lakshmi

7.Pazhakiya chelvamum panpum  kedukkum,

Kazhakathu kaalai  pugin.

7.If one   spends  all time  in casinos , the wealth,

And culture  which he is used to  would get  destroyed.

8.Porul keduthu  poi merkolee  arul keduthu,

Allal   uzhappikkum choothu.

8.Gambling causes loss of wealth , make one a liar  ,

Make him loose his  culture and  make him sad,

9.Udai chelvam   oon  oli   kalvi   yendru iynthum,

Adayaavaam   aayam kolin.

9.A gambler   would loose  five  things   namely , dress,

Wealth , food , fame   and education.

10.Yizhasthoroom  kadalikkum  choothe poal  thunbam ,

Uzhathorum  kadaththuyir.

10.Gambling which makes you  love it more  when you lose ,

Is like the person who loves the body more  when it suffers.

Kal unnamai-93rd chapter of Thirukural- (Not drinking alcoholic drinks)

Kal  unnamai-93^rd chapter  of Thirukural-

(Not drinking  alcoholic  drinks)

Translated  by,

P.R.Ramachander

( Thousands  of years  back  the great poet has clearly brought  out   the sorry state  of  a drunkard. He says, “The effort  to make a drunkard  understand  the evil of drinking Is like searching  a man who has sunk in water  using a lamp.”)

1.Uthka padaar  oli izhappar   yenjjandrum,

Kal   kaathal  kondu  ozhukuvaar.

1.Those  who like to drink alcohol  would   never   scare ,

Their enemies and also would lose  their  respectability.

2.Unnarkka kallai  , unil unka   chandroraal  ,

Enna  pada  vendaathaar.

2.Do not drink alcohol  but those  who not want,

To v be recognized  by wise people can drink if they want.

3.Eendraal  mukatheyum  innaathaal  yen mathu  ,

Chandror  mukathu   kali.

3.When even the mother would feel sad to see  drunken face of her  son,

Imagine   the   hatred that   well behaved wise  people  would feel.

4.NaNennun  nallaal puram kodukum  kal ennum,

PeNaa   perum kuthathaarkku.

4.The good maid called shyness  would  not see  and go away,

If she sees   a person who dies the great crime of drinking.

5.Kayariyaamai  udaithe  porul koduthu  ,

Meyyariyaamai   kolal.

5.Only ignorance will lead   a man to buy drinks by  exchanging ,

The wealth he has  earned with difficulty and it is his bad fate.

6.Thunjinaar  chethaarin  verallar  yenjaandrum,

Nanjunbaar  Kal unbavar.

6,Like   those   who  sleep are   no different from the dead , those drunkards,

Who have lost their brain   are not different  from those poisoned  people who have swooned.

7.Ulloththi  ulloor  nakapoduvar  yenjandrum,

Kalloththi  kan chaipavar.

7.Those  who have lost their   brain due to drinking  ,

Would be  detected    and forever be laughed  at.

8.Kalithariyen yenpathu   kai viduka , nenjathu  ,

Olithathoom aange   mikum.

8.Aman who drinks in hiding  should leave saying “I have never drunk,

For that crime  would come out of his  mouth  when he is drunk.

9.Kalithaanai  karanam  kattuthal  keezh neer  ,

Kulithanai   theenthhoree yathu.

9,The effort  to make a drunkard  understand  the evil of drinking ,

Is like searching  a man who has sunk in water  using a lamp.

10.Kallunnaa  pozhthil  kalithaanai  kanumkaal,

Ullan  kol undathan   chorvu.

10.Possibly a drunkard   when he is not drunk  , on seeing another drunkard , possibly ,

Would not understand the sorry state  of   his  unconsciousness  ,

Varaivin makalir-92nd chapter of Thirukural- (Common women )

Varaivin  makalir-92^nd  chapter  of  Thirukural-

(Common women )

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

(This chapter   about  courtesans/harlots /common women .)

1.Anbin vizhayaar  porul vizhayum  aaithodiyaar ,

In sol  izhukku   tharum.

1.The sweet words  of common women who do not have love

 But  only want person’s wealth, would cause  only trouble to him.

2.Payan thooki  panpu uraikkum   panpil  makalir  ,

Nayan thooki   nalla   vidal.

2.Those uncultured women  who   talk sweet words   based only ,

On the compensation   she   gets ,should  not be desired  after  proper  judgment.

3.Porut  pendir  poimmai muyakkam  iruttarayil,

Yethil  pinam thazhee  yathu,

3.The  pleasure that you get of women   who only  like riches,

But not the one gives them , is like the pleasure  ,

Thar a person  he gets by hugging a corpse  in a  dark  room.

4,Porut porulaar  punnalam  thoyaar   arutporul ,

Aayum arivilar.

4.Wise People who are bothered about  wealth of Dharma  would not enjoy

The  silly pleasure from  those ladies who are  only bothered   by  the  wealth.

5.Pothu nallathaar  punnalam thoyaar  mathi  nalathin,

Manda   arivinavar .

5,Those learned people who are  naturally  wise   would   not enjoy,

The silly pleasure given by common women.

6.Thannalam parippar  thoyaar  nakai cherukki  ,

Punnalam  parippar   thol.

6.Those  wise men who protect   their character   would not hug  the body,

Of those  ladies  who sell themselves  using dance , song   and beauty.

7.Nirai nenjam  illavar  thoivar  , pira nenjil,

Peni  punarpavar   thol.

7.Those who are  not able to control  their minds would only hug,

A  common woman  who has desire in everything except love.

8.AAyum  arivinar  allarkku  aNangenpa  ,

Maya  makalir  muyakku.

8,Those thinking wise people   would  consider  joining  with ,

Common women   who are cheaters as illusory  faint.

9,Varaivilaa  maaNizhayaar   men thol  purai ilaa  ,

Pooriyarkal  aazhum   aLaru.

10.Irumana  pendirum   kallum kavarum,

THiru neekka  pattaar thodarpu.

10. Only those who are   by Goddess of prosperity ,

Would have connection with two minded women, toddy and  gambling.

Pen vazhi cheral-91st chapter of Thirukural - (Going the way of ladies.)

Pen  vazhi  cheral-91^st  chapter of Thirukural  -

(Going the way  of ladies.)

Translated by

P.R.Ramahander

( THiruvalluvar  tells that  obeying ladies  is not very desirable  for a male. This he tells  strongly  .This is not in tune   with  modern thought .WE think  that both should obey each other  and  have a peaceful and nice life.)

1.Manaikizhavaar  maaNpayan   yeithar   vinai vizhaivaar ,

Vendaa porulum athu.

1.Those  who love their wife and because of  that obey her,

Would not get Dharmic results and  is an action ,

That has to be avoided  by those  who want to  complete  their duty.

2,PeaNaathu pennizhaivan aakkam  periyathor,

NaNaaka naNum tharum.

2.The person who does not improve  his wealth  but only  obeys the  lady,

Would give them  shame  seeing  which the world would be ashamed.

3.Yillal kan thaazhntha iyalpinmai   yanjandrum  ,

Nallarul  naanu tharum.

3.Being  always  be completely be subservient   to the  wife ,

Would make him ashamed , when he   goes before   good people.

4.Manayalai anjum  marumayilaaLan,

Vinayanmai veereithal indru.

4,A person who is scared of his wife and does not bother about salvation,

Would not be able to get   fame in the way   he works.

5.Yillalai anjuvaan   anjumathu  uenjandrum,

Nallarkku nalla    cheyal.

5.A person who is scared of his wife, would be  scared,

To good   to the  good people.

6.Imayarin vaazhinum  padilare illal,

AmayarthoL anjupavar.

6,A person who is scared of his wife  with a bamboo like   shoulders,

Even if he lives like devas, would not have any greatness.

7.Pen eval cheithozhukum   aanmayin  nanudai,

Penne   perumai   udaithu .

7.A lady    with a normal trait of shyness  is greater  than,

A man  who shamelessly   obeys   his wife.

8.Nattaar  kurai mudiyaar  nandraaththaar   nannuthalaal  ,

Pottangu  ozhugupavar.

8.Those who obey    their wife with crescent like  forehead,

Would not help their friends by removing their  problems.

9.Ara vinayum   aandra porulum   piravinayum,

Penneval cheivar kaN yil.

9.tHose  who do acts as per their orders of their wife  ,

Do not have Dhama, the wealth to follow it   and  their other  duties

10.Yen cherntha nenja thidanudayaarkku  yenjandrum,

Pen chernthaam   pethaimai   yil.

10.Those  who have habit of thinking and have the  needed status,

Would not  have the ignorance   of acting as per wishes of  his wife.

Periyaarai pizhayamai-90th chapter of Thirukural- (Not finding fault with great people)

Periyaarai pizhayamai-90^th chapter  of  Thirukural-

(Not finding fault with great people)

Translated  by

P.R.Ramachander

(In this chapter  Valluvar advises that enmity   with great and learned  people  be avoided.)

1.AAththuvaar  aaththal ikazhamai  poththvaar ,

Poththalul yellam thalai.

1.Not finding  fault  with great ones  who can  do a job,

It greatest  good quality of a  person.

2,Periyaarai penaa thozhukin  ,periyaaraal  ,

Peraa idumbai   tharum.

2,If  one does not respect and follow   great people,

He would have  to bear unending   sorrow  because  of them.

3.Kedal vendin  kelaathu   cheika adal  vendin,

AAththupavar kan  izhukku.

3.If one wants to get destroyed , let him do  jobs without  consulting great people,

And suppose  one wants to get killed, let him create problem for   strong people.

4.Koothathathai kayyal vilithaththal  , aathuvaarkku,

AAththaathaar  inna  cheyal.

4.If a person without strength   cause harm to one with strength ,

It is like   calling the god of death  to  himself.

5.Yaandu chendru yaandum   uLaraakaar venthuppin,

Venthu cherappattavar.

5.Those  who  make   a powerful king angry, Cannot  ,

Keep  their life safe  anywhere else  from that  king.

6.Yeriyaal chuda padinum  uyvundaam  ,,uyyar  ,

Periyor pizhathozhugupavar  .

6.Even if we are burnt by fire   there is a chance to live  but

Those who harm great people   do not have any hope.

7.Vagai manda vaazhkkayum  vaanporulum   yennam,

THakai maanda   thakkar cherin.

7.If   great learned people   get angry against  a person,

What is the  use of having great wealth   and great life.

8.Kundraanar  kundra mathippin  kudiyodu,

Nindarnnar  maivar  nilathu.

8.If a  great  person  who is like a mountain  is  estimated badly  ,

Even those  who are well established would get destroyed  with their   family.

9.Yenthiya   kolkayaar   cheerin  idai murithu  ,

Vendhanum vendhu kedum.

10.Iranthamaintha   charpudayar   aayinum  uyyaar  <

Chiranthamanitha  cheeraar   cheRin.

10.If  one makes    a very learned   person angry with him,

Even those  with great help   would not be able   to escape.