Tirukkural Chapter 31 - Couplets 1,2,3 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

Tirukkural Chapter 31 - Couplets 1,2,3

திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 31- வெகுளாமை
CHAPTER 31 - NOT GETTING ANGRY
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31/01. செல்இடத்துக் காப்பான் சினங்காப்பான்; அல்இடத்துக்
காக்கில்என் காவாக்கால் என்?

31/01. Selidaththu kaappaan sinangkaappaan; alidhaththuk
Kaakkilen kaavaakkaal en?

31/01. Where one's anger is valid, he should not show it there.
Where it is not valid, there is no use of showing it or not.
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Meena: If one's angry, there is some meaning in it.

Kamala: Where people respond to anger,
One shouldn't show it there.
When no one cares for anger
What's the point of showing it there?

While shutting his two eyes,
His mouth, an angry man opens,
And what he talks, he doesn't know
When his dirty words out they flow.

Better one controls his anger,
Without keeping it any longer,
For anger blunts his brain,
By showing it out in vain.
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31/02. செல்லா இடத்துச் சினம்தீது; செல்இடத்தும்
இல்அதனின் தீய பிற.

31/02. Sellaa idaththuch sinamtheedhu; selidaththum
Iladhanin theeya pirra.

31/02. If one is angry with a strong man, it will end in trouble for himself.
If he is angry with a weak man, it is worse than anything else.
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Meena: People get angry with weak persons only
As strong ones will retaliate.

Kamala: Anger will come no doubt
But one shouldn't show it out.
For anger spoils one's mood
The outcome of which is no good.

When one's anger goes hot,
A strong man cares not,
A weak man cries out,
With no good end result.

An angry man fails,
But a patient man succeeds
In convincing others
What actually he wants.
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31/03. மறத்தல் வெகுளியை யார்மாட்டும்; தீய
பிறத்தல் அதனால் வரும்.

31/03. Marraththal vegullyai yaarmaattum; theeya
Pirraththal adhanaal varum.

31/03. If one wants no harm, let him guard himself showing no anger.
Otherwise, that anger will destroy him.
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Meena: Anger will destroy a man, is it not?

Kamala: At first an angry man shouts
But later on he regrets,
Saying why he shouted in anger
For he was in a bad temper.

Can a man show his anger
With fire that burnt his finger?
He should have taken care
Not to go near the fire.

Better one talks calmly,
And speak not angrily,
In his own interest,
To achieve his object.
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Thursday, August 25, 2016
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Rajaram Ramachandran

Rajaram Ramachandran

Chennai born, now at Juhu, Mumbai, India
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