5 kural-a day

Sriniketan · May 3, 2008

16. விசும்பின் துளிவீழின் அல்லால்மற் றாங்கே
பசும்புல் தலைகாண்பு அரிது.
Visumbin thuliveezhin allalmaR Range
pasumpul thalaikaanbu arithu.

வானத்திலிருந்து மழைத்துளி கீழே விழுந்தால்தான் பூமியிலிருந்து புல் தலை தூக்கும்.
Unless raindrops fall from the sky,
not a blade of green grass will rise from the earth.

17. நெடுங்கடலும் தன்நீர்மை குன்றும் தடிந்தெழிலி
தான்நல்கா தாகி விடின்.
Nedunkadalum thanneermai KunRum thadinthezhili
thaannalga thaki vidin.

மேகம் கடலிலிருந்து நீரை வாங்கி, மழை என வழங்காவிட்டால், பரந்திருக்கும் கடல் நீர் வற்றி விடும்.
The very nature of oceans,though vast,would diminish if clouds ceased to take up water and replenish rain's gifts.

18. சிறப்பொடு பூசனை செல்லாது வானம்
வறக்குமேல் வானோர்க்கும் ஈண்டு.
Chirappodu poosanai selladhu vaanam
vaRakkumel vaanorkkum eendu.

மழை பொழியா விட்டால், வானோர்க்கு நடக்கும் திருவிழாவும், தினசரி நடக்கும் வழிபாடுகளும் நடைபெறாது.
Should the heavens dry up, worship here of the heavenly ones in festivals and daily rites would wither.

19. தானம் தவம்இரண்டும் தங்கா வியன்உலகம்
வானம் வழங்கா தெனின்.
Thanam thavam erandum thanga viyan ulakam
vaanam vazhanga thenin.

மழை என்னும் பரிசு இவ்வுலகுக்கு இல்லையென்றால், தானமும், தவமும், இவ்வுலகில் இருக்காது.
Unless the heavens grant their gifts, neither the giver's generosity nor the ascetic's detachment will grace this wide world.

20. நீரின்றி அமையாது உலகெனின் யார்யார்க்கும்
வான்இன்று அமையாது ஒழுக்கு.
Neerinru amaiyadhu ulakenin yaaryaarkkum
vaaninru amaiadhu ozhukku.

நீர் இல்லையேல் உலகில்லை. மேலும், நல்லொழுக்கமும் இல்லாமல் போகும்.
No life on earth can exist without water, that being so, the conduct men depend ultimately on rain.

This portion is translated by Sundarusha.

RamyaVaradharajan · May 5, 2008

I silently bow down !!

Dearest Srini and Usha mesdames,

The link to the pouring act of nature was really apt here !! I appreciate the interest that you show in inculcating the Goodness about Nature !!

Thank you very much for the awareness you both create among youngsters like me. It would definitely flow in our genes to come !! I mean what I have penned here. I was left with Goose bumps as soon as i read a few Kurals. I regret for not having taken Tamil as my second language for the very first time !! Thank you both I have nothing to miss amidst "generous people" like you !!!

May god bless !!

Regards with Love
RamyaVaradharajan

Sriniketan · May 6, 2008

Ramya,
Glad to note that you are enjoying your stay in Kural blog...
By 'introducing' these to youngsters like you, we are indeed introduced into the depth of kural and other scriptures...by reading and analysing more..

sriniketan

Durgapriye · Jul 30, 2011

Hi,
This 18 one I guess if it is like this it will be meaningful
"Should the heavens dry up, worship here of the heavenly ones in festivals and daily rites would be of no use (or to what purpose?).

I didnt understand this portion conduct men (or existence of men?)
No life on earth can exist without water, that being so, the conduct men depend ultimately on rain.

Sriniketan · Aug 1, 2011

Durgapriye,
Thanks for coming in and pouring your thoughts in here.

18. As for the daily rites would wither, it means those rites would slowly disappear in the near future.

As for 20th kural, Thiruvalluvar says, even the conduct of people depends on rain. For eg. if there is famine in a country, the poverty and suffering they go through, make them undertake vices such as cheating, robbing, etc..for their mere survival, which is not seen in them before when that country flourished.

I explained the above facts to my knowledge, hoping it is justified .

sriniketan