THE TIRUKKURAL OF TIRUVALLUVAR
SECTION - 8
VERSES 71 TO 80
í䊵éìéë
The role
of Love
íäŠç¨÷ŠÆëŠ
ãÚˆîìè
íéìæ‡Æå‡êèÈŠ
Íõ‡ôùõ‡
71
µÚˆæÚˆå©õ‡
·òùŠ
êÕëŠ
íéìæ‡ÆëŠ
|
to keep it unseen |
The tears that a person keeps back
will show his true love for others.
íäŠç¨ùèõ‡
öùŠùèå‡
êëæ‡Æõ¨áõ‡
í䊵éìáèõ‡
72
ö䊵ëŠ
ãõ¨áõ‡
ç¨÷õ‡æ‡Æ
íäŠç¨ùèõ‡
|
he who doesn't love |
êëæ‡Æõ¨áõ‡
|
keeps to himself |
í䊵éìáèõ‡
|
he who is loving |
ãõ¨áõ‡
ç¨÷õ‡æ‡Æ
|
as belonging to others |
He who has no love is concerned
only with his possessions but he who
is loving regards even himself as belonging to others.
íäŠîçèÌ
¬éáå‡ê
ôÈæ‡âæäŠç
ÍÕá¨õ‡æ‡Æ
73
öäŠîçèÌ
¬éáå‡ê
âêèìõ‡µ
íäŠîçèÌ
¬éáå‡ê
|
that which is accompanied by love
|
The purpose of a body invested with
life is a life invested with love.
í䊵¼ÄëŠ
Íõ‡ôëŠ
ãéìéë
íʼÄëŠ
74
åÚˆâçäŠÄëŠ
åèìèò‹
ò¨÷燵
Íõ‡ôëŠ
ãéìéë
|
attachment for others |
Love leads to attachment and
attachment leads to friendship of high excellence.
í䊵÷Š×
íëõ‡å‡ê
ôÈæ‡âæäŠç
éôáæê‡Ê
75
¬äŠç÷Š÷èõ‡
öáŠÊ¢‰
ò¨÷燵
ã÷Š÷èõ‡
|
those experiencing |
öáŠÊ¢‰
ò¨÷燵
|
conferring importance |
Living happily in this world shows
the importance of love as the main
purpose of life.
í÷ê‡ê¨÷Šîæ
í䊵òèõ‡
âçäŠç
í÷¨áèõ‡
76
ë÷ê‡ê¨÷ŠÆëŠ
íþîê
ÊéÚ
í÷ê‡ê¨÷Šîæ
|
for virtue only |
The ignorant say that love is
the ally of virtue alone but love is also a help against sin.
öäŠç¨
ùêéä
âôá¨ùŠîçèùæ‡
æè±îë
77
íäŠç¨
ùêéä
í÷ëŠ
¬ùêéä
|
beings without (worms) |
Just as the Sun burns up the boneless
worm so too will the law of nature
burn up beings without love.
íäŠçæê‡
ê¨ùŠùè
ãá¨õ‡ôèÈŠæ‡éæ
ôäŠçè÷ŠæÚˆ
78
ô÷Š÷ùŠ
ëõå‡êó¨õ‡ê‡
ê÷Š×
ô÷Š÷ùŠëõëŠ
|
like a dead tree |
A life without love is like a dead
tree growing in a desert.
µ÷ê‡Ê÷ç‡
âçùŠùèëŠ
öôäŠâò኱ëŠ
áèæ‡éæ
79
íæê‡Ê×燵
íäŠç¨
ùôõ‡æ‡Æ
µ÷ê‡Ê
ã÷ç‡
|
with the external limbs |
¬ùŠ
íôõ‡æ‡Æ
|
those who don't |
Of what help are the external
limbs to the body when no part
of his inner self has love .
íäŠç¨äŠ
ôȨáÊ
ãá¨õ‡å¨éù
íþê¨ùèõ‡æ‡Æ
80
ö䊵îêèùŠ
îçèõ‡ê‡ê
ãì늵
ãá¨õ‡å¨éù
|
is full of life |
¬ùèõ‡æ‡Æ
|
if one does not possess |
îêèùŠ
îçèõ‡ê‡ê
|
covered by skin |
That is a full life which is filled
with love, a life without love is no more than bones covered
by a skin.
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