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Tiruvalluvar, author of Tirukkural, gives a severe blow to the half baked who argued that Valluvar was a Jain, he was a Buddhist etc in the couplet 167. Only Hindus will understand it because he mentioned not only Lakshmi but also her sister. It is a Pukka Hindu story; in the same way his mention of Indra will be understood only by the Hindus because it is a Puranic story. His 13 Chapters in the section of Asceticism is the gist of Bhagavad Gita. No wonder he never mentioned Buddha or Mahavira or Jabala; he followed Sangam poets strictly.
His mention of Hell and PAAVI (in Sanskrit PAAPI) shows that he was a Sanskrit scholar, and Tamils also knew Paava (in Sanskrit Paapa) and Punya , Sanskrit words. That is why he used ADIKAARAM in all chapters and Sanskrit words in 600 Kurals!
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Part 34
17. அழுக்காறாமை – Avoid envy Not Envying
166.Be not envious of the charities done by unto others, lest your children should be sent adrift, shivering and starving, on the world- – ANM+2
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166. The man, whose envy puts him in the way of other’s charity
Will go to ruin without even food and clothes—SM Diaz
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166
Who scans good gifts to others given with envious eye,
His kin, with none to clothe or feed them, surely die.
He who is envious at a gift (made to another) will with his relations utterly perish destitute of food and rainment. – GUP
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166.Who envies gifts shall suffer ruin
Without food and clothes with his kin– SB
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166.The kith and kin of one who envies another’s generosity
Will become extinct with dire want—EVS
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166. கொடுப்பது அழுக்கறுப்பான் சுற்றம் உடுப்பதூஉம்
உண்பதூஉம் இன்றிக் கெடும்.
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167.The Goddess of Wealth will depart introducing her elder sister (The Goddess of Misery) to the envious— ANM+2
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167.The Goddess of Good Fortune cannot bear the sight of envious people,
Whom she will turn over to her elder sister—ANM+2
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167
From envious man good fortune’s goddess turns away,
Grudging him good, and points him out misfortune’s prey.
Lakshmi envying (the prosperity) of the envious man will depart and introduce him to her sister. – GUP
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167.Fortune deserts the envious
Leaving misfortune omnious– SB.
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167.The Goddess of Fortune shun the envious and hands
Them over to her sister, the Goddess of Poverty—EVS
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167.Lakshmi herself the envious cannot bear;
She will show him to her sister sinister and go- HAP
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167. அவ்வித்து அழுக்காறு உடையானைச் செய்யவள்
தவ்வையைக் காட்டி விடும்.
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168.It is envy that paves the way to a man’s ruin and plunges him into the fires of hell— ANM+2
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168.The evil genius of envy will entail the loss of fortune
And render one liable for hell-fire—ANM+2
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168
Envy, embodied ill, incomparable bane,
Good fortune slays, and soul consigns to fiery pain.
Envy will destroy (a man’s) wealth (in his world) and drive him into the pit of fire (in the world to come.) – GUP
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168.Caitiff envy despoils wealth
And drags one into evil path– SB.
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168.Envy destroys one’s wealth and leads one to evil deeds—EVS
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168. அழுக்காறு எனஒரு பாவி திருச்செற்றுத்
தீயுழி உய்த்து விடும்
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169.The riches of the envious and the poverty of the righteous pass one’s understanding— ANM+2
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169.If an envious man accumulates wealth, and a virtuous man
Comes by misfortune, both these need scrutiny- — ANM+2
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169
To men of envious heart, when comes increase of joy,
Or loss to blameless men, the ‘why’ will thoughtful hearts employ.
The wealth of a man of envious mind and the poverty of the righteous will be pondered. – GUP
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169.Why is envy rich, goodmen poor
People with surprise think over– SB.
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169.The prosperity of the envious and the adversity of the righteous, if they do exist, are matters for deep thought- EVS
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169.The wealth of envious minded men
And ruin of the righteous, should be pondered well- HAP
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169. அவ்விய நெஞ்சத்தான் ஆக்கமுஞ் செவ்வியான்
கேடும் நினைக்கப் படும்
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170.Glory is not for the envious; nor a fall to those free from envy– ANM+2
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170.None has grown richer by envying
And no one has lost by not envying- — ANM+2
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170
No envious men to large and full felicity attain;
No men from envy free have failed a sure increase to gain.
Never have the envious become great; never have those who are free from envy been without greatness. – GUP
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170.The envious prosper never
The envy less prosper ever– SB.
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170.Never did envy make one great nor did freedom from envy ever cause the loss of one’s affluence- EVS
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170.Never have envious men true greatness reached,
Nor we have the envy-free failed greatness to attain- HAP
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170. அழுக்கற்று அகன்றாரும் இல்லைஅஃது இல்லார்
பெருக்கத்தில் தீர்ந்தாரும் இல்
To be continued………………………
Tags- Lakshmi, Goddess of Fortune, Hell, Envy, Tirukkural Encyclopaedia- Chapter 17 (Kural 166-170)










