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Part 8

Tiru Valluvar in his Tirukkural addresses only Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs; they only believe in Rebirths. Following couplets make it very clear. Followers of Abrahamic religions cannot follow Tirukkural; Valluvar speaks about Papa, Punya, Dharma and Adharma, Birth and rebirth through out 1330 couplets.

Couplet 36 translated Dharmam Chara in the Vedas as அறஞ்செய்க.

What is said here is in the Hindu epics as well. But Valluvar’s genius brought all the good sayings in one book in the briefest form.

No one can beat Valluvar; He is the greatest in the didactic literature.

In almost every chapter we see Sanskrit words; Here we see Civikai for palanquin.

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Following Translations are used:

1.A Aranganatha Mudaliyar – ANM+2 and B.L. Aranganatha iyer and R. Srinivasa Desikan. Year 1933 

2.S M Diaz, I G of Police- SMD Year 2000

3.GU Pope – GUP. Year 1886

4.Suddhananda Bharathiyar- SB

5.EVS Publishers, Singapore- EVS. Year 1986

6.H A Popley – HAP (not full book) Year 1931

7.Tamil Original

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Chapter 4 The Might of Virtue or Aram/Dharma or The Importance of Virtue

36.Let not the acts of righteousness be deferred to the final day, but do it now, for at the dying hour she will be your undying friend- ANM+2

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36.Do not postpone virtuous deeds as these alone will befriend you to the full,

Until you die and even afterwards –– SMD

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36.
Do deeds of virtue now. Say not, ‘To-morrow we’ll be wise’;
Thus, when thou diest, shalt thou find a help that never dies.
Defer not virtue to another day; receive her now; and at the dying hour she will be your undying friend. – GUP

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36.Do good enow; defer it not
A deathless aid in death if sought.         36 SB
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36.Do the deeds of charity now without postponing them to your old age; for they will be an unfailing help to you in the hour of death–EVS.

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36.Say not “ We will see another day, but practise virtue now;

‘Twill be in dying day undying help HAP

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Tamil Original

36. அன்றறிவாம் என்னாது அறஞ்செய்க மற்றது
பொன்றுங்கால் பொன்றாத் துணை
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37.Toil not through sacred friends to know what the fruits of virtue are; but pause and look at the palanquin bearer and him that proudly rides in it- ANM+2

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37.Judge not the inequalities of life as the result of righteousness and its reverse

By comparison of the man in the palanquin with the bearer –– SMD

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37.
Needs not in words to dwell on virtue’s fruits: compare
The man in litter borne with them that toiling bear!
The fruit of virtue need not be described in books; it may be inferred from seeing the bearer of a palanquin and the rider therein. – GUP
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37.Litter-bearer and rider say
Without a word, the fortune’s way.         37 SB

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37.It is needless of describe the fruits of charity; it may well  be known by comparing the rider and the bearer of a palanquin-EVS.

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37. There is no need to say: Here is virtue’s path;

Just see the palki bearer, and its rider too -HAP

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37. அறத்தாறு இதுஎன வேண்டா சிவிகை
பொறுத்தானோடு ஊர்ந்தான் இடை

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38.All through life pursue righteousness; you will find in your unwearied search a stone that blocks up the painful road to future births – ANM+2

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38.Performance of virtuous deeds, leaving no respite, will alone secure

A release from the chain of births-– SMD

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38.
If no day passing idly, good to do each day you toil,
A stone it will be to block the way of future days of moil.
If one allows no day to pass without some good being done, his conduct will be a stone to block up the passage to other births. – GUP

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38.Like stones that block rebirth and pain
Are doing good and good again.         38 SB

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38.He who does charitable deeds everyday of his life will escape births-EVS.

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38.If wasting never a single day, a man does good.

‘Twill be a stone that blocks the path of endless births- HAP

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38. வீழ்நாள் படாஅமை நன்றாற்றின் அஃதொருவன்
வாழ்நாள் வழியடைக்குங் கல்

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39.Verily that alone is delight which comes of the stern spirit of pursue righteousness; all else is neither pleasure nor praise –ANM+2

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39.Virtuous deeds alone give true happiness;

All else is in glorious and bring about unhappiness-– SMD

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39.
What from virtue floweth, yieldeth dear delight;
All else extern, is void of glory’s light.
Only that pleasure which flows from domestic virtue is pleasure; all else is not pleasure, and it is without praise. – GUP

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39.Weal flows only from virtue done
The rest is rue and renown gone.         39 SB

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39.Virtue alone as a householder’s life gives true pleasure and fame; all else does not-EVS.

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39.That only which doth spring from good is joy;

All else is merely pain and shame – HAP

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39. அறத்தான் வருவதே இன்பம்:மற் றெல்லாம்
புறத்த புகழும் இல

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40.What is virtue but all the lovely things that must be accomplished on earth; what is vice but all the hideous forces of evil that  we should abhor and resist with our very lives- ANM+2

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40.That which should be done is virtue;

That which should be avoided is vice– SMD

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40.
‘Virtue’ sums the things that should be done;
‘Vice’ sums the things that man should shun.
That is virtue which each ought to do, and that is vice which each should shun. – GUP

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40.Worthy act is virtue done
Vice is what we ought to shun.         40 SB

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40.What is best for one to do is virtue. What should be avoided is vice -EVS.

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40.Only the fit is good to do;

The bad is ever fir to shun- HAP

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40. செயற்பால தோரும் அறனே ஒருவற்கு
உயற்பால தோரும் பழி.

–Subham—

Tags– Tirukkural Encyclopaedia, Chapter Four (Kural 36 to 40) ,PART 8