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Part 22

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.Rev.Dr.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 XXXIV: Lakshman’s Speech

Lakshmana’s outburst in Kishkinda Kanda against Sugriva

For draughts of wine for slaughtered cows,
For treacherous theft, for broken vows
A pardon is ordained: but none
For thankless scorn of service done.’
Ungrateful, Vanar King, art thou,
And faithless to thy plighted vow.
For Rama brought thee help, and yet
Thou shunnest to repay the debt:- Kishkinda Kanda, Valmiki Ramayana

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बालघ्नांश्च कृतघ्नांश्च विशुद्धानपि धर्मतः ।
शरणागतहन्तॄंश्च स्त्रीहन्तॄंश्च न संवसेत् ॥ Manu १९० ॥

bālaghnāṃśca kṛtaghnāṃśca viśuddhānapi dharmataḥ |
śaraṇāgatahantṝṃśca strīhantṝṃśca na saṃvaset ||Manu 11- 190 ||

One shall not associate with murderers of children, ungrateful men, murderers of a refugee, and murderers of women,—even though they may have been duly purified.—(Manu Smriti 11-190)

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Valmiki Ramayana , Pancha Tantra and Purananuru 34 said the same thing about ingratitude. Rama considered it as a great sin. Pura nanuru verse listed grave crimes like killing a cow, Killing a Brahmin and raping a woman and said graver is the crime of ingratitude.

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Tiru Valluvar did not hesitate to show his belief in REBIRTH; he is talking abot SEVEN BIRTHS in Kural107.

The concept of Seven births encompasses the belief that an individual’s sins accumulate over multiple lifetimes, impacting their spiritual journey. This idea suggests that rituals and worship at various deities can cleanse these sins, offering liberation from past life afflictions. In addition, it signifies a continuous cycle of rebirth where devoted worshipers receive benefits such as health and prosperity. The notion of Seven births, therefore, ties together themes of karma, reincarnation, and spiritual growth across different cultural perspectives.

Tiru Valluvar is a Pukka Hindu who mentioned Seven Births in four Kurals.

Ezumai in two couplets, Ezu Pirappu in two more couplets.

Seven Stages in Births from Tiru Mular and Siddhas: PLANTS; WATER LIVING FISH AND ANIMALS; REPTILES;BIRDS; ANIMALS ON LAND;HUMAN BEINGS;SAINTS AND DEVAS.

எழுவகை உயிரினங்கள்:

1.     தாவரங்கள்: மரம், செடி, கொடி, புல் போன்ற அசையும் தன்மையற்றவை.

2.     நீர்வாழ் உயிரிகள்: மீன், முதலை, ஆமை போன்ற நீரில் வாழும் உயிரினங்கள்.

3.     ஊர்வன: பாம்பு, பல்லி, நத்தை போன்ற தரையில் ஊர்ந்து செல்லும் உயிரினங்கள்.

4.     பறப்பவை: வானில் பறக்கும் அனைத்து வகையான பறவைகள்.

5.     விலங்குகள்: கால்நடைகள் மற்றும் காட்டு விலங்குகள்.

6.     மனிதர்கள்: பகுத்தறிவு மற்றும் சிந்தனை ஆற்றல் பெற்ற உயிரினங்கள்.

7.     தேவர்கள் / முனிவர்கள்: உயர்ந்த நற்குணங்கள் மற்றும் தெய்வீக ஆற்றல் கொண்டவர்கள்.

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Chapter 11. செய்நன்றி அறிதல் – Gratitude

106.Seek the fellowship of holy ones, forsake not those who have cling to you in the days of your affliction— A Aranganatha Mudaliyar – ANM+2 and B.L. Aranganatha iyer and R. Srinivasa Desikan. Year 1933

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106.Do not forget the kinship of pure souls;

And do no forsake the friends who have helped in need— S M Diaz, I G of Police- SMD Year 2000

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106.
Kindness of men of stainless soul remember evermore!
Forsake thou never friends who were thy stay in sorrow sore!
Forsake not the friendship of those who have been your staff in adversity. Forget not be benevolence of the blameless.– Rev.Dr.GU Pope – GUP. Year 1886

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106.Forget not friendship of the pure
Forsake not timely helpers sure– Suddhananda Bharathiyar- SB

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106.Forget not the friendship of the pure hearted; forsake not the friends who rendered help at times of distress— EVS Publishers, Singapore- EVS, Year 1986

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106.Those who in trouble helped you, never forsake;

And never forget the friendship of the pure— HAP (not full book) Year 1931

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106. மறவற்க மாசற்றார் கேண்மை: துறவற்க
துன்பத்துள் துப்பாயார் நட்பு

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107.Through all their wanderings from birth to birth do the wise carry the sacred memory of those who have wiped out their sorrows on earth— ANM+2

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107. Throughout the seven births, the wise ones will remember

Those who have , at some time, wiped their tears— S M Diaz

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107.
Through all seven worlds, in seven-fold birth, Remains in mem’ry of the wise.
Friendship of those who wiped on earth, The tears of sorrow from their eyes.
(The wise) will remember throughout their seven-fold births the love of those who have wiped away their affliction.– GUP

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107.Through sevenfold births, in memory fares
The willing friend who wiped one’s tears. – SB       

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107.The noble minded will remember for all time the  friendship of those who saved them from affliction—— EVS

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107- HAP did not translate this Kural

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107. எழுமை எழுபிறப்பும் உள்ளுவர் தங்கண்
விழுமம் துடைத்தவர் நட்பு

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108.It is good to chase away at once the ranking thought of an injury received, but to forget an act of kindness is ignoble- ANM+2

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108.To forget a good deed is ‘ just not done’; whereas

All ill-turn is best forgotten then and there— S M Diaz

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108.
‘Tis never good to let the thought of good things done thee pass away;
Of things not good, ’tis good to rid thy memory that very day.
It is not good to forget a benefit; it is good to forget an injury even in the very moment (in which it is inflicted).– GUP

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108.To forget good turns is not good
Good it is over wrong not to brood. – SB       

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108.Forget not the good turn done to you; but it is proper that you should forget forthwith the wrong done to you-— EVS

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108.Ever to forget a kind deed done is bad;

But to forget an ill at once is good- HAP

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108. நன்றி மறப்பது நன்றன்று: நன்றல்லது
அன்றே மறப்பது நன்று.

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109.The sting of the deadliest harm done is gone when the soul lovingly recollects one former act of grace of the miscreant— ANM+2

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109.Even a deadly hurt is soon effaced,

If one recollects a past good turn— S M Diaz

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109.
Effaced straightway is deadliest injury,
By thought of one kind act in days gone by.
Though one inflict an injury great as murder, it will perish before the thought of one benefit (formerly) conferred.– GUP

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109.Let deadly harms be forgotten
While remembering one good-turn.  – SB      

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109.The wrong done by a man, however grave they may be, will be forgotten when the one good turn done by him is remembered—— EVS

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109-HAP did not translate this Kural.

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109. கொன்றன்ன இன்னா செயினும் அவர்செய்த
ஒன்றுநன்று உள்ளக் கெடும்

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110.There is still hope left for men guilty of every other crime but the ungrateful are past redemption- ANM+2

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110.There may be salvation for  those who have killed all other virtues,

But not for the one who has killed gratitude— S M Diaz

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110.
Who every good have killed, may yet destruction flee;
Who ‘benefit’ has killed, that man shall ne’er ‘scape free!
He who has killed every virtue may yet escape; there is no escape for him who has killed a benefit.– GUP
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110.The virtue-killer may be saved
Not benefit-killer who is damned.   – SB     

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110.There may be forgiveness for any sin but not for ingratitude—— EVS

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110.For him who has killed all good, escape may be;

But none for him who has killed a kindness done—HAP

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110. எந்நன்றி கொன்றார்க்கும் உய்வுண்டாம்: உய்வில்லை
செய்ந்நன்றி கொன்ற மகற்கு

To be continued….

Tags- Gratitude, Tirukkural, Part 22, Kural 106-110, Valmiki Ramayana, Manu Tirukkural Encyclopaedia- Chapter 11