![]() ![]() We are humans and most of us desire for similar things. More importantly, we should not look down upon people who are lesser than us.ġ. We need not be amazed by greatness of the great people.The lightning strikes over the darkened sky and water rushes through as streams over boulders carrying the raft of our life.One need not be too ecstatic about the joy of life when in grief, suffer it patiently.Hurt and joy are not given to us by others pain and relief are given to us by ourselves.Every town is our own and so are the people.You can criticize or recommend other derivations of these results I present below. Here are the results of poet’s derivation, I will offer my hints of derivation of these results. As many of us know, the result of a derivation is like a goalpost, we have to go through the analysis in careful detail to see the beauty of the result. It is important to derive the relation for ourselves. If you wish to view the poem as I do, it is nothing but some philosophical results which the poet has reached. Here I offer my interpretation of the poem(it is a product of my present analysis, caveat emptor). ![]() However, I find that this conclusion had been reached by a thinker at least 1500 years before I did, when it wasn’t easy to travel, as brilliant. And I reached a conclusion that I can claim my rights to the heritage of the world and not just my country’s (even though it is more nostalgic). to 300 A.D.)Īfter my first year of stay in the U.S., I began questioning which culture is better – the western or Tamil culture. This is a famous excerpt from Purananoor, anthology of poems during the third Sangam period of Tamil Nadu.(somewhere around 300 B.C. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday quoted from Tamil classic 'Tirukkural' to reinforce that Indian armed forces have always followed the time honoured traditions of valour and honour.Īddressing troops during a surprise visit to Ladakh, Modi quoted saint poet Tiruvalluvar's couplet "Maramanam manda vazhichelavu thetram yena nangey yemam padaikku.The title means, every place is yours and all are your people. "That is, the tradition and credibility of valour, honour, dignified behavior, these four qualities are the reflection of the army of any country. ![]() Indian forces have always followed this path," the Prime Minister said. The Prime Minister has quoted from the 'Tirukkural', which offers guidance to people from all walks of life, on earlier occasions too. The verses quoted by him today are from the 766th couplet under the chapter 'Padadi Matchi' which means the dignity and honour of the armed forces. Tirukkural is a revered classic work in Tamil and the ancient treatise deals with several subjects. In his independence day address last year, while speaking on 'Jal-Jeevan' Mission, he had quoted another couplet "Neer indri Amayadhu" to underscore the importance of water. Modi, explaining this verse had said, ".if water starts disappearing, then nature's processes get disrupted and eventually come to an end. This initiates the process of total destruction."Īlso, during his visit to Thailand last year, he cited the "Talatri tanda" couplet on the importance of helping people using wealth and said India and Indians took inspiration from it. ![]() He had released the Thai version of the 'Tirukkural' also during his visit. ![]()
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