Thirukkural Eliyakural Selected Chapters - Tamil Greeting

 

 

Ninaaikka ninaikka ullamurukum Muppaalinum

Mēlaana nool illai.

There is no book greater than Thirukkural, that will

Melt the heart whenever think.

 

Palanool sonnaporul sollaamal vittaporul

Kuralilillaatha thonrum illai.

There is nothing missed in the Kural, that many books

Told or anything missed to tell.

 

Kurlkatru porulkondu aravazhininru vaazhvil

Venrida sērum selvam.

Learn Kural, understand the meaning, follow the path

And succeed in life, to accumulate wealth.

 

Paayirathodu pahaayirathi munnootrimuppathum paditthalē

Pulavarkku muthal padi.

First step of the poet is to learn the one thousand three

Hundred and thirty three, including preface.

 

Ivvulakai alanthaan Vaamanan eeradiyaal

Ivvulakiyalai alanthaan Valluvan.

Vamana measured the world with two feet,

Valluva measured the world life.

 

Kinatrai iraittthaal perukum neerpōla

Kuralai paditthaal arivu.

As the water ooze more when pumped from the well,

So does knowledge, when learn the Kural.

 

Manithan nadakka thēvai udaleeradi

Manithanaai nadakka Kuraleeradi.

Couple of legs needed to walk for men,

Couplets need to be human.

 

Aram porulinpam vaazhkkaikkut thunaai

Ammoonrirkkum Kural thunai.

Virtue, wealth and love are the support for the life,

Kural is the support for that three.

 

Mozhikalil semmozhikalil siranthamozhi Thamizh

Thamizhil siranthanool Kural.

Thamizh is the best language among the classic languages,

Kural is the best book in Thamizh.

 

Thamizhtthaayai vaazhtthida vanankida siranthavazhi

Valluvanai vaazhtthi vanankuthal.

The best way to greet and pray Thamizh Mother is

Greeting and praying Valluvar.

 

 

                                -- KamalaBala