Ashraf choice

Source: TW

Translating

०१९ Avoiding slander

Notes:

०२० Avoiding vain speech

Division I. Virtue (Continued….)

०२१ Dread of evil deeds

०२२ Knowledge of obligation

०२३ Charity

०२४ Fame

०२५ Kindness

०२६ Shunning meat

Notes:

०२७ Penance

०२८ Imposture

०२९ Avoiding fraud

०३० Truthfulness

०३१ Avoiding wrath

०३२ Not hurting

०३३ Not killing

०३४ Impermanence

०३५ Renunciation

०३६ Truth realization

०३७ Eradicating desire

०३८ Fate

References: Chakravarti, A. १९५३. Tirukkural. Deccan Press, Vepery, Madras. Pp १-२२ Ramasamy, V. २००१. On Translating Tirukkural. International Institute of Tamil Studies. Chennai. Pp १३९-१४०

Division II. Wealth

०३९ Greatness of the king

०४० Learning

०४१ Illiteracy

०४२ Listening

०४३ Possession of Wisdom

०४४ Faults

०४५ Company of the great

०४६ Avoiding mean company

०४७ Planned action

०४८ Knowing the strength

०४९ Knowing the time

०५० Knowing the place

Division II. Wealth (Continued…॥)

०५१ Testing and choosing

०५२ Testing and deployment

०५३ Cherishing the kindred

०५४ Avoiding slackness

०५५ Right governance

०५६ Misrule

०५७ Avoiding tyranny

०५८ Compassion

०५९ Espionage

०६० Possessing vigour

Division II. Wealth (Continuation)

०६१ Avoiding sloth

०६२ Manliness

०६३ Courage in trouble

०६४ Ministers

०६५ Persuasiveness

०६६ Honest dealing

०६७ Efficiency

०६८ Mode of execution

०६९ Envoys

०७० Moving with kings

Division II. Wealth (Continued)

०७१ Mind reading

०७२ Knowing an assembly

०७३ Fearlessness in assembly

०७४ Country

०७५ Fortress

०७६ Acquiring wealth

०७७ Excellence of an army

०७८ Pride of an army

०७९ Friendship

०८० Choosing friends

Division II. Wealth (Continuation)

०८१ Familiarity

०८२ Bad friendship

०८३ False friendship

०८४ Folly

०८५ Inflated ignorance

०८६ Hostility

०८७ Might of enemies

०८८ Knowing enemy’s strength

०८९ Foe within

०९० Not offending the great

References: Diaz, S.M. २०००. [Translator]. Tirukkural. Ramanandha Adigalar Foundation, Coimbatore. Pp ८७८ Varadarajan, Mu. १९८८. Translated from Tamil by E. Sa. Visswanathan. A history of Tamil literature. Sahitya Akademi. Pp ७५.

Division II. Wealth (Continuation)

०९१ Uxoriousness

०९२ Public women

०९३ Avoiding alcohol

०९४ Gambling

०९५ Medicine

०९६ Lineage

०९७ Honour

०९८ Pride/Greatness

०९९ Goodness

१०० Courtesy

References:

Padmanabhan, S. २००३. Thiruvalluvar. Kanyakumari Historical and Cultural Research Centre, Nagercoil. Pp ४२ Sethu Pillai, R.P. १९७४. Words and their Significance: Tamil – Literary and Colloquial. University of Madras. Pp ३७

Division II. Wealth (Continuation)

१०१ Useless wealth

१०२ Being ashamed

१०३ Social service

१०४ Agriculture

१०५ Poverty

१०६ Begging

१०७ Dread of begging

१०८ Wickedness

Division III. Love १०९ Fascination

११० Reading hints

१११ Bliss of union

११२ Expressing her charms

११३ Excellence of love

He

She

११४ Abandonment of reserve

११५ Spreading romours

११६ Sufferings of separation

११७ Love sickness

११८ Languishing eyes

११९ The hues of pallor

१२० Torture of loneliness

Division III. Love (Continuation) १२१ Nostalgic memories

१२२ Dream remembered

१२३ Evening sorrows

१२४ Wasting away

Her friend to her

She

He

१२५ Heart to heart

१२६ Loss of modesty

१२७ Mutual longings

She

He

१२८ Sign language

He

She

१२९ Yearning for union

१३० Complaint to the heart

१३१ Coyness

She to Him

He to Himself

१३२ Lovers’ quarrels

She

He

१३३ Joys of sulking

She

He