AN INTRODUCTION TO
THE STUDY OF TIRUVALLUVAR
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A Lecture by Prof.Avvai Duraisami Pillai
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Part-6
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They are embodiments of love and sympathy. They are called அந்தணர் (Andhanar) because their love is towards the welfare of all living beings. As such, they become the accredited leaders of the human society. Every word they utter is held as law for human conduct. Their words and ideas of virtues, morals, laws and regulations are incorporated in this work Kural.
In the last chapter of the Introductory part Thiruvalluvar gives the general scope of the (Aram) which he wants to present to us in the following chapters.
Aram in Tamil is a very comprehensive term and it includes all virtues, morals, laws both individual and social and regulations of conduct both in the private and public sector. The first and foremost object of any individual is to attain glory and obtain wealth. He desires that his life graph must always be straight and on the positive side i.e. plus side, and so Thiruvalluvar says to him that this is possible and attainable if Aram is adhered to strictly and followed most faithfully.
Man’s actions, good or bad, are first conceived in the mind and then put into action. Aram can be worth doing only when it is conceived in the mind which is pure. Therefore the first requisite he enjoins on us is to be pure in mind.
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