AN INTRODUCTION TO
THE STUDY OF TIRUVALLUVAR
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A Lecture by Prof.Avvai Duraisami Pillai
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Part – 14
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உதவி வரைத்தன்று உதவி உதவி
செயப்பட்டார் சால்பின் வரைத்து. (16)
The quality of being grateful is quite essential for the proper working of the human society; it helps us to wipe out from our memory any wrong done to us however deadly it may be.
கொன்றன்ன இன்னா செயினும் அவர் செய்த
ஒன்று நன்றுஉள்ளக் கெடும். (17)
The next factor that makes an individual indispensable to the society is the sense of uprightness or equity. Man is apt to be biassed on account of various interests in the midst of which he lives and moves. Sense of equity and uprightness must be above all kinds of bias and partiality. Opportunities to swerve from uprightness are greater in earning wealth as the comforts of worldly life depend more upon it and neglect of equity and justice also becomes necessary in protecting the ill – gotten wealth. Therefore, Valluvar averes that wealth acquired by proper and fair means never dwindles away but passes safely to the posterity.
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