AN INTRODUCTION TO
THE STUDY OF TIRUVALLUVAR
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A Lecture by Prof.Avvai Duraisami Pillai
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Part – 36
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Thiruvalluvar is a strong believer in the working of the cause and effect of every event of human lives; this is called ஊழ்வினை by the ancient Tamils. ஊழ் is effect and வினை or action is cause. Many of our people have not understood the real purport of this phrase and have identified it with the theory of fatalism. Suppose a man undertakes to do a work, then when he commences the work or வினை its effect or பயன் begins to grow simultaneously. By the time he finishes it, his வினை becomes ripened and bears its fruit. The word ஊழ்த்தல் means ripening; in this very sense this word is used by the learned scholars of the Sangam literature e.g. ஊழ்மலர் (அகம்.199), ஊழ்முகை (நற்.115), ஊழ் கோடு (புறம்.322). Valluvar also uses it in the same sense, vide his couplet.
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