INTRODUCTION TO
THE STUDY OF TIRUVALLUVAR
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A Lecture by Prof.Avvai Duraisami Pillai
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Part – 80
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The third and the last part of Thirukural is Kamatthuppal (காமத்துப்பால்) and I am sorry to say that this has been the topic of mischievous propaganda against Valluvar carried on by a section of people in our State. Their speeches and writings betray that they have neither studied this part nor understood the central idea enshrined in this part of Thirukural. For a clear understanding and appreciation of this part of Valluvar, one must have studied Tholkappiyam and particularly its chapters dealing with the household life of the ancient Tamils. As most of the translators and even commentators failed to have a clear knowledge of the life of the Tamils depicted in the Sangam literature, their translations have gone to the extent of ‘exposing the translator to infamy.”
We remember that Valluvar commences his Kural with household life in the beginning. The family unit consists of husband and wife and the duties of the household are discharged by both with a common object and ideal. The minds of the husband and wife think alike and function alike.
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