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- From: N.V.K. Ashraf (@ 202.9.175.244)
on: Sun May 6 23:23:14
VALLUVAR and OTHERS....
69. PROSTITUTE'S WORDS
«ýÀ¢ý Å¢¨Æ¡÷ ¦À¡ÕûÅ¢¨ÆÔõ ¬ö¦¾¡Ê¡÷
ý¦º¡ø ØìÌò ¾Õõ. (911)
Valluvar:
"Fraught with ill are the sweet words of jewelled women who sell their love"
Solomon:
"To deliver you from the strange woman. From the adultress who flatters with her words"
(Proverbs, 2:16)
Solomon:
"To keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adultress"
(Proverbs, 6:24)
- From: N.V.K. Ashraf (@ 202.9.175.244) on: Mon May 7 23:41:12
VALLUVAR and OTHERS....
70. SPEECH
¦º¡øÖ¸ ¦º¡ø¨Äô À¢È¢Ðµ÷¦º¡ø «î¦º¡ø¨Ä
¦ÅøÖõ¦º¡ø ý¨Á «È¢óÐ. (645)
Valluvar:
"Speak so that what you say may never be gainsaid"
Solomon:
"Do not go out hastily to argue your case. Otherwise, what will you do when your neighbour puts you to shame?"
(Proverbs, 25:8)
- From: N.V.K. Ashraf (@ 202.9.175.244) on: Wed May 9 05:41:31
VALLUVAR and OTHERS....
74. BRAHMIN and NON-KILLING
«ó¾½÷ ±ý§À¡÷ «È§Å¡÷ ÁüÚ ±ù×¢÷ìÌõ
¦ºó¾ñ¨Á âñÎ ´Ø¸Ä¡ý. (30)
Valluvar:
"Call them Brahmins who are virtuous and kind to all that live"
Buddha:
"One who does no harm to any creature, who does not kill nor cause to be killed,
Him I consider a brahmin"
(Dhammapada, 405)
Muhamad:
"Verily there are heavenly rewards for any act of kindness to a live animal."
- From: N.V.K. Ashraf (@ 202.9.176.128) on: Thu May 10 03:10:30
Sorry, I posted 74th one by mistake... Here is 71..!
VALLUVAR and OTHERS....
71. POVERTY and CALAMITIES
¿øÌÃ× ±ýÛõ Îõ¨ÀÔû Àø̨Ãò
ÐýÀí¸û ¦ºýÚ ÀÎõ. (1045)
Valluvar:
"The misery of poverty attracts and includes various miseries"
Narayana Pandit:
"Oh! Poverty is the abode of all calamities"
(Hitopadesa, 1.6)
- From: N.V.K. Ashraf (@ 202.9.175.244) on: Fri May 11 00:38:10
VALLUVAR and OTHERS....
72. THE WISE HAVE FORESIGHT
«È¢×¨¼Â¡÷ ¬ÅÐ «È¢Å¡÷ «È¢Å¢Ä¡÷
«·¾È¢ ¸øÄ¡ ¾Å÷. (427)
Valluvar:
"The wise know what comes next. Fools cannot"
"To the wise with foresight, there are no shocks"
(Kural, 429) "±¾¢Ã¾¡ì ¸¡ìÌõ «È¢Å¢É¡÷ìÌ ø¨Ä «¾¢Ã ÅÕŧ¾¡÷ §¿¡ö"
Judaism:
"The wise man knows at the commencement of a matter what its end will be"
(Talmud, Y. Sotah 5, end)
Solomon:
"A prudent man sees evil and hides himself. The naive proceed and pay the penalty"
(Proverbs, 27:12)
Buddha:
"The fool knows not what may befall him"
(Dhammapada, 286)
- From: N.V.K. Ashraf (@ 202.9.175.244) on: Fri May 11 23:31:57
VALLUVAR and OTHERS....
73. TRUE WIFE
Á¨Éì¾ì¸ Á¡ñÒ¨¼Âû ¬¸¢ò¾ý ¦¸¡ñ¼¡ý
ÅÇò¾ì¸¡û Å¡ú쨸ò Ш½ (51)
Valluvar:
"A true wife she virtues match her home and who lives within her husband's means"
Sri Narayana Pandit (1675):
"That one is a wife, who manages the home well"
(Hitopadesa, I.6)
- From: N.V.K. Ashraf (@ 202.9.175.244) on: Sun May 13 09:58:35
(Number 74 has been posted already)
VALLUVAR and OTHERS....
75. FAME and LIFE
Ç¢Åâý Å¡Æ¡¾ Á¡Éõ ¯¨¼Â¡÷
´Ç¢¦¾¡ØÐ ²òÐõ ¯ÄÌ. (970)
Valluvar:
"The world sings the praise of those who prefer death to dishonour"
Valluvar:
"Like the yak that dies for its hair, some die for their honour"
(Kural 969). (Á¢÷¿£ôÀ¢ý Å¡Æ¡ì ¸ÅâÁ¡ «ýÉ¡÷ ¯Â¢÷¿£ôÀ÷ Á¡Éõ
Åâý)
Zoroaster:
"It is better to die in honour with self respect intact, than to die in shame with its loss"
(Thus spake Zarathustra, p.80).
Sri Krishna:
"Men will recount thy perpetual dishoner, and to one in noble station, dishonour is worse than death"
(Gita, 2:34)
- From: N.V.K. Ashraf (@ 202.9.175.244) on: Sun May 13 23:41:07
VALLUVAR and OTHERS....
76. SACRIFICE THEIR LIVES
¿¡½¡ø ¯Â¢¨Ãò ÐÈôÀ÷ ¯Â¢÷ô¦À¡Õð¼¡ø
¿¡ñÐÈÅ¡÷ ¿¡ñ¬û ÀÅ÷. (1017)
Valluvar;
"Those attached to nicety will lose their life for it, never nicety for their life"
Confucius:
"Men with aspiration and benevolence do not sacrifice benevolence to remain alive, but would
sacrifice themselves for benevolence"
(Analects, 15:8)
- From: N.V.K. Ashraf (@ 202.9.164.90) on: Tue May 15 23:20:02
VALLUVAR and OTHERS....
78. CROCODILE ON LAND
¦¿ÎõÒÉÖû ¦ÅøÖõ Ó¾¨Ä «ÎõÒÉÄ¢ý
¿£í¸¢ý «¾¨Éô À¢È. (495)
Valluvar:
"The crocodile wins in deep waters. Coming out others will against it"
Narayana Pandit:
"When the ferocious crocodile comes out of water, he becomes powerless"
(Hitopadesa, III.10)
- From: N.V.K. Ashraf (@ 203.197.154.105) on: Thu May 17 00:00:20
VALLUVAR and OTHERS....
79. CONTROLLING THE SENSES
´Õ¨ÁÔû ¬¨Á§À¡ø ³ó¾¼ì¸ø ¬üÈ¢ý
±Ø¨ÁÔõ ²Á¡ôÒ ¯¨¼òÐ. (126)
Valluvar:
"Let a man like a tortoise draw his five (senses) in one birth
And he will forge himself a shield for seven"
Sri Krishna:
"One who draws away the senses from the objects of sense,
As the tortoise draws his limbs into the shell, his intelligence is firm in its seat"
(Gita, 2:58)
- From: N.V.K. Ashraf (@ 202.9.175.244) on: Thu May 17 23:14:51
VALLUVAR and OTHERS....
80. KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS
¾ì¸¡÷ ¾¸Å¢Ä÷ ±ýÀÐ «ÅÃÅ÷
±îºò¾¡ø ¸¡½ô ÀÎõ. (114)
Valluvar:
"The just and the unjust shall be known by what they leave behind"
Jesus:
"You will know them (the good and false prophets) by their fruits"
(Mathew, 7:16)
Solomon:
"A righteous man who walks in his integrity - How blessed are his sons after him!"
(Proverbs, 20:7)
Narayana Pandit:
"Everywhere the existence of virtues of those who are out of sight, is known through their actions"
(Hitopadesa, IV.13)
- From: N.V.K. Ashraf (@ 202.9.175.244) on: Mon May 7 23:41:12
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