Tirukkural Chapter 26 - Couplets 4,5,6

(Note: 2000 years ago, the Poet Tiruvalluvar is a Jain who avoids taking meat So, he has written these 10 couplets in favor of vegetarianism) திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL அதிகாரம் 266 - புலால் மறுத்தல் CHAPTER 26 - ABSTINENCE FROM MEAT *** 26/04. அருள்அல்லது யாதெனின் கொல்லாமை, கோறல் பொருளல்லது அவ்வூன் தினல். 26/04. Arullalladhu yaadhenin kollaamai, korral Porulladhu avvoon thinal. 26/04. Not killing is good and killing is bad. Eating that flesh is another sin. *** Muthu: Eating meat is a sin, but all cannot give up meat. Manickam: Once pre-historic men, Cannibals, were eating men. Slowly this habit changed To eating animals and birds. Some for a change ate Cooked vegetables for taste, Then they became vegetarians, As they ate only vegetables. The poet says, meat eaters Will have no kindness, As blood soaked meat Had hardened their hearts. *** 25/05. உண்ணாமை உள்ளது உயிர்நிலை; ஊன்உண்ண அண்ணாத்தல் செய்யாது அன்று. 25/05. Unnaamai ulladhu uyirnilai; oonunna Annaaththal seiyaadhu andru. 25/05. By not eating flesh, life activates its body. One eating body separating its life, that sin will never leave him. *** Muthu: Someone kills and another one eats So there is no sin for the eater, is it so? Manickam: Because one man is eating Another man is killing, If there's no eater Will there be a killer? Both men are committing sin, Killed by one and ate by one, So, the eater can't claim, That he carries no blame. Century after century, In almost every country, There is vegetarian movement But still people eat meat. *** 26/06. தினற்பொருட்டால் கொல்லாது உலகெனின் யாரும் விலைப்பொருட்டால் ஊன்தருவார் இல். 26/06. Thinarrporuttaal kollaadhu ulakenin yaarum Vilaipporuttaal oontharuvaar ill. 26/06. If all people kill for meat to eat Will there be one for sales to earn money? *** Muthu: If everyone kills for meat Who will sell meat? Manickam: May be in villages There may not be meat shops, But in all towns and cities, There're many meat shops. Plenty of hotels in cities Serve variety of meat dishes So, meat consumption Has not come down. Now doctors say meat Supplies more weight and fat, Leading to one's heart-block And finally heart-attack. ***