Tirukkural Chapter 31 - Couplets 1,2,3

திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL அதிகாரம் 31- வெகுளாமை CHAPTER 31 - NOT GETTING ANGRY *** 31/01. செல்இடத்துக் காப்பான் சினங்காப்பான்; அல்இடத்துக் காக்கில்என் காவாக்கால் என்? 31/01. Selidaththu kaappaan sinangkaappaan; alidhaththuk Kaakkilen kaavaakkaal en? 31/01. Where one's anger is valid, he should not show it there. Where it is not valid, there is no use of showing it or not. *** Meena: If one's angry, there is some meaning in it. Kamala: Where people respond to anger, One shouldn't show it there. When no one cares for anger What's the point of showing it there? While shutting his two eyes, His mouth, an angry man opens, And what he talks, he doesn't know When his dirty words out they flow. Better one controls his anger, Without keeping it any longer, For anger blunts his brain, By showing it out in vain. *** 31/02. செல்லா இடத்துச் சினம்தீது; செல்இடத்தும் இல்அதனின் தீய பிற. 31/02. Sellaa idaththuch sinamtheedhu; selidaththum Iladhanin theeya pirra. 31/02. If one is angry with a strong man, it will end in trouble for himself. If he is angry with a weak man, it is worse than anything else. *** Meena: People get angry with weak persons only As strong ones will retaliate. Kamala: Anger will come no doubt But one shouldn't show it out. For anger spoils one's mood The outcome of which is no good. When one's anger goes hot, A strong man cares not, A weak man cries out, With no good end result. An angry man fails, But a patient man succeeds In convincing others What actually he wants. *** 31/03. மறத்தல் வெகுளியை யார்மாட்டும்; தீய பிறத்தல் அதனால் வரும். 31/03. Marraththal vegullyai yaarmaattum; theeya Pirraththal adhanaal varum. 31/03. If one wants no harm, let him guard himself showing no anger. Otherwise, that anger will destroy him. *** Meena: Anger will destroy a man, is it not? Kamala: At first an angry man shouts But later on he regrets, Saying why he shouted in anger For he was in a bad temper. Can a man show his anger With fire that burnt his finger? He should have taken care Not to go near the fire. Better one talks calmly, And speak not angrily, In his own interest, To achieve his object. ***