Tirukkural Chapter 38 - Couplets 1,2,3

திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL அதிகாரம் 38 - ஊழ் CHAPTER 38 - FATE. *** 38/01. ஆகூழால் தோன்றும் அசைவின்மை; கைப்பொருள் போகூழால் தோன்றும் மடி. 38/01. Akoozhaal thondrum asaivinmai; kaipporull Pokuzhaal thondrum madi. 38/01. If one gets a creative type of fate, he will be strong in his trials. If it is destructive type of fate, it will end in laziness. *** Kamal: When one can't find reason for his suffering He will say it is his fate. Vimal: Brahma, as fate, has written When and what should happen? So, nothing is in our hands, As we go by His commands. If you take a mango seed, It's pre-written inside the seed, That how long it'll live How many fruits it'll give? So, there is no end to this fate. Blindly people believe it, of late, When they don't find proper reason For someone's death all of a sudden. They'll say that he's ill fated to die Otherwise there is no reason why In this young age he disappears When he suffered no disease? *** 38/02. பேதைப் படுக்கும் இழவூழ்; அறிவகற்றும் ஆகல்ஊழ் உற்றக் கடை. 38/02. Pedhaip padukkum izhavoozh; arrvagatrrum Aagaluzh utrrak kadai. 38/02. If the fate is the reason for losing one's wealth, it'll make him a fool. On the other hand, if he gains wealth, it'll make him wise. *** Kamal: For everything we shift the blame to fate What is our share in it? Vimal: Man wants to shift his blame On someone else without shame, And conveniently fate has come As a great relief to him. To spell the very word fate, Some modern people hate, Saying nothing is like that, It's a false excuse to shift it. There is an opposite reaction For every action done, And fate is the reaction For what he had done. In the previous birth Had he done good deeds, In the present birth He would have enjoyed. *** 38/03. நுண்ணிய நூல்பல கற்பினும் மற்றும்தன் உண்மை அறிவே மிகும். 38/03. Nunnyia noolpala karrppinum matrrumthan Unnmai arrivaemigum. 38/03. Even if one learns higher studies, His natural intelligence only will shine, because of his fate. *** Kamal: One highly educated gets low income While uneducated gets high income; why it's so? Vimal: It's his fate, people say, As no other reason one can say, An educated is born in a poor family, While an uneducated in rich family. Some people attribute it To the irony of fate To be born rich or poor, And it's not in one's power. விதியை மதியால் வெல்லலாம் With one's intelligence Fate can be won. This proverb beats Out the word fate, So, fate can be won If one uses his brain. ***