Tamils - a Trans State Nation..

"To us all towns are one, all men our kin.
Life's good comes not from others' gift, nor ill
Man's pains and pains' relief are from within.
Thus have we seen in visions of the wise !."
- Tamil Poem in Purananuru, circa 500 B.C 

Thirukural - English Translation:Himalayan Academy

Index

[see also English Translation and Commentary of tirukkuRaL by Rev. Dr. G. U. Pope, Rev W. H. Drew, Rev. John Lazarus and Mr F. W. Ellis;
Thirukkural in Tamil with English Translation by Kaviyogi Maharishi Shuddhananda Bharatiar and Thirukural in Tamil Original]

"The following works of art and literature are among the most remarkable contributions of the Tamil creative genius to the world's cultural treasure and should be familiar to the whole world and admired and beloved by all in the same way as the poems of Homer, the dramas of Shakespeare, the pictures of Rembrandt, the cathedrals of France and the sculptures of Greece..... the Thirukural, one of the great books of the world, one of those singular emanations of the human heart and spirit which preach positive love and forgiveness and peace....." The Tamil Contribution to World Civilisation - Czech Professor Dr. Kamil Zvelebil in Tamil Culture - Vol. V, No. 4. October, 1956

Couplets 1 - 100

Couplets 101 - 200

Couplets 201 - 400

Couplets 401 - 600

Couplets 610 - 810

Couplets 811 - 950

Couplets 951 - 1080