Let every reader take this enlightening and ennobling message to various nooks and corners of the world. This rendering is undoubtedly succinct, succulent, satisfying and seeks solution to the sorrows of the squabbling syndromes. That is why this modern rendering in English is attempted, not in prose form but in two line verse form as the original. Though there are many renderings in English a translation is generally identified with its period and a new generation needs a rendering in accordance with the currency of language. It is divided into three parts, on Virtue, Wealth and Love. Thirukkural contains 133 chapters with 1330 couplets. He addresses all man-kind not only of his period but of all times and of all nations. The conduct he prescribes is based on reason and logic. He does not advocate any system, doctrine, practice or ritual. Thiruvalluvar, the author of the book, is essentially a humanistic, interested in the welfare of the people and the happiness of mankind. It essentially portrays the way of life with a code of conduct, where morality of the highest order is the basis of the conduct. Thirukkural, an ancient Tamil Classic of Sangam Literature (B.C 100) is a book on ethical philosophy. #National Young Writers Competition See Results #National Writing Competition See Results #VersesofLove See Results
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