Quote of the week:
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Naanethhanai budhhisonnaalum kaetkilai nannenjamae
aenippadikettu uzhaluginraai? ini aedhumilla
vaanathin meenukku vanthoondil ittavagaiyadhupol
ponathhaimeela ninaikinranai, aennna puthhiyidhae.
- Barathiar
[Naan - I; ethhanai - how many; budhhi - advice; sonnaal - tell;
kaetkilai - not listening; nenjam - heart (mind, here); uzhal - toil;
ini - hereafter; aedhumilla - nothing; vaana(m) - sky; meen - fish;
thoondil - fishing rod; itta - lay; vagaiyadhupol - likewise; ponathh(u)
- lost; meela - get back; ninaikkinara - to think; aenna - what a; -
puthhi - sense]
[How many times I have told you, my mind ? Why do you toil like
this - trying to catch the stars in the sky with a fishing rod ?
O! Poor mind, why are you thinking of getting back whatever you have
lost ?]
Kural of the week:
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Kaana muyaleidha ambinil yaanai
pizhaithavael aendhal inidhu.
[Kaana - forest; muyal - rabbit; eidha - shoot; amb(u) - arrow;
yaanai - elephant; pizhaitha - escaped; vael - spear; aendhal - to
possess; inidhu - better]
[It is better to have a spear which missed an elephant than an
arrow which killed a rabbit.]
{Moral - Better to aim high and loose than to aim low & win. }
Thought for the week:
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For him who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of
friends; but for one who has failed to do so, his mind will remain the
greatest enemy.
- Bhagavad Gita (6:7)
Site of the week:
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Twelve Thirumurais are considered as the sacred texts.
Thirumandiram is tenth thirumurai. Read the scriptures at the site of
this week. Actually it has 3000 verses, of which only about 1/3 is
online.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2583/thm.html
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"What's in a name ? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."
- Shakespeare
The writings and the translations were made with the little knowledge, I had then and hence may not be exact.
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