kaniyan poongundran's Verse- கணியன் பூங்குன்றனின் செய்யுள்
Good and bad not come from others Pains and pain reliefs are from within To die is nothing new; Won't celebrate life is only to be joy Won't hate Living is distress A cold drop of rain fall in the land A small boat is travelling in the big flood, our survival takes place naturally As enlightened by the consciousness imparted by the predecessors. Therefore, won't look up to the rich or powerful Won't look down to the poor or powerless All man is my town's man - Kaniyan poongundran, Purananuru, verse 192 (Translated by myself) (Thanks to Prof.Ravindran Gopalan) All man is my town's man- 'yaathum uure yaavarum kelir') logic is unsuitable for those who look up to the rich man or big building and who look down to the poor (begger) or hut. A small boat travelling in a big flood, like our survival/life will end like a journey by nature at any time. This consciousness is given by the predecessors. So, this logic (yaathum uure yaavarum kelir') is suitable ...