Thirukkural 310 in English
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Tamil original
இறந்தார் இறந்தார் அனையர் சினத்தைத்
துறந்தார் துறந்தார் துணை.
Transliteration
Irandhaar Irandhaar Anaiyar Sinaththaith
Thurandhaar Thurandhaar Thunai
Modern English
“Someone ruled by extreme anger is like a person who has lost the life of good judgment, while someone who gives up anger is like a person brought back to life.”
Modern Interpretation
Someone ruled by extreme anger is like a person who has lost the life of good judgment, while someone who gives up anger is like a person brought back to life. Calmness restores the ability to think and care. For example, taking a breath before answering can turn a heated argument into a useful conversation.
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Modern Plain English
Someone ruled by extreme anger is like a person who has lost the life of good judgment, while someone who gives up anger is like a person brought back to life.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Dead are they who are anger-fed Saints are they from whom wrath has fled
G.U. Pope Translation
Men of surpassing wrath are like the men who've passed away;Who wrath renounce, equals of all-renouncing sages they
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
Those, who give way to excessive anger, are no better than dead men; but those, who are freed from it, are equal to those who are freed (from death)
Tamil commentary
பெருங்கோபம் கொண்டவர் இருந்தாலும் இறந்தவரைப் போன்றவரே; கோபத்தை விட்டுவிட்டவர். இறக்க வேண்டியவரே என்றாலும் சாவைத் தவிர்த்தவர் போன்றவரே.
Chapter 31
More from Restraining Anger
வெகுளாமை
Anger against the weak is wrong It is futile against the strong
Kural 302Vain is wrath against men of force Against the meek it is still worse
Kural 303Off with wrath with any one It is the source of sin and pain
Kural 304Is there a foe like harmful ire Which kills the smile and joyful cheer?
Kural 305Thyself to save, from wrath away! If not thyself the wrath will slay
Kural 306Friend-killer is the fatal rage It burns the helpful kinship-barge
Kural 307The wrath-lover to doom is bound Like failless-hand that strikes the ground
Kural 308Save thy soul from burning ire Though tortured like the touch of fire
Kural 309Wishes he gains as he wishes If man refrains from rage vicious!
Kural 310Dead are they who are anger-fed Saints are they from whom wrath has fled