Thirukkural 531 in English
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Tamil original
இறந்த வெகுளியின் தீதே சிறந்த
உவகை மகிழ்ச்சியிற் சோர்வு.
Transliteration
Irandha Vekuliyin Theedhe Sirandha
Uvakai Makizhchchiyir Sorvu
Modern English
“Being carried away by happiness can make you forget duties, and that carelessness may cause more harm than a burst of anger.”
Modern Interpretation
Being carried away by happiness can make you forget duties, and that carelessness may cause more harm than a burst of anger. For example, after celebrating a win, a team might miss an important deadline because no one checked the schedule.
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Modern Plain English
Being carried away by happiness can make you forget duties, and that carelessness may cause more harm than a burst of anger.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Worse than wrath in excess is Forgetfulness in joy-excess
G.U. Pope Translation
'Tis greater ill, it rapture of o'erweening gladness to the soulBring self-forgetfulness than if transcendent wrath control
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
More evil than excessive anger, is forgetfulness which springs from the intoxication of great joy
Tamil commentary
மிகுந்த மகிழ்ச்சிப் பெருக்கால் வரும் மறதி, அளவு கடந்த கோபத்தைக் காட்டிலும் கொடுமையானது.
Chapter 54
More from Unforgetfulness
பொச்சாவாமை
Worse than wrath in excess is Forgetfulness in joy-excess
Kural 532Negligence kills renown just as Ceaseless want wisdom destroys
Kural 533Forgetful nature fails of fame All schools of thinkers say the same
Kural 534The fearful find no fortress here The forgetful find good never
Kural 535Failing foresight the guardless man Shall rue his folly later on
Kural 536Forget none; watch with wakeful care Miss none; the gain is sans compare
Kural 537With cautious care pursue a thing Impossible there is nothing
Kural 538Do what the wise commend as worth If not, for seven births no mirth
Kural 539When joy deludes, their fate recall Whom negligence has made to fall
Kural 540Easy it is a thing to get When the mind on it is set