(71-80) - Wealth of love

அன்புடைமை

ANBUDAIMAI

THE WEALTH OF LOVE

INTRODUCTION

The term ‘Anbu’ translated into English as ‘love’ does not do much justice to the meaning.

Whenever your heart melts in the presence of some one- it may be a plant, an animal, a mother, a wife, a child, nature, or God; it is referred to by the term ‘Anbu’ – ‘Love’ or even as (Kaathal).

If the human had not evolved to love his fellow-beings, he would be still in the level of animals; no, not even that; since even animals sometimes are kind to other animals, he will be worse than an animal.

Tears and smiles are the sole properties of a human that mark him out as an evolved species. But, love makes him equal a divinity.

(71)

அன்பிற்கும் உண்டோ அடைக்குந்தாழ் ஆர்வலர்

புண்கணீர் பூசல் தரும்

ANBIRKUM UNDO ADAIKKUMTHAAZH AARVALAR

PUNKANEER POOSAL THARUM

 Does love have any locking bolt?

It will be revealed in the tiny drop of tear that forms

when the loved one is in distress.

(How much you can love? Whom all you can love?

Love has no lid to block it. It does not flow towards just a single person also.

It is like the overflowing floods of the Ganges covering the entire landscape thus sanctifying everything in it.

It is like the love of God which knows no distinction.

It is always there in the heart ready to explode any moment.

It made King Bali offer his own flesh in exchange to save a pigeon from a vulture’s mouth.

It made King Paari offer his golden chariot to a jasmine creeper which had no supporting tree to entwine around.

It made Siddhartha (Buddha) to care for a swan hurt by an arrow.

It made Jesus get staked to a cross.

Why?

Because they could not bear the suffering of any living thing, be it a plant, or a bird, or human.

A hurt in anyone’s body or mind immediately brought moisture in their eyes; and love overflowed breaking their restraint, that they offered anything they had to alleviate the pain of the other living being.)

(72)

அன்பிலார் எல்லாம் தமக்குரியர் அன்புடையார்

என்பும் உரியர் பிறர்க்கு

ANBILAAR ELLAAM THAMAKKURIYAR ANBUDAIYAAR

ENBUM URIYAR PIRARKU

Those who have no love,

want everything for themselves.

Those who have love,

even offer the body also for others.

(That is why these special beings carrying the weight of love in their heart, are ready to give up anything for the sake of others.

But there are those worst categories of beings also, who have love only for their own family and friends; and these loveless beings strive to posses everything in the world to feed their selfishness alone.

These selfish beings are said to be filled with ‘dust’ in their heart; and ‘darkness’ fills their being. Their ego and arrogance makes them fulfill their desires even at the cost of hurting others.

Those who love the entire world as their home and family always live for making others happy. Their hearts are pure and filled with ‘light’. They alone become eligible for higher worlds after death.)

(73)

அன்போடியைந்த வழக்கென்ப ஆருயிர்க்கு

என்போ டியைந்த தொடர்

ANBODIYAINDA VAZHAKKENBA AARUYIRKKU

ENBODIYAINDA THODAR

The connection between love and living is 

like the connection between the rare life-principle and the body.

(How important is ‘love’ in a man’s life?

As much as a life-principle is important for the body to keep it alive!

Every moment death waits at every corner to separate the life from the body.

If you are alive, it is indeed a reward of the merits of the previous life, where you had maintained unselfishness and love for all, at some time or other.

If life is important to keep the body alive, then love is important for living in the world.

Loveless man, who has no concern for the other living beings of the world, is like a body without life. He is a moving corpse. He does not ‘live’ at all.)

(74)

அன்பீனும் ஆர்வம் உடைமை அதுஈ.னும்

நண்பென்னும் நாடாச் சிறப்பு

ANBEENUM AARVAM UDAIMAI ATHU EENUM

NANBENUM NAADAASCHIIRAPPU

Love begets an equal love from another.

That begets an extraordinary wealth called friendship.

(What is the power of love?

Water a withering plant; it will give you back flowers and fruits some day.

Feed a hungry dog; it will look at you like a god on earth and wag its tail whenever it sees you. Help a deserving man; he will remember you at all times with gratitude.

Love a mother; she feels gratified.

Love a wife; she will stand by you in all difficult circumstances.

Love a child; he (she) will support you when your body is weak with old age.

Love an equal; he will become your closest confidante soothing you in troubles and delighting at your happiness.

Love God; he will give you knowledge.

This friendship which the whole world offers at your deed of love is the reward that excels all other gifts in the world.)

(75)

அன்புற்றமர்ந்த வழக்கென்ப வையகத்து

இன்புற்றார் எய்தும் சிறப்பு

ANBARRAMARNDA VAZHAKKENBA VAIYAGATTHU

INBURRAAR EYDUM CHIIRAPPU

A life of happiness one enjoys in the world,

is the reward that is gained by a love-filled attitude.

(Any happiness you enjoy is because of the love that permeates the universe in so many forms. World shuns the person who lives for only himself. But a man with love for all beings is revered and respected in the world.)

(76)

அறத்திற்கே அன்புசார் பென்ப அறியார்

மறத்திற்கும் அஃதே துணை

ARATTHIRKE ANBUSAAR PENBA ARIYAAR

MARATTHIRKUM AஃTTHE THUNAI

Only the ignorant speak of ‘love’ as a quality of righteous life,

but it acts as the support of valor also.

(It is not a rule that only the religious minded should practice this love. Even a man who rules the country needs this quality of love. His sword lifts up to protect his people at all times because he loves them as his own family. If he was selfish and did not care for his people, his valor is useless.)

(77)

என்பிலதனை வெயில்போலக் காயுமே

அன்பிலதனை அறம்

ENBILATHANAI VEYILPOLAKKAAYUME

ANBILATHANAI ARAM

If Dharma is practiced without love,

it will burn you

  like the hot sun burning a boneless worm.

(If a king has to have love, to use his valor for a good purpose, how important it is that a religious person who has devoted his life to achieve some spiritual fulfillment, should have this universal love?

If such a person boasts that he is following the dictums of Dharma and acts arrogant and rude towards others, he will be doomed forever.

What he is practicing is not Dharma at all.

Lacking the support of Dharma which preaches love for all, he will wither away like a boneless worm suffering on the hot ground under the hot sun.)

  

(78)

அன்பகத்தில்லா உயிர்வாழ்க்கை வன்பாற்கண்

வற்றல் மரந்தளிர்த் தற்று

ANBAGATTHILLAA UYIRVAAZHKAI VANBAARKAN

VARRAL MARANTHALIRTTHARRU

A life without love in the mind,

is like a parched tree sprouting in the desert.

(Do you think that you can be happy without this noble feeling of love?

Do you think that you can be happy fulfilling only your selfish needs?

You are wrong. You are saying rather that a parched plant in a desert, had sprouts on it!

How can that happen?

Without water, no tree can grow. It is dead already.

If you are without the moist feeling of love in your heart, you are also like a dead tree. Do not expect any good to happen to you.)

(79)

புறத்துறுப்பெல்லாம் எவன்செய்யும் யாக்கை

அகத்துறுப் பன்பிலவர்க்கு

PURATTHURUPPELLAAM EVANSEYYUM YAAKKAI

AGATTHURU PANPILAVARKKU

If one lacks the internal organ called love,

what use are the external organs of the body?

(You may have a body which has all its limbs in a perfect condition. You may look beautiful in a mirror. But without the inner organ containing love as the beauty-potion, you will look like a devil to others.

The selfishness that oozes out of your eyes; the eye-brows which dance in rudeness; the hands which are ready to hurt any living thing- all these do not make you look like a human but only as a devil to be shunned by even animals.)

(80)

அன்பின் வழிய துயிர்நிலை அஃதிலார்க்கு

என்புதோல் போர்த்த உடம்பு

 ANBIN VAZHIYA THUYIRNILAI AஃTHILAARKKU

ENBUTHOL PORTTHA UDAMBU

That body which moves with love alone is a living one.

If that is not there, then it is just a set of bones covered by a skin.

(When you, the selfish animal walks on the road, however much you might have decorated yourself to look beautiful; you are just a moving bag of bones. You are not worthy of being called a human.

Only a man with love for all the other living beings is truly alive; others are all corpses walking around like evil wretched creatures.)