Thiruvalluvar, commonly known as Valluvar, was a popular Tamil poet. He is best known for writing the great text Thirukkuṛaḷ. Valluvar is also regarded to be a great sage as well as a Siddha Purusha, since he has also performed some miracles during his life time, like changing a rock into a golden bar by spitting water on to it, providing good Siddha Medicines to the patients and cured their diseases, and some of them even have the opinion that he is also regarded as a great Shaivite Saint and attained salvation after his life time, and we can see his image in some of his pictures with sacred ash found on his forehead and on his hands.
Thirukural acts as a guide to the entire world. It tells the way to live in the society, the things to do and not to do, and shows the importance of good things, and tells to avoid bad things in our life. If we follow the verses of Thirukural, our life will become easier, and we can run our life in a proper manner. It is a great treasure for the entire world, and it acts as a Holy book for all the religions and can be read by any one, since the contents are very short, very much simplified and easy to read.
The verses (In Simplified form) of Thirukkural are as follows:-
1.1.1 The Praise of God
1. As the letter A is the first of all letters, so the eternal God is first in the world
2. What Profit have those derived from learning, who worship not the good feet of Him who is possessed of pure knowledge?
3. They who are united to the glorious feet of Him who passes swiftly over the flower of the mind, shall flourish long above all worlds.
4. To those who meditate the feet of Him who is void of desire or aversion, evil shall never come.
5. The two-fold deeds that spring from darkness shall not adhere to those who delight in the true praise of God.
6 Those shall long proposer who abide in the faultless way of Him who has destroyed the five desires of the senses.
7. Anxiety of mind cannot be removed, except from those who are united to the feet of Him who is incomparable.
8. None can swim the sea of vice, but those who are united to the feet of that gracious Being who is a sea of virtue.
9. The head that worships not the feet of Him who is possessed of eight attributes is as useless as a sense without the power of sensation.
10. None can swim the great sea of births but those who are united to the feet of God.
1.1.2. The Excellence of Rain
11. By the continuance of rain the world is preserved in existence; it is therefore worthy to be called ambrosia.
12. Rain produces good food, and is itself food.
13. If the cloud, withholding rain, deceive (our hopes) hunger will long distress the sea-girt spacious world.
14. If the abundance of wealth imparting rain diminishes, the labour of the plough must cease.
15. Rain by its absence ruins men
16. If no drop falls from the clouds, not even the green blade of grass will be seen.
17. If clouds restrain their gifts and grant no rain, the treasures fail in ocean’s wide domain.
18. If the heaven dry up, neither yearly festivals, nor daily worship will be offered in this world, to the celestials.
19. If there is no rain, penance and alms-deeds will not dwell within this spacious world.
20 If it be said that the duties of life cannot be discharged by any person without water, so without rain there cannot be the flowing of water.