Essay for way of life as in thirukkural
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It was nearly 2000 years that our Mother Country was blessed with a born Siddha and born Poet. Named as Valluvar, he thrived in Mylapore, Chennai. Famously known as Thiruvalluvar for his poetic offerings to the world, his name meant ‘the devotee of the Valluva caste’. Thiruvalluvar was born in the capital of Pandyas – Madurai and he was honored and called as an Avatara of Brahma.
History says that Thiruvalluvar’s wife, Vasuki was an ideal for all women. It was said that she never disobeyed her husband and she was considered a virtuous and devoted lady. It was believed that Thiruvalluvar lived a life of purity and sanctity.
The sayings of Thiruvalluvar are all together are in a book that is famously called the “Thirukural”. Each poem is in a couplets (known as “Kural” in Tamizh which has 2 lines – ideally has 7 words; 4 in the first line and 3 in the second line)
There are a total of 1330 couplets couplets which is believed to consist of the core of:
The Vedas
The Upanishads
The Six Darshanas