You can see him standing tall a statue <br />amidst the sea in kanyakumari <br />right at the bottom of india <br />He was a poet who wrote short verses <br />just two lines was his verse <br />four words in the first..three in the next..and <br />that was his format <br /> <br />Some say he is younger <br />some say he is older <br />to Christ <br />his poems remind you of christ <br />for instance... <br /> 'ennar seitharaei oruthar avarnana <br /> nannayam seidhu vidu' <br /> [ if a person does a bad to you..ashame him by doing a good to him] <br />just like getting slapped on both cheeks..to <br />awaken the doers conscience <br /> <br /> 'anbillar aellam thamakuriyar aanbudiar <br /> aendrum ooriyar pirariku' <br /> [a person without love is to himself <br /> a person with love belongs to others] <br /> <br /> 'theeyinal suttapun ullarum aradhai <br /> navinal sutta vadu' <br /> [ a wound inflicted by a flame would heal from within <br /> a wound inflicted by a word would'nt heal for good] <br /> <br /> 'kullal inidhu yalinidhu aembhar tham <br /> mazhalai sol kelaathavar' <br /> [ only a person who has'nt listened to his siblings baby talk <br /> would praise the flute and veena for its sweetness] <br /> <br />THIRUVALLUVAR was a rare poet <br />one of his sort <br />at a very early part <br />he never made a mention <br />of any religion or nation <br />in any of his creation <br />he was not made a cult <br />should thank god for that <br />THIRUVALLUVAR WAS A UNIVERSAL POET <br /> <br />DONOT MISS OUT ON THIS POET <br />his work 'THIRUKURAL' is only second to the bible in translation. <br />this years oscar winner fr music A.R.RAHMAN is currently doing an album on 'thirukural'<br /><br />Samanyan Lakshminarayanan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/thiruvalluvar-an-universal-poet/
