The Way of Building a Family Name
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kuṟṟa milaṉāyk kuṭiceytu vāḻvāṉaic / cuṟṟamāc cuṟṟu mulaku.
The one who does nothing blameworthy and lives raising their own household — the world comes and closes round that person as kin.
▸Other translations · Pope (1886) & Aiyar (1916)
“With blameless life who seeks to build his race's fame, / The world shall circle him, and kindred claim.”
“Behold the man that setteth his family on high without doing iniquity: the whole world will be as a kindred unto him.”
Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
குற்றம் இலனாய்க் குடிசெய்து வாழ்வானை= குற்றமாயின செய்யாது தன் குடியை உயரச்செய்து ஒழுகுவானை; சுற்றமாச் சுற்றும் உலகு= அவனுக்குச் சுற்றமாக வேண்டித் தாமே சென்று சூழ்வர் உலகத்தார்.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
A man who raises his household while doing nothing blameworthy is surrounded by the world, which comes of its own accord and stands to him as kin.