2014-25 ThirukkuraL Chapter 95: Medicine - Overview
The unparalleled, universal scripture, ThirukkuraL comprises of 1330 aphorisms in couplets organized in 133 chapters under three heads -- Virtue, Wealth and Love. The chapters headings range from the ploughing of land to the administration of a country.
The 95th chapter is Medicine. Here the first couplet defines the types and causes of dis-ease. The next six, talk about food for health and longevity, and the last three treat of medicine proper.
Thiruvalluvar stresses the importance of food this way; 6:3 couplets for food versus medicine.
Diseases may be the result of past actions; then they are to be borne with fortitude. Diseases may be the result of current causes such as excess or deficient or inappropriate food and work; for these causal diseases, medicines are prescribed.
Excess or deficiency [in food and work] will result in disease
There is no need of medicine for the body; if one eats,
Assured of digestion, and hunger as fire,
eat with care, food which is not disagreeable. [T 944]
If food which is not disagreeable, is taken with self denial,
no harm will come to life because of diseases. [T 945]
As health and happiness are to a moderate eater,
so disease sticks to a glutton. [T 946]
Indiscriminate eating, far beyond one's digestive powers,
will cause limitless ills. [T 947]
Diagnose the disease; discover the cause;
seek the proper remedy and apply it with skill. [T 948]
A doctor should treat, properly taking account of
the patient's nature, the disease state and the season. [T 949]
The patient, the doctor, the remedy and the attendant;
Medicine comprises these limbs with four attributes to each. [T 950]
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அற்றது அறிந்து கடைப்பிடித்து மாறு அல்ல
துய்க்க துவரப் பசித்து. [தி 944]
மாறுபாடு இல்லாத உண்டி மறுத்து உண்ணின் \
ஊறுபாடு இல்லை உயிர்க்கு. [தி 945]
ThirukkuraL: English Translation G.U.Pope [Click here]
ThirukkuraL in Tamil script text only [Click here]
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The unparalleled, universal scripture, ThirukkuraL comprises of 1330 aphorisms in couplets organized in 133 chapters under three heads -- Virtue, Wealth and Love. The chapters headings range from the ploughing of land to the administration of a country.
The 95th chapter is Medicine. Here the first couplet defines the types and causes of dis-ease. The next six, talk about food for health and longevity, and the last three treat of medicine proper.
Thiruvalluvar stresses the importance of food this way; 6:3 couplets for food versus medicine.
Diseases may be the result of past actions; then they are to be borne with fortitude. Diseases may be the result of current causes such as excess or deficient or inappropriate food and work; for these causal diseases, medicines are prescribed.
ThirukkuraL Chapter 95 Medicine
Excess or deficiency [in food and work] will result in disease
due to imbalance in wind, bile and phlegm. [T 941]
There is no need of medicine for the body; if one eats,
after making sure that what was eaten has been fully digested. [T 942]
Past food digested, eat in proper measure;
this is the way to a long life in the human body. [T 943]
Assured of digestion, and hunger as fire,
eat with care, food which is not disagreeable. [T 944]
If food which is not disagreeable, is taken with self denial,
no harm will come to life because of diseases. [T 945]
As health and happiness are to a moderate eater,
so disease sticks to a glutton. [T 946]
Indiscriminate eating, far beyond one's digestive powers,
will cause limitless ills. [T 947]
Diagnose the disease; discover the cause;
seek the proper remedy and apply it with skill. [T 948]
A doctor should treat, properly taking account of
the patient's nature, the disease state and the season. [T 949]
The patient, the doctor, the remedy and the attendant;
Medicine comprises these limbs with four attributes to each. [T 950]
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திருக்குறள் அதிகாரம் 95 மருந்து
மிகினும் குறையினும் நோய் செய்யும் நூலோர்
வளி முதலா எண்ணிய மூன்று. [தி 941]
மருந்து என வேண்டாவாம் யாக்கைக்கு அருந்தியது
அற்றது போற்றி உணின். [தி 942]
அற்றால் அளவு அறிந்து உண்க அஃது உடம்பு
பெற்றான் நெடிதுஉய்க்கும் ஆறு. [தி 943]
துய்க்க துவரப் பசித்து. [தி 944]
மாறுபாடு இல்லாத உண்டி மறுத்து உண்ணின் \
ஊறுபாடு இல்லை உயிர்க்கு. [தி 945]
இழிவு அறிந்து உண்பான் கண் இன்பம் போல் நிற்கும் கழி பேர் இரையான் கண் நோய். [தி 946]
தீயளவு அன்றித் தெரியான் பெரிது உண்ணின் நோய் அளவு இன்றிப் படும். [தி 947]
நோய் நாடி நோய் முதல் நாடி அது தணிக்கும் வாய் நாடி வாய்ப்பச் செயல். [தி 948]
உற்றான் அளவும் பிணி அளவும் காலமும் கற்றான் கருதிச் செயல். [தி 949]
உற்றவன் தீர்ப்பான் மருந்து உழைச் செல்வான் என்று
அப்பால் நால் கூற்றே மருந்து. [தி 950]
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அப்பால் நால் கூற்றே மருந்து. [தி 950]
ThirukkuraL: English Translation G.U.Pope [Click here]
ThirukkuraL in Tamil script text only [Click here]
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