10th Mar: Thought of the Day

Tirukkuṛaḷ

Couplet 20 
When water fails, functions of nature cease, you say;
Thus when rain fails, no men can walk in 'duty's ordered way'

Explanation
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

07th Mar: Thought of the Day

Tirukkuṛaḷ

Couplet 19 

If heaven its watery treasures ceases to dispense,
Through the wide world cease gifts, and deeds of 'penitence'

Explanation

If rain fall not, penance and alms-deeds will not dwell within this spacious world

06th Mar: Thought of the Day

Tirukkuṛaḷ

Couplet 18 
If heaven grow dry, with feast and offering never more,
Will men on earth the heavenly ones adore

Explanation
If the heaven dry up, neither yearly festivals, nor daily worship will be offered in this world, to the celestials

05rd Mar: Thought of the Day

Tirukkuṛaḷ

Couplet 17 

If clouds restrain their gifts and grant no rain,
The treasures fail in ocean's wide domain

Explanation

Even the wealth of the wide sea will be diminished, if the cloud that has drawn (its waters) up gives them not back again (in rain)

03rd Mar: Thought of the Day

Tirukkuṛaḷ

Couplet 16 
If from the clouds no drops of rain are shed
'Tis rare to see green herb lift up its head

Explanation
If no drop falls from the clouds, not even the green blade of grass will be seen