It is not therefore surprising that the great scholar Ariel paid this tribute to Thirukkural: „The Kural is the masterpiece of Tamil Literature, one of the highest and purest expressions of human thought.

By adopting Thirukkural as a manual of daily living, any one can have his mind and body in the best of form.

Thirukkural develops the intellect and brain and makes men live a life of honor, dignity and honesty. Thiruvachakam feeds their souls on its felicitous food of Divine Ambrosia and prepares them for their Eternal Beatitude. Thirukkural builds up the character and conduct of human beings. According to Thiruvachakamani K M Balasubramaniam, Thiruvalluvar‟s Thirukkural and Manickavachagar‟s Thiruvachakam are supposed to be the body and soul respectively of the Blessed Mother Tamil. Thiruvalluvar is a national poet of the Tamils and he is the greatest pride and possession of the Tamil people. Dr Rajaram is on the right of Dr Abdul Kalam. The whole of human aspiration is epitomized in this immortal book, a book for all ages.‟ K M Munshi, the founder of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and a great man of letters, has said: „Thirukkural is a treatise par excellance on the art of living.‟ Photo caption: Dr Abdul Kalam receiving a copy of Dr M Rajaram‟s book of Thirukkural English translation at a function at New Delhi on 1. Sri Aurobindo has said: „Thirukkural is gnomic poetry, the greatest in planned consumption and force of execution ever written in this kind.‟ Rajaji says: „It is a Gospel of Love and a Code of Soul-Luminous life. Leo Tolstoy has openly admitted that he has taken the concept of nonviolence from a German translation of the Kural. There is none who has given such a treasure of wisdom like him.‟ Mahatma Gandhi has said that he came to know about Thirukkural from Leo Tolstoy. The maxims of Valluvar have touched my soul. Dr Albert Schwaitzer says: „There hardly exists in the literature of the world a collection of Maxims in which we find so much of wisdom.‟ Mahatma Gandhi calls it: „A textbook of indispensable authority on moral life. Poetic English Translation of Thirukkural-2 The dynamics of Thirukkural has been richly complemented by various scholars from all parts of the world.

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