Abstaining from Anger
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uḷḷiya tellā muṭaṉeytu muḷḷattā / ḷuḷḷāṉ vekuḷi yeṉiṉ
“If man his soul preserve from wrathful fires, / He gains with that whate'er his soul desires.”
“All the desires of a man will be fulfilled on the instant if from his heart he banish anger.”
If a person never entertains anger in the heart, everything they contemplate is attained at once.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
உள்ளத்தால் வெகுளி உள்ளான் எனின்= தவஞ்செய்யும் அவன், தன் மனத்தால் வெகுளியை ஒருகாலும் நினையான் ஆயின்; உள்ளியது எல்லாம் உடன் எய்தும்= தான் கருதிய பேறுஎல்லாம் ஒருங்கே பெறும்.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
If a disciplined mind never entertains even a passing thought of anger, all noble attainments contemplated in meditation are swiftly realized.