Intrepidity in the Face of Misfortune
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iṭumpaik kiṭumpai paṭuppa riṭumpaik / kiṭumpai paṭāa tavar.
“Who griefs confront with meek, ungrieving heart, / From them griefs, put to grief, depart.”
“Troubles they send away troubled who trouble not themselves at the sight of troubles.”
Those who do not surrender to grief when adversity interrupts their work put adversity itself under strain until its hold weakens.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
இடும்பைக்கு இடும்பை படாதவர்= வினைசெய்யுங்கால் அதற்கிடையே வந்த துன்பத்திற்கு வருந்தாதவர்; இடும்பைக்கு இடும்பை படுப்பர்= அத்துன்பந்தனக்கு தாம் துன்பம் விளைப்பர்.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
Those who refuse to let sorrow trouble or dispirit them will inflict distress upon distress itself and triumph completely.