Divisive Hostility
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ikaleṉpa vellā vuyirkkum pakaleṉṉum / paṇpiṉmai pārikku nōy.
“Hostility disunion's plague will bring, / That evil quality, to every living thing.”
“The spirit of defiance is the peccant humour which developpeth in all men the distemper called hate.”
Wise thinkers call hostility a disease that spreads among all living beings the barren quality called disunion—the inability to live in fellowship with others.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
எல்லா உயிர்க்கும் பகல் என்னும் பண்பு இன்மை பாரிக்கும் நோய்= எல்லா உயிர்கட்கும், பிறஉயிர்களோடு கூடாமை என்னும் தீக்குணத்தை வளர்க்கும் குற்றம்; இகல் என்ப= இகல்என்று சொல்லுவர் நூலோர்.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
Wise thinkers define hostility as a corrosive affliction that spreads disharmony and destroys fellowship among all living beings.