Not Offending the Great and Powerful
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yāṇṭucceṉ ṟiyāṇṭu muḷarākār ventuppiṉ / vēntu ceṟappaṭṭa var.
“Who dare the fiery wrath of monarchs dread, / Where'er they flee, are numbered with the dead.”
“Behold the men who provoke the wrath of princes of the mighty arm: wheresoever they go they will not thrive.”
Those who fall under the wrath of the fiercely powerful will not survive anywhere, wherever they may flee.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
வெந்துப்பின் வேந்து செறப்பட்டவர்= பகைவர்க்கு வெய்தாய வலியினையுடைய வேந்தனாற் செறப்பட்ட அரசர்; யாண்டுச் சென்றும் யாண்டும் உளராகார்= அவனைத்தப்பி எங்கேபோய் உளராவர், ஓரிடத்தும் உளராகார்.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
Those who incur the fierce wrath of deeply disciplined, powerful elders will not survive anywhere, no matter what distant refuge they flee to.