Not Offending the Great and Powerful
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iṟantamainta cārpuṭaiya rāyiṉu muyyār / ciṟantamainta cīrār ceṟiṉ.
“Though all-surpassing wealth of aid the boast, / If men in glorious virtue great are wrath, they're lost.”
“Even men who rest upon the most solid of supports will not be saved if men of great spiritual power frown on them.”
Though possessing boundless allies and support, none can escape if those of supreme excellence are provoked to anger.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
சிறந்து அமைந்த சீரார் செறின்= கழிய மிக்க தவத்தினையுடையார் வெகுள்வராயின்; இறந்து அமைந்த சார்பு உடையராயினும் உய்யார்= அவரான் வெகுளப்பட்டார் கழியப் பெரிய சார்பு உடையராயினும், அதுபற்றி உய்யமாட்டார்.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
Though one possesses an overwhelming abundance of immense support and powerful alliances, one cannot escape ruin if sages of supreme spiritual excellence are angered.