Medicine
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māṟupā ṭillāta vuṇṭi maṟuttuṇṇi / ṉūṟupā ṭillai yuyirkku.
“With self-denial take the well-selected meal; / So shall thy frame no sudden sickness feel.”
“If thou eat abstemiously the food that doth not disagree with thee thou wilt have no troubles in the body.”
Eating wholesome food with self-restrained moderation preserves one's life from harm.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
மாறுபாடு இல்லாத உண்டி மறுத்து உண்ணின்= அம்மூவகை மாறுகோளும் இல்லாத உணவைத் தன்னுள்ளம் வேண்டிய அளவினான்அன்றிப் பிணிவாரா அளவினால் ஒருவன் உண்ணுமாயின்; உயிர்க்கு ஊறுபாடு இல்லை= அவன் உயிர்க்குப் பிணிகளால் துன்பம் விளைதல் உண்டாகாது.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
If one eats wholesome food that agrees with the body, exercising restraint against excessive appetite, no harmful disease will afflict his life.