Hence, all people should be bound by one, same moral and legal code.
Throughout his poem he lays down the principles of his version of natural law. This he calls 'Way of Order'(Tamil: முறை வழி, muṟai vazhi ?). Pungunranar states that the wooden log is carried by the water in its direction and similarly postulates that everything in life will also follow Natural law. Very fine poetry of material and stoic philosophy, reminding one, perhaps, of Grey's elegy- but not of "cosmopolitanism" as many might like to believe. The poem concludes with the statement " as we have heard great minds explaining this universal truth to us, we are neither overawed by the greatness of mighty people nor repulsed by people of lower state in life". The rest of the poem pictures the illusory and transient nature of life with its pains and pleasures, moving along pre-ordained track according to natural order, rather like a fragile raft going down a mountain stream in stormy weather.
The Tamil bards and intellectualists of the time of Kaniyan Pungunranar and those preceding his age considered that all men, whatever their rank or station in life, were alike.Īlthough the opening line sounds like a herald of "universalism" and the oneness of human beings everywhere, a reading of the subsequent lines of this poem from Purananuru reveals a totally different context and meaning of the opening line. He rejected division of mankind into various categories and emphasised the universality of all men. Modi's remarks resumed significance amid concern raised by some parties in Tamil Nadu over alleged efforts to impose Hindi language.(Translated by G.U.Pope, 1906) Cosmopolitanism During my visit to America, I realized that the entire world has a lot of expectation from India," said Modi while addressing the gathering.ĭuring his address to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), PM Modi invoked three-millenia old Tamil poet and philosopher Kyan Pungundranar to highlight the essence of Indian unity in diversity and emphasise the feeling of kinship among all people in the world.Ĭalling Tamil as the oldest language of the world during his address to the 74th UNGA session, PM Modi said that 3,000 years ago, a great poet of India, Kyan Pungundranar wrote in Tamil the most ancient language of the world 'Yaadhum Oore Yaavarum Kelir' which means 'We harbour a feeling of kinship for all places and all people are our own.'" Even today, Tamil language echoes in entire America.
"When I was staying in America, I spoke in Tamil language once and told everyone that this is one of the ancient languages. While people gathered here for PM's warm welcome and raised 'Modi ki Jai' slogans, PM Modi drew the attention of the gathering towards the relevance of Tamil language in other nations. Modi on Monday arrived in Chennai to attend the 56th annual convocation of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday arrived in Chennai and asserted that he has learned about the diversity of the 'ancient' Tamil language which is resonated across the United States.
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