The Kural or the Maxims of Tiruvalluvar/Chapter 130
CHAPTER 130
CHIDING THE HEART
SHE
1291. Thou seest how his heart serveth his will : then, how is it that thou obeyest not me, O my Heart ?
1292. Thou seest, my Heart, how he neglecteth me: and yet thou consortest with him as if he were thy friend !
1293. Thou followest him at thy own sweet will and pleasure, my Heart : dost thou also teach me that those who are unfortunate have no friends?
1294.Thou refusest to indulge in a bouderie, my Heart, before showing thy delight in his company: who is going hereafter to take thee as a confidant in such like things?
1295. It feareth lest it should not get him, and when it hath got him, it feareth lest it should lose him: thus there is no end to the pangs that my Heart suffereth.
1296. What is my Heart good for ? It is good for nothing else but to devour me when I am musing alone.
1297. Fallen into the company of this foolish Heart that knoweth not to preserve its self-respect by forgetting him, I have myself forgotten my dignity.
1298. My life of a Heart thinketh it a disgrace to our own selves if we humiliate the beloved : and so it is always partial to him.
HE
1299. Who will support a man in his grief, if the Heart of his beloved itself refuseth him help ?
1300. When my own heart is not on my side,[1] is it a wonder that strangers[2] care not at all for me ?
