Every human of every town is of the same value because they are கேளிர் (related).The first part of the poem deals with the basic principles of the 'Way of Order'( Tamil: முறை வழி, muṟai vazhi) which is his term for natural law. Throughout his poem, Poongundranar lays down the principles of his version of natural law. This he calls 'Way of Order'( Tamil: முறை வழி, muṟai vazhi). Poongundranar states that the wooden log is carried by the water in its direction and similarly postulates that everything in life will also follow karma. The Tamil bards and intellectuals of the time of Poongundranar and those preceding his age considered that all humans, whatever their rank or station in life, were alike. Poongundranar rejected division of mankind into various categories and emphasised the universality of all humans. Without pause as it breaks against rocks because the cloudsĬrowded with bolts of lightning pour down their cold drops of rain,Īnd so we are not amazed at those who are great, Riding the water of a huge and powerful river roaring We know that life, with its hardship, makes its way like a raft Through the vision of those who have understood Thinking that living is sweet, we do not rejoice in it.Įven less do we say, that to live is miserable! Everyone is your kin.įailure and prosperity do not come to us because others have sent them! Vāḻtal iṉiteṉa makiḻntaṉṟum ilamē muṉiviṉ He composed two poems in Purananuru and Natrinai. Kaniyan was born and brought up in Mahibalanpatti, a village panchayat in Tamil Nadu's Sivaganga district. His name Kaniyan implies that he was an Kaala Kanithar ( astronomer) ( kaala kanitham in Tamil literally means mathematics of date, time and place). Kaniyan Poongunranar, also Poongundranar or Pungundranar ( Tamil: கணியன் பூங்குன்றனார், Kaṉiyan Pūngunṟanār), was an influential Tamil philosopher from the Sangam age from around 6th century BCE.
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