Tirukkural-On Virtue-On The Blessing Of Children-Kural 68

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Friday, November 28, 2008, 16:27

Thammintham makkal arivudaimai maanilathu
Mannuyirk kellam inidhu.

If children are better equipped with a broader and more human outlook,
The whole world will feel happy with them.

Progress from generation to generation is a natural and welcome development. I want my son to do better than I have done in life. It is the law of nature that all parents without exception desire their children to excel them in some field or the other, if not in all, and are extremely happy when they do so. This direct meaning has been adopted by Pazhaya Urai. The Bible also endorses this view. 'Wisdom is justified of her children'.

One has only to read Alwin Toffler's 'Future Shock' to realize picturesquely how the progress of 800 lifetimes has been condensed into the one life-time, in which we live, by progressive acceleration. Children of one generation outdoing their parents of the previous generation is, therefore, a natural process.,

The totality of such effect of all good children on all parents is what is envisaged in this Kural.