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Tirukkural-On Virtue-The Importance of Virtue-Kural-36
Ponrumkal ponrat tuani...
Do
not
postpone
virtuous
deeds,
as
these
alone
will
befriend
you
to
the
full,
Until
you
die
and
even
afterwards.
Deeds of virtue are referred to here, as having the potential for undying help till the time of death, which is in line with the Biblical statement.
'…Righteousness delivereth from death'.
Such deeds of virtue should be performed there and then and should certainly not be postponed. In Silapathikaram too, while explaining to the Chera King about the uncertainty of life, even with reference to a single day, of wealth and youth, through his character Madalan, Ilangoadigal echoes the sentiments of Valluvar as follows:
Naalai
Seikuvom
aram
yenil
indrae
Kelvi
naluyur
neenginum
neengum
Idhuvaena
varaindhu
vaalunaal
unarndhor
Mudhuneer
ulakir
muluvadhum
illai
The
same
idea
has
been
expressed
in
another
Kural
Naachetru
vikul
mael
vaaraamun
nalvinai
Mersendru
seyapadum
At a late stage in life, even if good sense prevails, it may not be possible to implement it, as those around including even the wife, may or may not co-operate. This is explained picturesquely in Naladiar – 32.
Sirukaalaiye
thamaku
selvali
nalki
Irukirukath
thotkopuk
kollaar-Irukiruki
Pinarivaam
yenrirukkum
paethaiyar
kaikaattum
Ponnum
puli
vilangaayiram
This 'pulivilangai' story has been amplified touchingly in Thiruthakka Thevar's Jeevaka Chinthamani. The wife who intentionally misunderstood the dying husband's sign, indicating the need to do charity with their hoarded wealth, is reported to have told the on-lookers, as if she were horrified, that her husband who was overly fond of 'pulivilangai' was asking for the forbidden fruit at the moment of death.