Barathiyar Manathil Uruthi Veendum

O Mind, be firm in your principles and Speech be pleasant and refined; Cherish noble thoughts; and may your cherished desires be attained; May your dreams come true and may you achieve your goals quickly; Seek Wealth, Happiness, and ame in this World! "#aken the eye of #isdom and pursue your goals #ith determination; $et Women attain liberation and let %od protect us all; $et the land be bountiful and let us ga&e upon heaven; $et 'ruth alone be (ictorious and lasting forever;

(Source: M.S.Ravisankar and Siddharthan Ramachandramurthi)

Mahakavi Subramaniya Bharathi was born on 11 December 1882 in ttiya!uram in "ami# $adu. %e died on 11 Se!tember 1&21. 'n a re#ative#y short #i(e s!an o( )& years* Bharathi #e(t an inde#ib#e mark as the !oet o( "ami# nationa#ism and 'ndian (reedom. +s a "ami# !oet he ranked with '#anko* "hiruva##uvar and ,amban. %is writin-s -ave new #i(e to the "ami# #an-ua-e . and to "ami# nationa# consciousness. %e invo#ved himse#( active#y in the 'ndian (reedom stru--#e. 't is sometimes said o( Bharathi that he was (irst an 'ndian and then a "ami#. Bharathi #ived durin- an event(u# !eriod o( 'ndian history. /andhi* "i#ak* +urobindo and 0.0.S.+iyar were his contem!oraries. %e invo#ved himse#( with !assion in the 'ndian (reedom stru--#e. "he !oster is by "ami# writer /nani. Bou-ht at 1hennai Book 2air. n-#ish 0ersion 2ear not my sou#. 2ear not 2ear not when the wor#d unites a-ainst 2ear not the derisive stares and the #ooks co#d 2ear not the va-rant3s #i(e* 4hen you3ve #ost everythin- you ho#d 2ear not my sou#. 2ear not 2ear not the seductress3s charms 2ear not the venom* nor the burnin- ton-ue 2ear not the enemy* takin- u! arms

2ear not my sou#. 2ear not. 4hen the wor#d around you comes crashin- down. Bharathi5s +chami##ai in "ami# and n-#ish version borrowed (rom Rava-es b#o- 6Se#ective +mnesia6 without !ermission. Rava-es* %o!e you don5t mind . / 0 B 22.7).2778 ' came across another version o( the trans#ation by 0i9ay in his b#o'3m not a(raid* not a(raid am '. ' have no such thin- as (ear. "hou-h the entire wor#d stands united a-ainst me* '3m not a(raid* not a(raid am '. ' have no such thin- as (ear. "hou-h '3m be#itt#ed and vi#i(ied* '3m not a(raid* not a(raid am '. ' have no such thin- as (ear. "hou-h '3m reduced to #ive by be--in- (or (ood* '3m not a(raid* not a(raid am '. ' have no such thin- as (ear. "hou-h '3ve #ost everythin- that ' yearned (or* '3m not a(raid* not a(raid am '. ' have no such thin- as (ear. ven thou-h busty maids #ook at me with scorn and disdain '3m not a(raid* not a(raid am '. ' have no such thin- as (ear. ven i( my own (riends try to !oison me* '3m not a(raid* not a(raid am '. ' have no such thin- as (ear. ven when con(ronted by an a--ressor3s uni(ormed armies* '3m not a(raid* not a(raid am '. ' have no such thin- as (ear. ven i( the sky (a##s on my head* '3m not a(raid* not a(raid am '. ' have no such thin- as (ear. ' am re!roducin- the same here