Abstaining from Flesh
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kollāṉ pulālai maṟuttāṉaik kaikūppi / yellā vuyirun toḻum
All living beings will join their hands in worship before the one who kills no life and has rejected flesh.
▸Other translations · Pope (1886) & Aiyar (1916)
“Who slays nought,- flesh rejects- his feet before / All living things with clasped hands adore.”
“Behold the man who killeth not and abstaineth from flesh-meat: all the world joineth hands to do him reverence.”
Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
கொல்லான் புலாலை மறுத்தானை= ஓர் உயிரையும் கொல்லாதவனுமாய்ப் புலாலையும் உண்ணாதவனை; எல்லா உயிரும் கை கூப்பித் தொழும்= எல்லா உயிரும் கை குவித்துத் தொழும்.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
Every living being will join its hands in reverence toward a person who kills no life and has rejected eating flesh.