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{{Translation sidebar}}As of 2015, there were at least three [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] translations available of the [[Tirukkural]].

==Background==
[[File:PM Modi releases the Gujarati translation of Thirukkural.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|left|Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi releasing a Gujarati translation of the Kural in 2015]]
The Kural remained unknown to the people of [[Gujarat]] during the medieval period as none has made any reference to the work in their writings. The Kural became more known to [[Gujarati people]] during the period of the [[Indian Independence movement]] after [[Mahatma Gandhi]] frequently made reference to the work in his speeches,<ref name="TK_SeminarPapers">{{cite book
| last = Sanjeevi (Ed.)
| first = N.
| author-link =
| title = First All India Tirukkural Seminar Papers
| publisher = University of Madras
| series =
| volume =
| edition = 2
| date = 1973
| location = Chennai
| pages = 13
| language =
| url =
| doi =
| id =
| isbn =
| mr =
| zbl =
| jfm = }}</ref> after he was introduced to it by [[Leo Tolstoy]].<ref name="tirukkuṛaḷ">{{cite web
| url = http://www.online-literature.com/tolstoy/2733/
| title = A Letter to A Hindu: The Subjection of India-Its Cause and Cure
| last = Tolstoy
| first = Leo
| date = 14 December 1908
| website = The Literature Network
| access-date = 12 February 2012
| quote = THE HINDU KURAL}}</ref><ref name="PearlsOfInsp_Rajaram">{{cite book| last = Rajaram| first = M.| title = Thirukkural: Pearls of Inspiration| publisher = Rupa Publications| date = 2009| location = New Delhi | isbn = 978-81-291-1467-9| pages = xviii–xxi}}</ref>

The first Gujarati translation of the Kural text was made by Najuklal Choksi in 1931 and was published by Sastu Sahitya Vardhak Karyalaya under the title ''Updeshsaraamgrahs''.<ref name="TK_SeminarPapers"/><ref name="Polilan2019">{{cite book |editor1= Polilan|editor2=K. Gunathogai|editor3=Lena Kumar|editor4=Tagadur Sampath|editor5=Mutthamizh|editor6=G. Picchai Vallinayagam|editor7=D. Anbunidhi|editor8=K. V. Neduncheraladhan|title=Tiruvalluvar 2050 |url= |year=2019 |edition=1|publisher=Periyar Enthusiasts Group |location=Chennai|page=682|access-date= |language=Tamil|isbn= }}</ref> The work was suggested by [[Akhandananda|Swami Akhandanand Sarwati]], the founder of Sastu Sahitya Vardhak Karyalaya.<ref name="TK_SeminarPapers"/> The second translation appeared in 1971 by [[Kantilal L. Kalani]], published by the University Grantha Nirman Board of [[Gujarat government]].<ref name="TK_SeminarPapers"/><ref name="Polilan2019"/> Kantilal, however, translated only 852 couplets, which included only select couplets (of four to ten) from every chapter yet covering all chapters of the Tirukkural. This was republished in 1985 by [[Sardar Patel University]], [[Vallabh Vidhyanagar]], [[Gujarat]].<ref name="OOCities_Gujarati">{{cite web
| url = http://www.oocities.org/nvkashraf/kur-trans/Guj-Int.htm
| title = Thirukkural in Gujarati
| last = Ashraf
| first = N. V. K.
| date = June 2005
| website = OOCities
| publisher =
| access-date = 22 April 2017
| quote = }}</ref>

In 2015, a complete translation by [[P. C. Kokila]] was released by Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]]. It was published by the [[Central Institute of Classical Tamil]], [[Chennai]].<ref name="Polilan2019"/><ref>{{cite news
| last =
| first =
| title = PM releases Gujarati translation of Thirukkural, on 'Thiruvalluvar Day'
| newspaper = Business Standard
| location = Delhi
| pages =
| language =
| publisher =
| date = 16 January 2015
| url = http://www.business-standard.com/article/government-press-release/pm-releases-gujarati-translation-of-thirukkural-on-thiruvalluvarday-115011601100_1.html
| access-date = 22 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
| last = Krishnamachari
| first = Suganthy
| title = Under the spell of the Kural
| newspaper = The Hindu
| location = Chennai
| pages =
| language =
| publisher = Kasturi & Sons
| date = 20 November 2014
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/tirukkural-translations/article6618091.ece
| access-date = 14 October 2017}}</ref>

==Translations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="text-align:center; width:25%;" rowspan="2"|Translation
!colspan="2"|Chapter 26, માંસાહાર-વર્જન
|-
!''Kural'' 254 (Couplet 26:4)
!''Kural'' 258 (Couplet 26:8)
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|''P. C. Kokila, 2015''||દયાભાવ છે કોઈ પણ જીવનો વધ ન કરવો;<br />દયાહીનતા છે જીવવધ અને માંસ ભક્ષણ અધર્મ છે. || નિર્ભ્રમ (તત્ત્વ) જ્ઞાની કરતો નથી મિક્ષણ માંસનું<br />(કારણ કે) તે છે જીવન-હનનથી છિન્ન થયેલ મૃત્ત શરીર.
|}

==See also==
{{Portal box|Tamils|India|Literature|Poetry}}
* [[Tirukkural translations]]
* [[List of Tirukkural translations by language]]

== References ==
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==Published Translations==
* P. C. Kokila (Trans.). (2015). ''Tirukkural in Gujarati''. Chennai: Central Institute of Classical Tamil. 405 pages. {{ISBN|938174419X}}, 978-93-81744-19-2

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[[Category:Tirukkural translations by language|Gujarati]]
[[Category:Translations into Gujarati]]

Tirukkural translations into Gujarati - Revision history

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