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'''Tiruvallam Bhaskaran Nair''' (born G. Bhaskaran Nair) is a 20th-century [[Malayalam]] poet known for his Malayalam translation of the [[Ancient Indian philosophy|ancient Indian philosophical]] text of [[Tirukkural]], among other [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Sanskrit]] and [[English language|English]] works. Nair translated only the first of the three books of the Kural text, and the translation was made in prose. The [[Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham|Sankaracharya of Kanchi]] has felicitated him as 'Kavyavallabhan'.<ref>{{cite web<br />
| url = http://sreyasfoundation.org/bhasha-thirukkural-thiruvallam/<br />
| date = n.d.<br />
| publisher = Sreyas Foundation <br />
| access-date = 26 November 2017<br />
}}</ref><br />
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==Translation of the Kural text==<br />
Bhaskaran Nair translated the first book (the book of Aram) of the Tirukkural into Malayalam and published it in 1962 at [[Trivandrum]] under the title ''Bhasha Tirukkural (Dharmakandam)''. It included the original Tamil verses and a Malayalam commentary on the couplets.<ref name="BhashaKural">{{cite book<br />
| last = Nair<br />
| first = Tiruvallam Bhaskaran <br />
| title = Bhasha Tirukkural (Dharmakandam)<br />
| publisher = Arul Nilayam <br />
| series = 2<br />
| edition = 1<br />
| date = 1962 <br />
| location = Trivandrum<br />
| pages = [https://archive.org/details/BhashaThirukkural/page/n83 66]–67<br />
| language = ml<br />
| url = https://archive.org/details/BhashaThirukkural<br />
}}</ref><br />
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==Quotations==<br />
According to Bhaskaran Nair, "Thirukkural begins where Bhagawat Gita exited," and "Tirukkural is not a matter for discussion or discourses as it remains to dismiss discussion and discourses."<br />
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In his letter to [[K. Kamaraj]], the then chief minister of the [[Madras State]], dated 30 August 1959, Nair further stated,<br />
{{cquote|When I started making a deep and detailed study of Tirukkural I was really startled to herald a new World in it—a world that I have never had seen. As unable to bear or withstand its powerful light that struck against me I closed the book as one closes his eyes against the powerful Sun. I pondered over this, days and nights, with mixed feelings. Opening the book again I, from a distance, examined a few further lines. Spiritualism involved in the extremity of science is found anywhere in the book as the sun found reflected anywhere in the ocean or a clear body of water.<ref name="BhashaKural"/>}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Tirukkural translations]]<br />
* [[Tirukkural translations into Malayalam]]<br />
* [[List of translators]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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