Never Sacrifice your Life for money: says Avvaiyar

பாடுபட்டுத் (Paadupattu)தேடிப்(Thedi) பணத்தைப்(Panaththai) புதைத்துவைத்துக்(PudaithuVaithu)
கேடுகெட்ட(Keduketta) மானிடரே(Maanidarey) கேளுங்கள்(Kelungal) - கூடுவிட்டிங்கு(Kooduvittingu)
ஆவிதான்(Aavithaan) போயினபின்(Poyinapin) யாரோ(Yaaro) அனுபவிப்பார்(Anubhavippaar)
பாவிகாள்(Paavigaal) அந்தப்(Andha) பணம்(Panam meaning 'money').                (பா-22)

You earn money after a lot of struggle. You earn it non-stop, till the end of your lives, no matter if you really need it or not. Avvaiyar just calls upon people like us to stop and re-think for a second, before continuing our non-stop rat-race.

Days pass by.. Years pass by.. Decades pass by.. so soon, like a flash of lightning. Why on earth, do you really need to earn so much, that you won't have enough time to spend your money for yourselves and your family. You never get time to spend that money in useful ways and get happiness out of it. You get older soon, while you struggle to earn more and more. Suddenly a realization dawns upon you.. You want to spend your money for your own happiness. But now, your desire won't help you much. You have lost your physical and mental health, in the process. 

You won't get happiness anymore, by spending your money at this stage of life. Your body has lost its youth and vigor that you would no longer have strength to get up from your own bed. Will money have any effect on you at this stage? Never.. All you need during your old age is: some comforting words and compassion shown towards you. Someone to hear you, someone to understand your struggle and pain, someone to comfort you - when you lose hope, someone to give you a reason to live and continue your journey on this earth!

Even if you have struggled so much during your youth, in earning so much of money - your children won't care much, when you fall sick and old. They will treat you like just another burden in their lives. You have given up all your precious possessions and money, to see them live a wonderful life, filled with happiness. They have at last kicked you out of your own house, for the fact that you would no longer be useful to them.

The below short film gives us a glimpse of our condition during old age.


Finally you die one day, leaving all your money and precious wealth behind.
You ran like a dog, struggled like a donkey, told lies against your conscience, cheated people to put them down, competed against everyone along the journey to participate in the never-ending rat race, gave out your 100%, all in vain at last..

You are gone..You have left this earth.. Your hard-earned wealth has never brought you any happiness till the end. Why don't you re-think and change your ways, when you still have days to live a happy life of your choice?

Author: Avvaiyar
Translation: Pastimespace