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In the history of world literature, Thirukkural, the magnum opus in Tamil, is one work of art that refuses to be tied down to any particular race, religion, land, or culture. There is not even a single reference, direct or indirect, to the Tamil language or the Tamil people or the Tamil country that for sure nurtured its author's genius and provided the milieu for such a work to be composed. It soars above diversities of nations, languages, religions, races, and cultures and speaks for the entirety of humankind. Thirukkural is indeed the miracle of a literary composition where every god, every human trait, every virtue, every emotion, every deed, and every relationship is universalized root and branch. It steers clear of identification with any particular doctrine, ideology, or philosophy. In essence, Thirukkural is much more than a humanistic document in a metrical garb. It is a masterpiece of world literature in which the poet, through his vast learning, and catholicity of temper, has identified things that are abiding and constant in the affairs of humanity and transmuted them into absorbing poetry. The present volume is a commendable translation of the book into English by Varahaneri Venkatesa Subramaniam Aiyar.