Poison

[N. Ganesan]

On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 3:45 AM Raji Iyer <kava...@gmail.com> wrote:

Ah.. could be.. not heard of this one( thanks for the link!)  but there are other types of fly poisons.. the ones that have alkaloids, release neurotoxins ( native to parks in Virginia I think) don’t remember the exact botanical name..then there are others. Poison can also refer to disease I guess that can cause bacterial infection, dysentery etc.. then there is the well known tsetse fly causing sleeping sickness ; even fruit flies known to cause food poisoning and allergic reactions..many others - any such insect that likely releases toxins I suppose. 

These are in foreign lands. But in India, these are abundant:

https://www.si.edu/stories/killer-insect-profile-assassin-fly

Common housefly does not have poison. Hence, my note.

NG

நீதிவெண்பா:

https://www.chennailibrary.com/moral/neethivenba.html

தஞ்சை சரசுவதி மகால் வெளியீடு, ஆய்வுப் பதிப்பு
https://archive.org/details/dli.jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZM7jZly.TVA_BOK_0008430/mode/2up

 

On Sunday, March 12, 2023, N. Ganesan <naa.g...@gmail.com> wrote:

Is this the "ஈ” in this verse?

https://www.si.edu/stories/killer-insect-profile-assassin-fly

On Sat, Mar 11, 2023 at 12:01 AM Raji Iyer <kava...@gmail.com> wrote:

Translation of a verse from nIthi veNbA:

ஈக்கு விடம்தலையில் எய்துமிருந் தேளுக்கு
வாய்த்த விடம் கொடுக்கில் வாழுமே-நோக்கரிய
பைங்கணர வுக்குவிடம் பல்லளவே துர்ச்சனருக்
கங்கமுழு தும்விடமே யாம்.

The fly has poison in his head,
The scorpion in his sting, instead;
In case of the serpent we observe
Its fangs, the poison do preserve;
While in the wicked and evil mind,
Poison all over their being we find

 

Thus worse indeed are the evil and sly,
More than the scorpion, serpent and fly
For unless the latter you hurt or alarm

They will not cause you any harm.

-Raji( ராஜி)

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