2.0 Importance of Rain

 

2.0 Importance of Rain

Question:

What is the importance of rain?

Answer:

As the failing rain sustains the world, it is like the elixir of immortality.        (kural – 11)

 

Even the vast ocean on this earth will condense if there is no rain.                (kural – 17)

 

Life cannot exist without water in this world. Similarly, virtue cannot exist without rain.

  (kural – 20)

வான்நின்று உலகம் வழங்கி வருதலால்

தான்அமிழ்தம் என்றுணரற் பாற்று.                                                        (குறள் -11)

 

நெடுங்கடலும் தன்நீர்மை குன்றும் தடிந்தெழிலி

தான்நல்கா தாகி விடின்.                                                                        (குறள் – 17)

 

நீர்இன்று அமையாது உலகெனின் யார்யார்க்கும்

வான்இன்று அமையாது ஒழுக்கு.                                                           (குறள் – 20)

Explanation:

If there is no rain for an extended period, the farmers cannot carry out agriculture. Food production will be severely affected, and there will be widespread famine. Water is needed to grow the farm products and is also vital for people and animals to survive. We need water for drinking, washing, bathing, etc. So, the absence of rain will lead to starvation, poor sanitation, ill health, and death. If there is a normal amount of rain, these catastrophes can be avoided.

It is believed that people who consume the elixir of immortality will avoid death. Since rain provides water and water helps people to be alive, it is compared to the elixir of immortality. 

            

If there is no rain, then the water in the oceans will become more saturated with salt, which will be hazardous to the sea animals. The absence of rain will result in poverty and leading to the disruption of law and order in society.