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Tiruvallam Bhaskaran Nair (born G. Bhaskaran Nair) is a 20th-centuryMalayalam poet known for his Malayalam translation of theancient Indian philosophical text ofTirukkural, among otherTamil,Sanskrit andEnglish works. Nair translated only the first of the three books of the Kural text, and the translation was made in prose. TheSankaracharya of Kanchi has felicitated him as 'Kavyavallabhan'.[1]
Bhaskaran Nair translated the first book (the book of Aram) of the Tirukkural into Malayalam and published it in 1962 atTrivandrum under the titleBhasha Tirukkural (Dharmakandam). It included the original Tamil verses and a Malayalam commentary on the couplets.[2]
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."
In his letter toK. Kamaraj, the then chief minister of theMadras State, dated 30 August 1959, Nair further stated,
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.[2]
