Kaniyan Poongundranar's Yathum oore poem means natural law will take its course just like a wood log takes its course when left in a river. Watch when PM Modi recited Tamil poet Poongundranar quote The words when translated means, ''we have a sense of belonging to every place and everyone is our own.' His famous Tamil quote 'Yaadhum Oore Yaavarum Kelir' is at present depicted in the United Nations Organisation. He composed two poems in Puṟanāṉūṟu and Natrinai. He was born and brought up in Mahibalanpatti, a village panchayat in the Thiruppatur taluk of Sivaganga district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Kaniyan Poongunranar, also known as Pungundranar was an influential Tamil philosopher who lived in the Sangam age.

But do you know who is Kaniyan Pungundranar? This sense of belonging beyond borders, is unique to India,' PM Modi said in his UNGA speech. '3000 years ago, a great poet of India, Kaniyan Pungundranar wrote in Tamil the most ancient language of the world 'Yaadhum Oore Yaavarum Kelirwhich means 'We belong to all places, and to everyone'. The quote when translated in English means 'we have a sense of belonging to every place and everyone is our own'. He said: Ovvoru iṭattaiyum cērntavarkaḷ eṉṟa uṇarvu eṅkaḷukku irukkiṟatu, ellōrum nam'muṭaiyavarkaḷ In his 16 minutes 50 seconds speech at the UNGA, PM Narendra Modi invoked Tamil Poet Kaniyan Pungundranar.

Yaathum oore yaavarum kelir meaning