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Thirukkural 1

Chapter 1: கடவுள் வாழ்த்து (The Praise of God) · Virtue

Kural 1

அகர முதல எழுத்தெல்லாம் ஆதி
பகவன் முதற்றே உலகு.

Akara Mudhala Ezhuththellaam Aadhi
Pakavan Mudhatre Ulaku

A, as its first of letters, every speech maintains; The "Primal Deity" is first through all the world's domains

Meaning

As the letter A is the first of all letters, so the eternal God is first in the world.

Plain English meaning from the 19th-century prose translation by W. H. Drew and John Lazarus. The verse above is G. U. Pope's translation (1886).

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