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Thirukkural 10

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

Kural 10

பிறவிப் பெருங்கடல் நீந்துவர் நீந்தார்
இறைவன் அடிசேரா தார்.

Piravip Perungatal Neendhuvar Neendhaar
Iraivan Atiseraa Thaar

They swim the sea of births, the 'Monarch's' foot who gain; None others reach the shore of being's mighty main

Meaning

None can swim the great sea of births but those who are united to the feet of God.

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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