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Thirukkural 1020

Kural 1020

நாண்அகத் தில்லார் இயக்கம் மரப்பாவை
நாணால் உயிர்மருட்டி அற்று.

Naanakath Thillaar Iyakkam Marappaavai
Naanaal Uyirmarutti Atru

'Tis as with strings a wooden puppet apes life's functions, whenThose void of shame within hold intercourse with men

Meaning

The actions of those who are without modesty at heart are like those of puppet moved by a string.

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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