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Thirukkural 1071

Kural 1071

மக்களே போல்வர் கயவர் அவரன்ன
ஒப்பாரி யாங்கண்ட தில்.

Makkale Polvar Kayavar Avaranna
Oppaari Yaanganta Thil

The base resemble men in outward form, I ween; But counterpart exact to them I've never seen

Meaning

The base resemble men perfectly (as regards form); and we have not seen such (exact) resemblance (among any other species).

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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