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Thirukkural 11

Chapter 2: வான்சிறப்பு (The Blessing of Rain) · Virtue

Kural 11

வான்நின்று உலகம் வழங்கி வருதலால்
தான்அமிழ்தம் என்றுணரற் பாற்று.

Vaannindru Ulakam Vazhangi Varudhalaal
Thaanamizhdham Endrunarar Paatru

The world its course maintains through life that rain unfailing gives; Thus rain is known the true ambrosial food of all that lives

Meaning

By the continuance of rain the world is preserved in existence; it is therefore worthy to be called ambrosia.

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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