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Thirukkural 1120

Chapter 112: நலம் புனைந்து உரைத்தல் (The Praise of her Beauty) · Love

Kural 1120

அனிச்சமும் அன்னத்தின் தூவியும் மாதர்
அடிக்கு நெருஞ்சிப் பழம்.

Anichchamum Annaththin Thooviyum Maadhar
Atikku Nerunjip Pazham

The flower of the sensitive plant, and the down on the swan's white breast, As the thorn are harsh, by the delicate feet of this maiden pressed

Meaning

The anicham and the feathers of the swan are to the feet of females, like the fruit of the (thorny) Nerunji.

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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