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Thirukkural 1132

Chapter 114: நாணுத் துறவுரைத்தல் (The Abandonment of Reserve) · Love

Kural 1132

நோனா உடம்பும் உயிரும் மடலேறும்
நாணினை நீக்கி நிறுத்து.

Nonaa Utampum Uyirum Matalerum
Naaninai Neekki Niruththu

My body and my soul, that can no more endure, Will lay reserve aside, and mount the 'horse of palm'

Meaning

Having got rid of shame, the suffering body and soul save themselves on the palmyra horse.

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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