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Thirukkural 1137

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

Kural 1137

கடலன்ன காமம் உழந்தும் மடலேறாப்
பெண்ணின் பெருந்தக்க தில்.

Katalanna Kaamam Uzhandhum Mataleraap
Pennin Perundhakka Thil

There's nought of greater worth than woman's long-enduring soul, Who, vexed by love like ocean waves, climbs not the 'horse of palm'

Meaning

There is nothing so noble as the womanly nature that would not ride the palmyra horse, though plunged a sea of lust.

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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