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Thirukkural 1191

Chapter 120: தனிப்படர் மிகுதி (The Solitary Anguish) · Love

Kural 1191

தாம்வீழ்வார் தம்வீழப் பெற்றவர் பெற்றாரே
காமத்துக் காழில் கனி.

Thaamveezhvaar Thamveezhap Petravar Petraare
Kaamaththuk Kaazhil Kani

The bliss to be beloved by those they love who gains, Of love the stoneless, luscious fruit obtains

Meaning

The women who are beloved by those whom they love, have they have not got the stone-less fruit of sexual delight ?

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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