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Thirukkural 1196

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

Kural 1196

ஒருதலையான் இன்னாது காமம்காப் போல
இருதலை யானும் இனிது.

Orudhalaiyaan Innaadhu Kaamamkaap Pola
Irudhalai Yaanum Inidhu

Love on one side is bad; like balanced loadBy porter borne, love on both sides is good

Meaning

Lust, like the weight of the KAVADI, pains if it lies in one end only but pleases if it is in both.

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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