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Thirukkural 12

Chapter 2: வான்சிறப்பு (The Blessing of Rain) · Virtue

Kural 12

துப்பார்க்குத் துப்பாய துப்பாக்கித் துப்பார்க்குத்
துப்பாய தூஉம் மழை.

Thuppaarkkuth Thuppaaya Thuppaakkith Thuppaarkkuth
Thuppaaya Thooum Mazhai

The rain makes pleasant food for eaters rise; As food itself, thirst-quenching draught supplies

Meaning

Rain produces good food, and is itself food.

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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