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Thirukkural 1205

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Kural 1205

தம்நெஞ்சத்து எம்மைக் கடிகொண்டார் நாணார்கொல்
எம்நெஞ்சத்து ஓவா வரல்.

Thamnenjaththu Emmaik Katikontaar Naanaarkol
Emnenjaththu Ovaa Varal

Me from his heart he jealously excludes:Hath he no shame who ceaseless on my heart intrudes

Meaning

He who has imprisoned me in his soul, is he ashamed to enter incessantly into mine.

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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