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Thirukkural 1279

Chapter 128: குறிப்பறிவுறுத்தல் (The Reading of the Signs) · Love

Kural 1279

தொடிநோக்கி மென்தோளும் நோக்கி அடிநோக்கி
அஃதாண் டவள்செய் தது.

Thotinokki Mendholum Nokki Atinokki
Aqdhaan Tavalsey Thadhu

She viewed her tender arms, she viewed the armlets from them slid; She viewed her feet: all this the lady did

Meaning

She looked at her bracelets, her tender shoulders, and her feet; this was what she did there (significantly).

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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