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Thirukkural 1282

Chapter 129: புணர்ச்சி விதும்பல் (Desire for Reunion) · Love

Kural 1282

தினைத்துணையும் ஊடாமை வேண்டும் பனைத்துணையும்
காமம் நிறைய வரின்.

Thinaiththunaiyum Ootaamai Ventum Panaith
Thunaiyum Kaamam Niraiya Varin

When as palmyra tall, fulness of perfect love we gain, Distrust can find no place small as the millet grain

Meaning

If women have a lust that exceeds even the measure of the palmyra fruit, they will not desire (to feign) dislike even as much as the millet.

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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