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Thirukkural 1293

Chapter 130: நெஞ்சொடு புலத்தல் (Expostulation with Oneself) · Love

Kural 1293

கெட்டார்க்கு நட்டார்இல் என்பதோ நெஞ்சேநீ
பெட்டாங்கு அவர்பின் செலல்.

Kettaarkku Nattaaril Enpadho Nenjenee
Pettaangu Avarpin Selal

'The ruined have no friends, 'they say; and so, my heart, To follow him, at thy desire, from me thou dost depart

Meaning

O my soul! do you follow him at pleasure under the belief that the ruined have no friends?

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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