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Thirukkural 1298

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

Kural 1298

எள்ளின் இளிவாம்என்று எண்ணி அவர்திறம்
உள்ளும் உயிர்க்காதல் நெஞ்சு.

Ellin Ilivaamendru Enni Avardhiram
Ullum Uyirkkaadhal Nenju

If I contemn him, then disgrace awaits me evermore; My soul that seeks to live his virtues numbers o'er

Meaning

My soul which clings to life thinks only of his (own) gain in the belief that it would be disgraceful for it to despise him.

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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