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Thirukkural 1299

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

Kural 1299

துன்பத்திற்கு யாரே துணையாவார் தாமுடைய
நெஞ்சந் துணையல் வழி.

Thunpaththirku Yaare Thunaiyaavaar Thaamutaiya
Nenjan Thunaiyal Vazhi

And who will aid me in my hour of grief, If my own heart comes not to my relief

Meaning

Who would help me out of one's distress, when one's own soul refuses help to one?

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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