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Thirukkural 1306

Kural 1306

துனியும் புலவியும் இல்லாயின் காமம்
கனியும் கருக்காயும் அற்று.

Thuniyum Pulaviyum Illaayin Kaamam
Kaniyum Karukkaayum Atru

Love without hatred is ripened fruit; Without some lesser strife, fruit immature

Meaning

Sexual pleasure, without prolonged and short-lived dislike, is like too ripe, and unripe fruit.

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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