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Thirukkural 3

Chapter 1: கடவுள் வாழ்த்து (The Praise of God) · Virtue

Kural 3

மலர்மிசை ஏகினான் மாணடி சேர்ந்தார்
நிலமிசை நீடுவாழ் வார்.

Malarmisai Ekinaan Maanati Serndhaar
Nilamisai Neetuvaazh Vaar

His feet, 'Who o'er the full-blown flower hath past,' who gainIn bliss long time shall dwell above this earthly plain

Meaning

They who are united to the glorious feet of Him who passes swiftly over the flower of the mind, shall flourish long above all worlds.

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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