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Thirukkural 334

Chapter 34: நிலையாமை (Instability) · Virtue

Kural 334

நாளென ஒன்றுபோற் காட்டி உயிர்ஈரும்
வாளது உணர்வார்ப் பெறின்.

Naalena Ondrupor Kaatti Uyir
Eerum Vaaladhu Unarvaarp Perin

As 'day' it vaunts itself; well understood, 'tis knife', That daily cuts away a portion from thy life

Meaning

Time, which shows itself (to the ignorant) as if it were something (real) is in the estimation of the wise (only) a saw which cuts down life.

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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