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Thirukkural 39

Chapter 4: அறன் வலியுறுத்தல் (Assertion of the Strength of Virtue) · Virtue

Kural 39

அறத்தான் வருவதே இன்பம் மற்றெல்லாம்
புறத்த புகழும் இல.

Araththaan Varuvadhe Inpam Mar
Rellaam Puraththa Pukazhum Ila

What from virtue floweth, yieldeth dear delight; All else extern, is void of glory's light

Meaning

Only that pleasure which flows from domestic virtue is pleasure; all else is not pleasure, and it is without praise.

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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