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Thirukkural 394

Kural 394

உவப்பத் தலைக்கூடி உள்ளப் பிரிதல்
அனைத்தே புலவர் தொழில்.

Uvappath Thalaikkooti Ullap Piridhal
Anaiththe Pulavar Thozhil

You meet with joy, with pleasant thought you part; Such is the learned scholar's wonderous art

Meaning

It is the part of the learned to give joy to those whom they meet, and on leaving, to make them think (Oh! when shall we meet them again.)

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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