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Thirukkural 4

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

Kural 4

வேண்டுதல் வேண்டாமை இலானடி சேர்ந்தார்க்கு
யாண்டும் இடும்பை இல.

Ventudhal Ventaamai Ilaanati Serndhaarkku
Yaantum Itumpai Ila

His foot, 'Whom want affects not, irks not grief,' who gainShall not, through every time, of any woes complain

Meaning

To those who meditate the feet of Him who is void of desire or aversion, evil shall never come.

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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