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Thirukkural 420

Kural 420

செவியிற் சுவையுணரா வாயுணர்வின் மாக்கள்
அவியினும் வாழினும் என்?

Seviyir Suvaiyunaraa Vaayunarvin Maakkal
Aviyinum Vaazhinum En?

His mouth can taste, but ear no taste of joy can give!What matter if he die, or prosperous live

Meaning

What does it matter whether those men live or die, who can judge of tastes by the mouth, and not by the ear ?

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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