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Thirukkural 531

Chapter 54: பொச்சாவாமை (Unforgetfulness) · Wealth

Kural 531

இறந்த வெகுளியின் தீதே சிறந்த
உவகை மகிழ்ச்சியிற் சோர்வு.

Irandha Vekuliyin Theedhe Sirandha
Uvakai Makizhchchiyir Sorvu

'Tis greater ill, it rapture of o'erweening gladness to the soulBring self-forgetfulness than if transcendent wrath control

Meaning

More evil than excessive anger, is forgetfulness which springs from the intoxication of great joy.

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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