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Thirukkural 573

Chapter 58: கண்ணோட்டம் (Benignity) · Wealth

Kural 573

பண்என்னாம் பாடற்கு இயைபின்றேல் கண்என்னாம்
கண்ணோட்டம் இல்லாத கண்.

Panennaam Paatarku Iyaipindrel Kanennaam
Kannottam Illaadha Kan

Where not accordant with the song, what use of sounding chordsWhat gain of eye that no benignant light affords

Meaning

Of what avail is a song if it be inconsistent with harmony ? what is the use of eyes which possess no kindliness.

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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