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Thirukkural 575

Chapter 58: கண்ணோட்டம் (Benignity) · Wealth

Kural 575

கண்ணிற்கு அணிகலம் கண்ணோட்டம் அஃதின்றேல்
புண்ணென்று உணரப் படும்

Kannirku Anikalam Kannottam Aqdhindrel
Punnendru Unarap Patum

Benignity is eyes' adorning grace; Without it eyes are wounds disfiguring face

Meaning

Kind looks are the ornaments of the eyes; without these they will be considered (by the wise) to be merely two sores.

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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