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Thirukkural 629

Chapter 63: இடுக்கண் அழியாமை (Hopefulness in Trouble) · Wealth

Kural 629

இன்பத்துள் இன்பம் விழையாதான் துன்பத்துள்
துன்பம் உறுதல் இலன்.

Inpaththul Inpam Vizhaiyaadhaan Thunpaththul
Thunpam Urudhal Ilan

Mid joys he yields not heart to joys' controlMid sorrows, sorrow cannot touch his soul

Meaning

He does not suffer sorrow, in sorrow who does not look for pleasure in pleasure.

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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