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Thirukkural 64

Chapter 7: மக்கட்பேறு (The Wealth of Children) · Virtue

Kural 64

அமிழ்தினும் ஆற்ற இனிதேதம் மக்கள்
சிறுகை அளாவிய கூழ்.

Amizhdhinum Aatra Inidhedham Makkal
Sirukai Alaaviya Koozh

Than God's ambrosia sweeter far the food before men laid, In which the little hands of children of their own have play'd

Meaning

The rice in which the little hand of their children has dabbled will be far sweeter (to the parent) than ambrosia.

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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