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Thirukkural 7

Chapter 1: கடவுள் வாழ்த்து (The Praise of God) · Virtue

Kural 7

தனக்குவமை இல்லாதான் தாள்சேர்ந்தார்க் கல்லால்
மனக்கவலை மாற்றல் அரிது.

Thanakkuvamai Illaadhaan Thaalserndhaark Kallaal
Manakkavalai Maatral Aridhu

Unless His foot, 'to Whom none can compare,' men gain,'Tis hard for mind to find relief from anxious pain

Meaning

Anxiety of mind cannot be removed, except from those who are united to the feet of Him who is incomparable.

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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