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Thirukkural 73

Chapter 8: அன்புடைமை (The Possession of Love) · Virtue

Kural 73

அன்போடு இயைந்த வழக்கென்ப ஆருயிர்க்கு
என்போடு இயைந்த தொடர்பு.

Anpotu Iyaindha Vazhakkenpa Aaruyirkku
Enpotu Iyaindha Thotarpu

Of precious soul with body's flesh and bone, The union yields one fruit, the life of love alone

Meaning

They say that the union of soul and body in man is the fruit of the union of love and virtue (in a former birth).

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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