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Thirukkural 74

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

Kural 74

அன்புஈனும் ஆர்வம் உடைமை அதுஈனும்
நண்பு என்னும் நாடாச் சிறப்பு.

Anpu Eenum Aarvam Utaimai
Adhueenum Nanpu Ennum Naataach

From love fond yearning springs for union sweet of minds; And that the bond of rare excelling friendship binds

Meaning

Love begets desire: and that (desire) begets the immeasureable excellence of friendship.

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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