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Thirukkural 76

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

Kural 76

அறத்திற்கே அன்புசார் பென்ப அறியார்
மறத்திற்கும் அஃதே துணை.

Araththirke Anpusaar Penpa Ariyaar
Maraththirkum Aqdhe Thunai

The unwise deem love virtue only can sustain, It also helps the man who evil would restrain

Meaning

The ignorant say that love is an ally to virtue only, but it is also a help to get out of vice.

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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