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Thirukkural 78

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

Kural 78

அன்பகத் தில்லா உயிர்வாழ்க்கை வன்பாற்கண்
வற்றல் மரந்தளிர்த் தற்று.

Anpakath Thillaa Uyirvaazhkkai Vanpaarkan
Vatral Marandhalirth Thatru

The loveless soul, the very joys of life may know, When flowers, in barren soil, on sapless trees, shall blow

Meaning

The domestic state of that man whose mind is without love is like the flourishing of a withered tree upon the parched desert.

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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