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Thirukkural 79

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

Kural 79

புறத்துறுப் பெல்லாம் எவன்செய்யும் யாக்கை
அகத்துறுப்பு அன்பி லவர்க்கு.

Puraththurup Pellaam Evanseyyum Yaakkai
Akaththuruppu Anpi Lavarkku

Though every outward part complete, the body's fitly framed; What good, when soul within, of love devoid, lies halt and maimed

Meaning

Of what avail are all the external members (of the body) to those who are destitute of love, the internal member.

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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