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Thirukkural 8

Chapter 1: கடவுள் வாழ்த்து (The Praise of God) · Virtue

Kural 8

அறவாழி அந்தணன் தாள்சேர்ந்தார்க் கல்லால்
பிறவாழி நீந்தல் அரிது.

Aravaazhi Andhanan Thaalserndhaark Kallaal
Piravaazhi Neendhal Aridhu

Unless His feet 'the Sea of Good, the Fair and Bountiful,' men gain,'Tis hard the further bank of being's changeful sea to attain

Meaning

None can swim the sea of vice, but those who are united to the feet of that gracious Being who is a sea of virtue.

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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