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Thirukkural 80

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

Kural 80

அன்பின் வழியது உயிர்நிலை அஃதிலார்க்கு
என்புதோல் போர்த்த உடம்பு.

Anpin Vazhiyadhu Uyirnilai Aqdhilaarkku
Enpudhol Porththa Utampu

Bodies of loveless men are bony framework clad with skin; Then is the body seat of life, when love resides within

Meaning

That body alone which is inspired with love contains a living soul: if void of it, (the body) is bone overlaid with skin.

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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