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Thirukkural 919

Chapter 92: வரைவின் மகளிர் (Wanton Women) · Wealth

Kural 919

வரைவிலா மாணிழையார் மென்தோள் புரையிலாப்
பூரியர்கள் ஆழும் அளறு.

Varaivilaa Maanizhaiyaar Mendhol Puraiyilaap
Pooriyarkal Aazhum Alaru

The wanton's tender arm, with gleaming jewels decked, Is hell, where sink degraded souls of men abject

Meaning

The delicate shoulders of prostitutes with excellent jewels are a hell into which are plunged the ignorant base.

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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