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Thirukkural 941

Kural 941

மிகினும் குறையினும் நோய்செய்யும் நூலோர்
வளிமுதலா எண்ணிய மூன்று.

Mikinum Kuraiyinum Noiseyyum Noolor
Valimudhalaa Enniya Moondru

The learned books count three, with wind as first; of these, As any one prevail, or fail; 'twill cause disease

Meaning

If (food and work are either) excessive or deficient, the three things enumerated by (medical) writers, flatulence, biliousness, and phlegm, will cause (one) disease.

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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