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Thirukkural 948

Kural 948

நோய்நாடி நோய்முதல் நாடி அதுதணிக்கும்
வாய்நாடி வாய்ப்பச் செயல்.

Noinaati Noimudhal Naati Adhudhanikkum
Vaainaati Vaaippach Cheyal

Disease, its cause, what may abate the ill:Let leech examine these, then use his skill

Meaning

Let the physician enquire into the (nature of the) disease, its cause and its method of cure and treat it faithfully according to (medical rule).

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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