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Thirukkural 971

Kural 971

ஒளிஒருவற்கு உள்ள வெறுக்கை இளிஒருவற்கு
அஃதிறந்து வாழ்தும் எனல்.

Olioruvarku Ulla Verukkai Ilioruvarku
Aqdhirandhu Vaazhdhum Enal

The light of life is mental energy; disgrace is hisWho says, 'I 'ill lead a happy life devoid of this.'

Meaning

One's light is the abundance of one's courage; one's darkness is the desire to live destitute of such (a state of mind.)

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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