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Chapter 1: கடவுள் வாழ்த்து

On Virtue Prologue Chapter 1

Kural 9

கடவுள் வாழ்த்து

Position 9/10

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கோளில் பொறியின் குணமிலவே எண்குணத்தான் தாளை வணங்காத் தலை.

Kolil Poriyin Kunamilave Enkunaththaan Thaalai Vanangaath Thalai

“Like senses stale that head is vain Which bows not to Eight-Virtued Divine”

Before His foot, 'the Eight-fold Excellence,' with unbent head,Who stands, like palsied sense, is to all living functions dead

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Kural #9

Kannan and the Magic Mirror

The story illustrates that human intellect is useless if it lacks the humility to acknowledge the supreme divine power, just as a sense organ is useless without sensation. The head that worships not the feet of Him who is possessed of eight attributes, is as useless as a sense without the power of sensation

6–10 yr 1 min