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Chapter 117: படர்மெலிந்திரங்கல்

On Love Married Love Chapter 117

Kural 1163

படர்மெலிந்திரங்கல்

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திருக்குறள்

காமமும் நாணும் உயிர்காவாத் தூங்கும்என் நோனா உடம்பின் அகத்து.

Kaamamum Naanum Uyirkaavaath Thoongumen Nonaa Utampin Akaththu

“In life -poles of this wearied frame Are poised the weights of lust and shame”

My soul, like porter's pole, within my wearied frame,Sustains a two-fold burthen poised, of love and shame

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Kural #1163

The Balancing Act of the Heart

The story illustrates how desire and shame act as opposing forces that balance on the soul like a pole, as described in the Kural. (Both) lust and shame, with my soul for their shoulder pole balance themselves on a body that cannot bear them

6–10 yr 1 min