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Chapter 117: படர்மெலிந்திரங்கல்

On Love Married Love Chapter 117

Kural 1167

படர்மெலிந்திரங்கல்

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திருக்குறள்

காமக் கடும்புனல் நீந்திக் கரைகாணேன் யாமத்தும் யானே உளேன்.

Kaamak Katumpunal Neendhik Karaikaanen Yaamaththum Yaane Ulen

“Wild waves of love I swim shoreless Pining alone in midnight hush”

I swim the cruel tide of love, and can no shore descry,In watches of the night, too, 'mid the waters, only I

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Kural #1167

The Strength Within

The story illustrates the Kural's metaphor of the 'terrible flood of lust/desire' and the importance of maintaining one's selfhood even amidst intense emotional storms. I have swam across the terrible flood of lust, but have not seen its shore; even at midnight I am alone; still I live

8–14 yr 2 min