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Chapter 120: தனிப்படர் மிகுதி

On Love Married Love Chapter 120

Kural 1196

தனிப்படர் மிகுதி

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திருக்குறள்

ஒருதலையான் இன்னாது காமம்காப் போல இருதலை யானும் இனிது.

Orudhalaiyaan Innaadhu Kaamamkaap Pola Irudhalai Yaanum Inidhu

“One sided pains; love in both souls Poises well like shoulder poles”

Love on one side is bad; like balanced loadBy porter borne, love on both sides is good

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Kural #1196

The Balanced Heart

The story uses the metaphor of the balanced poles (like a Kaavadi) to show that affection must be mutual to avoid the pain of loneliness. Lust, like the weight of the KAVADI, pains if it lies in one end only but pleases if it is in both

8–14 yr 2 min