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Chapter 129: புணர்ச்சி விதும்பல்

On Love Married Love Chapter 129

Kural 1281

புணர்ச்சி விதும்பல்

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திருக்குறள்

உள்ளக் களித்தலும் காண மகிழ்தலும் கள்ளுக்கில் காமத்திற் குண்டு.

Ullak Kaliththalum Kaana Makizhdhalum Kallukkil Kaamaththir Kuntu

“Rapture at thought and joy when seen Belong to love and not to wine”

Gladness at the thought, rejoicing at the sight,Not palm-tree wine, but love, yields such delight

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Kural #1281

The Joy of the Heart

The story illustrates the Kural's essence that the mental pleasure derived from thinking of a loved one and the visual joy of seeing them is a profound form of intimacy. To please by thought and cheer by sight is peculiar, not to liquor but lust

8–14 yr 2 min