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Chapter 13: அடக்கமுடைமை

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 13

Kural 126

அடக்கமுடைமை

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திருக்குறள்

ஒருமையுள் ஆமைபோல் ஐந்தடக்கல் ஆற்றின் எழுமையும் ஏமாப் புடைத்து.

Orumaiyul Aamaipol Aindhatakkal Aatrin Ezhumaiyum Emaap Putaiththu

“Who senses five like tortoise hold Their joy prolongs to births sevenfold”

Like tortoise, who the five restrainsIn one, through seven world bliss obtains

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Kural #126

The Lesson of the Tortoise

The story illustrates how controlling one's senses, much like a tortoise retracting into its shell, provides lasting protection and strength. Should one throughout a single birth, like a tortoise keep in his five senses, the fruit of it will prove a safe-guard to him throughout the seven-fold births.

8–14 yr 2 min