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Chapter 131: புலவி

On Love Married Love Chapter 131

Kural 1306

புலவி

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திருக்குறள்

துனியும் புலவியும் இல்லாயின் காமம் கனியும் கருக்காயும் அற்று.

Thuniyum Pulaviyum Illaayin Kaamam Kaniyum Karukkaayum Atru

“Love devoid of frowns and pets Misses its ripe and unripe fruits”

Love without hatred is ripened fruit;Without some lesser strife, fruit immature

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Kural #1306

The Sweetness of Making Up

The story illustrates that constant harmony without the ebb and flow of emotions (dislike and making up) makes love lose its flavor, much like a fruit that isn't perfectly ripe. Sexual pleasure, without prolonged and short-lived dislike, is like too ripe, and unripe fruit

8–14 yr 1 min