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Chapter 132: புலவி நுணுக்கம்

On Love Married Love Chapter 132

Kural 1312

புலவி நுணுக்கம்

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திருக்குறள்

ஊடி இருந்தேமாத் தும்மினார் யாம்தம்மை நீடுவாழ் கென்பாக் கறிந்து.

Ooti Irundhemaath Thumminaar Yaamdhammai Neetuvaazh Kenpaak Karindhu

“He sneezed while we went on sulking Expecting me to say \"live long\"”

One day we silent sulked; he sneezed: The reason well I knew;He thought that I, to speak well pleased, Would say, 'Long life to you!'

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Kural #1312

A Sneeze and a Prayer

The story mirrors the Kural where the wife's feigned anger is instantly transformed into a wish for her husband's long life when he sneezes. When I continued to be sulky he sneezed and thought I would (then) wish him a long life

6–10 yr 1 min