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Chapter 2: வான்சிறப்பு

On Virtue Prologue Chapter 2

Kural 20

வான்சிறப்பு

Position 10/10

திருக்குறள்

நீர்இன்று அமையாது உலகெனின் யார்யார்க்கும் வான்இன்று அமையாது ஒழுக்கு.

Neerindru Amaiyaadhu Ulakenin Yaaryaarkkum Vaanindru Amaiyaadhu Ozhukku

“Water is life that comes from rain Sans rain our duties go in vain”

When water fails, functions of nature cease, you say;Thus when rain fails, no men can walk in 'duty's ordered way'

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Kural #20

The Gift from the Clouds

The story illustrates that human activities and life itself are fundamentally dependent on the cycle of rain, mirroring the Kural's wisdom. If it be said that the duties of life cannot be discharged by any person without water, so without rain there cannot be the flowing of water

8–14 yr 2 min