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Chapter 27: தவம்

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 27

Kural 269

தவம்

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திருக்குறள்

கூற்றம் குதித்தலும் கைகூடும் நோற்றலின் ஆற்றல் தலைப்பட் டவர்க்குல்.

Kootram Kudhiththalum Kaikootum Notralin Aatral Thalaippat Tavarkkul

“They can even defy death Who get by penance godly strenth”

E'en over death the victory he may gain,If power by penance won his soul obtain

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Kural #269

The Strength Within

The story illustrates how the power of spiritual and mental discipline allows a person to transcend even the fear of death and extreme danger. Those who have attained the power which religious discipline confers, will be able also to pass the limit of Yama, (the God of death)

8–14 yr 1 min