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Chapter 3: நீத்தார் பெருமை

On Virtue Prologue Chapter 3

Kural 23

நீத்தார் பெருமை

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திருக்குறள்

இருமை வகைதெரிந்து ஈண்டுஅறம் பூண்டார் பெருமை பிறங்கிற்று உலகு.

Irumai Vakaidherindhu Eentuaram Poontaar Perumai Pirangitru Ulaku

“No lustre can with theirs compare Who know the right and virtue wear”

Their greatness earth transcends, who, way of both worlds weighed,In this world take their stand, in virtue's robe arrayed

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Kural #23

The Light of True Peace

The story illustrates the Kural's teaching that those who understand the dual nature of life and embrace virtue shine brightly in the world. The greatness of those who have discovered the properties of both states of being, and renounced the world, shines forth on earth (beyond all others)

8–14 yr 2 min