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Chapter 3: நீத்தார் பெருமை

On Virtue Prologue Chapter 3

Kural 25

நீத்தார் பெருமை

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திருக்குறள்

ஐந்தவித்தான் ஆற்றல் அகல்விசும்பு ளார்கோமான் இந்திரனே சாலுங் கரி.

Aindhaviththaan Aatral Akalvisumpu Laarkomaan Indhirane Saalung Kari

“Indra himself has cause to say How great the power ascetics' sway”

Their might who have destroyed 'the five', shall soothly tellIndra, the lord of those in heaven's wide realms that dwell

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Kural #25

Arjun and the Power Within

The story illustrates that self-control over the five senses is a greater power than physical or material strength, reflecting Kural 25. Indra, the king of the inhabitants of the spacious heaven, is himself, a sufficient proof of the strength of him who has subdued his five senses

8–14 yr 2 min