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Chapter 3: நீத்தார் பெருமை

On Virtue Prologue Chapter 3

Kural 27

நீத்தார் பெருமை

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திருக்குறள்

சுவைஒளி ஊறுஓசை நாற்றமென ஐந்தின் வகைதெரிவான் கட்டே உலகு.

Suvaioli Ooruosai Naatramendru Aindhin Vakaidherivaan Katte Ulaku

“They gain the world, who grasp and tell Of taste, sight, hearing, touch and smell”

Taste, light, touch, sound, and smell: who knows the wayOf all the five,- the world submissive owns his sway

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Kural #27

The Windows to the World

The story illustrates that knowing the world requires a profound understanding of the five senses, as stated in the Kural. The world is within the knowledge of him who knows the properties of taste, sight, touch, hearing and smell

8–14 yr 2 min