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Chapter 34: நிலையாமை

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 34

Kural 334

நிலையாமை

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திருக்குறள்

நாளென ஒன்றுபோற் காட்டி உயிர்ஈரும் வாளது உணர்வார்ப் பெறின்.

Naalena Ondrupor Kaatti Uyir Eerum Vaaladhu Unarvaarp Perin

“The showy day is but a saw Your life, know that, to file and gnaw”

As 'day' it vaunts itself; well understood, 'tis knife',That daily cuts away a portion from thy life

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Kural #334

The Secret of the Sandglass

The story illustrates how time, which seems ordinary to the ignorant, acts as a tool that cuts through life's opportunities. Time, which shows itself (to the ignorant) as if it were something (real) is in the estimation of the wise (only) a saw which cuts down life

8–14 yr 2 min