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Chapter 34: நிலையாமை

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 34

Kural 339

நிலையாமை

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திருக்குறள்

உறங்கு வதுபோலுஞ் சாக்காடு உறங்கி விழிப்பது போலும் பிறப்பு.

Urangu Vadhupolunj Chaakkaatu Urangi Vizhippadhu Polum Pirappu

“Death is like a slumber deep And birth like waking from that sleep”

Death is sinking into slumbers deep;Birth again is waking out of sleep

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Kural #339

The Dream and the Awakening

The story illustrates the Kural's wisdom that death is a state of sleep and birth is the act of waking up. Death is like sleep; birth is like awaking from it

8–14 yr 2 min