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Chapter 36: மெய்யுணர்தல்

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 36

Kural 351

மெய்யுணர்தல்

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திருக்குறள்

பொருளல்ல வற்றைப் பொருளென்று உணரும் மருளானாம் மாணாப் பிறப்பு.

Porulalla Vatraip Porulendru Unarum Marulaanaam Maanaap Pirappu

“That error entails ignoble birth Which deems vain things as things of worth”

Of things devoid of truth as real things men deem;-Cause of degraded birth the fond delusive dream

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Kural #351

The Shimmering Illusion

The story illustrates how being deceived by appearances leads to a loss of wisdom, mirroring the Kural's warning about confusing the unreal with the real. Inglorious births are produced by the confusion (of mind) which considers those things to be real which are not real

8–14 yr 2 min