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Chapter 8: அன்புடைமை

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 8

Kural 77

அன்புடைமை

Position 7/10

திருக்குறள்

என்பி லதனை வெயில்போலக் காயுமே அன்பி லதனை அறம்.

Enpi Ladhanai Veyilpolak Kaayume Anpi Ladhanai Aram

“Justice burns the loveless form Like solar blaze the boneless worm”

As sun's fierce ray dries up the boneless things,So loveless beings virtue's power to nothing brings

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Kural #77

The Boy and the Sun-Dried Worm

The story illustrates that performing duties without compassion is as destructive to one's spirit as the sun is to a bone-less creature. Virtue will burn up the soul which is without love, even as the sun burns up the creature which is without bone, ie worms

8–14 yr 2 min