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Chapter 8: அன்புடைமை

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 8

Kural 78

அன்புடைமை

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திருக்குறள்

அன்பகத் தில்லா உயிர்வாழ்க்கை வன்பாற்கண் வற்றல் மரந்தளிர்த் தற்று.

Anpakath Thillaa Uyirvaazhkkai Vanpaarkan Vatral Marandhalirth Thatru

“Life bereft of love is gloom Can sapless tree in desert bloom?”

The loveless soul, the very joys of life may know,When flowers, in barren soil, on sapless trees, shall blow

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Kural #78

The Garden Without a Scent

The story illustrates that material wealth and a beautiful home are meaningless without the warmth of love, mirroring the Kural's metaphor. The domestic state of that man whose mind is without love is like the flourishing of a withered tree upon the parched desert

8–14 yr 1 min