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Chapter 8: அன்புடைமை

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 8

Kural 80

அன்புடைமை

Position 10/10

திருக்குறள்

அன்பின் வழியது உயிர்நிலை அஃதிலார்க்கு என்புதோல் போர்த்த உடம்பு.

Anpin Vazhiyadhu Uyirnilai Aqdhilaarkku Enpudhol Porththa Utampu

“The seat of life is love alone; Or beings are but skin and bone!”

Bodies of loveless men are bony framework clad with skin;Then is the body seat of life, when love resides within

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Kural #80

The Heart that Breathes

The story illustrates that true life comes from love, whereas a person without it is merely a physical existence. That body alone which is inspired with love contains a living soul: if void of it, (the body) is bone overlaid with skin

6–10 yr 1 min