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Kural No. 338 · Virtue (Aram) · Ch 34

Instability

நிலையாமை
Original Kural · ஓலைச்சுவடி
குடம்பை தனித்துஒழியப் புள்பறந் தற்றே
உடம்பொடு உயிரிடை நட்பு.

Kutampai Thaniththu Ozhiyap Pulparan / Thatre Utampotu Uyiritai Natpu

Classical English couplet — “Birds fly away, and leave the nest deserted bare;Such is the short-lived friendship soul and body share”

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Simple English Meaning

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“The love of the soul to the body is like (the love of) a bird to its egg which it flies away from and leaves empty”

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எளிய தமிழ் விளக்கம் · Simple Tamil Interpretation

The classical Tamil reading

உடம்போடு உயிர்க்கு உள்ள உறவு, தான் இருந்த கூடு தனியே இருக்க அதை விட்டு வேறிடத்திற்குப் பறவை பறந்தாற் போன்றது.

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ஆழமான தமிழ் விளக்கம் · Deeper Tamil Commentary

An expanded Tamil interpretation

உடலுக்கும் உயிருக்கும் உள்ள உறவு முட்டைக்கும் பறவைக் குஞ்சுக்கும் உண்டான உறவு போன்றதுதான்

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