Thirukkural 1103 in English
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Tamil original
தாம்வீழ்வார் மென்றோள் துயிலின் இனிதுகொல்
தாமரைக் கண்ணான் உலகு.
Transliteration
Thaamveezhvaar Mendrol Thuyilin Inidhukol
Thaamaraik Kannaan Ulaku
Modern English
“For someone deeply in love, resting beside a beloved can feel sweeter than any imagined heaven.”
Modern Interpretation
For someone deeply in love, resting beside a beloved can feel sweeter than any imagined heaven. After a long day, falling asleep peacefully next to the person you cherish may feel like the best place in the world.
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Modern Plain English
For someone deeply in love, resting beside a beloved can feel sweeter than any imagined heaven.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Is lotus-eyed lord's heaven so sweet As sleep in lover's arms so soft?
G.U. Pope Translation
Than rest in her soft arms to whom the soul is giv'n,Is any sweeter joy in his, the Lotus-eyed-one's heaven
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
Can the lotus-eyed Vishnu's heaven be indeed as sweet to those who delight to sleep in the delicate arms of their beloved ?
Tamil commentary
தாம் விரும்பும் மனைவியின் மெல்லிய தோளைத் தழுவித் தூங்கும் உறக்கத்தைவிடத் தாமரைக் கண்ணனாகிய திருமாலின் உலகம் இனிமை ஆனதோ?
Chapter 111
More from Rejoicing in the Embrace
புணர்ச்சி மகிழ்தல்
In this bangled beauty dwell The joys of sight sound touch taste smell
Kural 1102The cure for ailment is somewhere For fair maid's ill she is the cure
Kural 1103Is lotus-eyed lord's heaven so sweet As sleep in lover's arms so soft?
Kural 1104Away it burns and cools anear Wherefrom did she get this fire?
Kural 1105The arms of my flower-tressed maid Whatever I wish that that accord
Kural 1106My simple maid has nectar arms Each embrace brings life-thrilling charms
Kural 1107Ah the embrace of this fair dame Is like sharing one's food at home
Kural 1108Joy is the fast embrace that doth Not admit e'en air between both
Kural 1109Sulking, feeling and clasping fast These three are sweets of lover's tryst
Kural 1110As knowledge reveals past ignorance So is the belle as love gets close