Kural 1128Chapter 113: Declaration of Love"s special Excellence

Thirukkural 1128 in English

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Tamil original

நெஞ்சத்தார் காத லவராக வெய்துண்டல்
அஞ்சுதும் வேபாக் கறிந்து.

Transliteration

Nenjaththaar Kaadha Lavaraaka Veydhuntal
Anjudhum Vepaak Karindhu

Modern English

“The lover is imagined as living inside the speaker's heart, so hot food seems capable of hurting him too.”

Modern Interpretation

The lover is imagined as living inside the speaker's heart, so hot food seems capable of hurting him too. This humorous exaggeration expresses a closeness in which one person feels the other's pain as their own.

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Modern Plain English

The lover is imagined as living inside the speaker's heart, so hot food seems capable of hurting him too.

Poetic Couplet (Bharati)

My lover abides in my heart I fear hot food lest he feels hot

G.U. Pope Translation

Within my heart my lover dwells; from food I turnThat smacks of heat, lest he should feel it burn

Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)

As my lover is in my heart, I am afraid of eating (anything) hot, for I know it would pain him

Tamil commentary

என்னவர் என் நெஞ்சிலேயே வாழ்வதால் சூடாக உண்டால் அது அவரைச் சுட்டுவிடும் என்று எண்ணி உண்ணப் பயப்படுகிறேன்.

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