Kural 1313Chapter 132: Feigned Anger

Thirukkural 1313 in English

Tamil original, transliteration, English translation, meaning, commentary, pronunciation, and chapter context.

Tamil original

கோட்டுப்பூச் சூடினும் காயும் ஒருத்தியைக்
காட்டிய சூடினீர் என்று.

Transliteration

Kottup Pooch Chootinum Kaayum
Oruththiyaik Kaattiya Sootineer Endru

Modern English

“When jealousy is strong, even an innocent flower can look like a message meant for someone else.”

Modern Interpretation

When jealousy is strong, even an innocent flower can look like a message meant for someone else. If a partner wears a new flower, the other may wonder whether it was chosen to impress another person.

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Modern Plain English

When jealousy is strong, even an innocent flower can look like a message meant for someone else.

Poetic Couplet (Bharati)

\"For which lady?\" she widely cries While I adorn myself with flowers

G.U. Pope Translation

I wreathed with flowers one day my brow, The angry tempest lowers;She cries, 'Pray, for what woman now Do you put on your flowers?'

Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)

Even if I were adorned with a garland of branch-flowers, she would say I did so to show it to another woman

Tamil commentary

ஒரு மாற்றம் கருதி, ஒருமுறை, மரத்திலே மலர்ந்த பூவை மாலையாக்கிச் சூடினேன். அதற்கு அவள், நீர் விரும்பும் எவளுக்கோ அடையாளம் காட்டிச் சூடினீர் என்று சினந்து நின்றாள்.

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