Kural 1320Chapter 132: Feigned Anger

Thirukkural 1320 in English

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

Tamil original

நினைத்திருந்து நோக்கினும் காயும் அனைத்துநீர்
யாருள்ளி நோக்கினீர் என்று.

Transliteration

Ninaiththirundhu Nokkinum Kaayum Anaiththuneer
Yaarulli Nokkineer Endru

Modern English

“When jealousy is active, even admiration can be misunderstood as comparison.”

Modern Interpretation

When jealousy is active, even admiration can be misunderstood as comparison. Gazing at a partner's beauty may still prompt the question, 'Whom are you thinking of when you look at me?'

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When jealousy is active, even admiration can be misunderstood as comparison.

Poetic Couplet (Bharati)

I think and gaze at her; she chides: \"On whom your thought just now abides?\"

G.U. Pope Translation

I silent sat, but thought the more, And gazed on her Then sheCried out, 'While thus you eye me o'er, Tell me whose form you see'

Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)

Even when I look on her contemplating (her beauty), she is displeased and says, "With whose thought have you (thus) looked on my person?"

Tamil commentary

என் பேச்சிலும், செயலிலும் அவள் கோபம் கொள்வதால், பேசாமல், அவள் உறுப்புகளின் அழகை எண்ணி அவற்றையே பார்த்திருப்பேன். அதற்கு எவள் உறுப்புப் போல் இருக்கிறதென்று என் மேனியைப் பார்க்கிறீர். என்று சொல்லிச் சினப்பாள்.

Chapter 132

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