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Kural No. 27 · Virtue (Aram) · Ch 3

The Greatness of Ascetics

நீத்தார் பெருமை
Original Kural · ஓலைச்சுவடி
சுவைஒளி ஊறுஓசை நாற்றமென ஐந்தின்
வகைதெரிவான் கட்டே உலகு.

Suvaioli Ooruosai Naatramendru Aindhin / Vakaidherivaan Katte Ulaku

Classical English couplet — “Taste, light, touch, sound, and smell: who knows the wayOf all the five,- the world submissive owns his sway”

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Simple English Meaning

What it says in plain words

“The world is within the knowledge of him who knows the properties of taste, sight, touch, hearing and smell

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எளிய தமிழ் விளக்கம் · Simple Tamil Interpretation

The classical Tamil reading

சுவை, ஒளி, ஊறு, ஓசை, நாற்றம் என்று சொல்லப்படும் ஐந்தின் வகைகளையும் ஆராய்ந்து அறிய வல்லவனுடைய அறிவில் உள்ளது உலகம்.

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ஆழமான தமிழ் விளக்கம் · Deeper Tamil Commentary

An expanded Tamil interpretation

ஐம்புலன்களின் இயல்பை உணர்ந்து அவற்றை அடக்கியாளும் திறன் கொண்டவனையே உலகம் போற்றும்

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