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Kural No. 947 · Wealth (Porul) · Ch 95

Medicine

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Original Kural · ஓலைச்சுவடி
தீயள வன்றித் தெரியான் பெரிதுண்ணின்
நோயள வின்றிப் படும்.

Theeyala Vandrith Theriyaan Peridhunnin / Noyala Vindrip Patum

Classical English couplet — “Who largely feeds, nor measure of the fire within maintains,That thoughtless man shall feel unmeasured pains”

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Simple English Meaning

What it says in plain words

“He will be afflicted with numberless diseases, who eats immoderately, ignorant (of the rules of health)

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எளிய தமிழ் விளக்கம் · Simple Tamil Interpretation

The classical Tamil reading

பசித்தீயின் அளவின் படி அல்லாமல், அதை ஆராயாமல் மிகுதியாக உண்டால் , அதனால் நோய்கள் அளவில்லாமல் ஏற்ப்பட்டு விடும்.

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ஆழமான தமிழ் விளக்கம் · Deeper Tamil Commentary

An expanded Tamil interpretation

பசியின் அளவு அறியாமலும், ஆராயாமலும் அதிகம் உண்டால் நோய்களும் அளவின்றி வரும்

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