The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 27

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The Greatness of Ascetics · Virtue

சுவைஒளி ஊறுஓசை நாற்றமென்ற ஐந்தின் வகைதெரிவான் கட்டே உலகு.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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சுவைஒளி ஊறுஓசை நாற்றமென்ற ஐந்தின் வகைதெரிவான் கட்டே உலகு.

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Taste, light, touch, sound, and smell: who knows the way Of all the five,- the world submissive owns his sway.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain