ThirukkuRaL Tamil English Version New Creation

PART I. VIRTUE
Introduction
The Excellence of Rain The Praise of God
The Excellence of Rain
The Greatness of Ascetics

Assertion of the Strength of Virtue


A, as its first of letters, every speech maintains;
The "Primal Deity" is first through all the world's domains.
As the letter A is the first of all letters, so the eternal God is first in the world.






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A 'feigned aversion' coy to pleasure gives a zest;
The pleasure's crowned when breast is clasped to breast.
Dislike adds delight to love; and a hearty embrace (thereafter) will add delight to dislike.