Lack of time is to be blamed for my inconsistent postings on kural. I just remembered some of the beauties of the way kurals are coined.

this one is about "Renunciation"

the first kural in this chapter is composed of seven words(characteristic), when read, the lips do not touch each other... symbolically giving the idea of "giving up" (upper lip gives up the contact with the lower lip and vice versa...) even the basic "contact" ...


Chapter 34 Thuravu

Kural 341.

Yaathenin yaathenin neengiyaan nohthal
Athanin athanin ilan.

meaning:
From whatever, aye, whatever, man gets free,
From what, aye, from that, no more of pain hath he!
Whatever thing, a man has renounced, by that thing; he cannot suffer pain.



secondly, by repeating the words "yaathenin yaathening" and "athanin athanin" he stresses it, as well as he means how insignificant these things are (saying like these are just damn nothing.)....


PS: btw, this chapter has been posted already. but, didn't write anything about this kural at that time.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/21/2005 12:57PM by prema1.