Thursday, June 2, 2016

Thirukkural Chapter 120 - The Solitary Anguish


Couplet 1191 
The bliss to be beloved by those they love who gains,
Of love the stoneless, luscious fruit obtains
Explanation
The women who are beloved by those whom they love, have they have not got the stone-less fruit of sexual delight ?

Couplet 1192 
As heaven on living men showers blessings from above,
Is tender grace by lovers shown to those they love
Explanation
The bestowal of love by the beloved on those who love them is like the rain raining (at the proper season) on those who live by it

Couplet 1193 
Who love and are beloved to them alone
Belongs the boast, 'We've made life's very joys our own.'
Explanation
The pride that says "we shall live" suits only those who are loved by their beloved (husbands)

Couplet 1194 
Those well-beloved will luckless prove,
Unless beloved by those they love
Explanation
Even those who are esteemed (by other women) are devoid of excellence, if they are not loved by their beloved

Couplet 1195 
From him I love to me what gain can be,
Unless, as I love him, he loveth me
Explanation
He who is beloved by me, what will he do to me, if I am not beloved by him ?

Couplet 1196 
Love on one side is bad; like balanced load
By porter borne, love on both sides is good
Explanation
Lust, like the weight of the KAVADI, pains if it lies in one end only but pleases if it is in both

Couplet 1197 
While Kaman rushes straight at me alone,
Is all my pain and wasting grief unknown
Explanation
Would not cupid who abides and contends in one party (only) witness the pain and sorrow (in that party)?

Couplet 1198 
Who hear from lover's lips no pleasant word from day to day,
Yet in the world live out their life,- no braver souls than they
Explanation
There is no one in the world so hard-hearted as those who can live without receiving (even) a kind word from their beloved

Couplet 1199 
Though he my heart desires no grace accords to me,
Yet every accent of his voice is melody
Explanation
145 Though my beloved bestows no love on one, still are his words sweet to my ears

Couplet 1200 
Tell him thy pain that loves not thee?
Farewell, my soul, fill up the sea
Explanation
Live, O my soul, would you who relate your great sorrow to strangers, try rather to fill up your own sea (of sorrow)

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