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Today · Thirukkural · verse 239 · Discipline
வசையிலா வண்பயன் குன்றும் இசையிலா யாக்கை பொறுத்த நிலம்.
vasai-yilā vaṇ-payan kunṟum isai-yilā / yākkay poruttha nilam.
The earth that bears a body without harmony yields only barren profit. The body without discipline bears no good fruit.
A body untrained in the disciplines of virtue becomes mere dead weight on the soil—producing nothing but waste. Your instrument must be tuned, or all your effort scatters into the void.
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