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Today · Thirukkural · verse 1265 · Love
காண்கமன் கொண்கனைக் கண்ணாரக் கண்டபின் நீங்கும்என் மென்தோள் பசப்பு.
Kāṇkaman koṇkanaik kaṇṇārak kandu̐pa̐ / Nīngumen menjōḷ pasappu
When I have looked upon the beloved I have chosen with unceasing eyes, the pale weakness that flees from my tender shoulder departs. Once I have gazed, it returns no more.
The lover's pallor and weakness are not afflictions of the body, but the body's honest report of what the mind clings to. To cease clinging—even to the remedy of the beloved's gaze—is to cease wasting the soul's strength on what it cannot command.
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