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The Holy Kural
Written over two millenia ago by Saint Tiruvalluvar,
translated under the guidance of Gurudeva, Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
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Verse 71
Can any lock keep love confined within,
When the loving heart's tiny tears escape and confess it?
Verse 72
The unloving belong only to themselves,
But the loving belong to others to their very bones.
Verse 73
They say it is to know union with love
That the soul takes union with the body.
Verse 74
Love makes a man affectionate toward all,
And affection affords the priceless treasure of friendship.
Verse 75
They say love's greatness is this: it yields to good families
Worldly happiness here and heavenly bliss there.
Verse 76
The uninformed say love stands by virtuous souls,
Unaware that love is also friend to all immersed in vice.
Verse 77
As the blazing sun dries up a boneless worm,
So does virtue scorch a loveless being.
Verse 78
Without love in the heart,
Life is like a sapless tree in a barren desert.
Verse 79
What good is a body perfect in outer ways,
If inwardly it is impaired by lack of love?
Verse 80
With love enshrined in the heart, one lives.
Without it, the body is but bone encased in skin.
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