Kural 1078 · சொல்லப் பயன்படுவர் சான்றோர் கரும்புபோல்
The noble yield by a mere word; the base, like sugarcane, yield only when crushed.
The Eighteen Lesser Texts, including the Thirukkural.
The noble yield by a mere word; the base, like sugarcane, yield only when crushed.
On seeing others clothed and fed well, the base man becomes adept at finding fault in them.
What are the base fit for? When a trouble befalls them they are fit to sell themselves quickly.
Is she a goddess, a graceful peahen, or a woman with heavy earrings? My heart is bewildered.
Her return of my look is as if a striking goddess had come with an entire army.
I never knew what Death was before; now I know: it wears a woman's form, with large war-like eyes.
With an appearance that drinks the lives of those who look, the eyes of this gentle maid seem made for battle.
Is it Death, or eyes, or a doe? This maiden's glance has all three in it.
If her curving brows would not bend aside and would veil her eyes, those eyes would not cause me this trembling pain.
The upper cloth covering her beauty is like the cloth bound over the eyes of a rutting elephant.