Thirukural written by Thiruvalluvar consists of three books, the first book on Aram (the Way or Dharma), the second on Porul (Material or Artha) and the third on Inbam (Joy or Kama).

There are 37 chapters in the first book, the first four called Payiram or Prefactory Matter, the next twenty about Ill-Aram (the householder’s Dharma) and the next thirteen about Turavaram (the path of Renunciation). The second book on Porul contains seventy chapters, the first twenty dealing with Kings and their Duties, the succeeding thirty two chapters with the other matters concerning the State, and next thirteen, with Sundry Concerns. The third book on Inbam contains twenty five chapters, the first seven being on Pre Marital Love (Kalavu) and the next eighteen on Marital Love.

There are 133 chapters in all, each chapter contains ten distichs in the metre known as Kural and the work itself is now called by that name.

0017. நெடுங்கடலும் தன்நீர்மை குன்றும்

0017. Nedungkadalum Thanneermai Kundrum

  • குறள் #
    0017
  • பால்
    அறத்துப்பால் (Arathuppal) - Virtue
  • இயல்
    பாயிரம் இயல்(Paayiram Iyal) - Introduction
  • அதிகாரம்
    வான் சிறப்பு (Vaan Sirappu)
    The Excellence of Rain
  • குறள்
    நெடுங்கடலும் தன்நீர்மை குன்றும் தடிந்தெழிலி
    தான்நல்கா தாகி விடின்.
  • விளக்கம்
    மேகம் கடலில் நீரை முகந்து கொண்டு, மீண்டும் அந்நீரையே மழையாகப் பெய்யவில்லையென்றால், கடலிடத்துள்ள செல்வங்களும் குறையும்.
  • Translation
    in English
    If clouds restrain their gifts and grant no rain,
    The treasures fail in ocean's wide domain.
  • Meaning
    Even the wealth of the wide sea will be diminished, if the cloud that has drawn (its waters) up gives them not back again (in rain).

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