INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF TIRUVALLUVAR
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A Lecture by Prof.Avvai Duraisami Pillai
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Part – 96
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Again she remembers the words he spoke both at the time of the proposal of his love and on subsequent occasions and thinks that his present desertion of his beloved wife falsifies his promises and loving words. She gets frightened at the thought of the disaster that invariably ensues from all falsehood and insincerity.
விளியும் என் இன்னுயிர் வேறல்லம் என்பார்
அளியின்மை ஆற்ற நினைந்து (99)
Unlike hard physical work which produces sound sleep, the intense thinking of love troubles the sleep of the young people with dreams. When the young wife was advised to save herself from disturbing dreams which will in due course affect her health, she refutes her companions saying that the dreams of love which present before her mind her loving husband who does not favour her with his physical presence on account of his stay in far off places serve as elixir of her life.
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