Critical Studies in Kural

action affection anger ascetic base bearing beauty birth body brings chapters character charms choice conduct council couplet death deeds desire duty earth embrace equal evil expression eyes face fame faults finds flower foes folly fool friends friendship fruit gain gives glory grace grief hand hate heart honour human ignorance keep kill kind king knowledge knows Kural lead learned live looks lose loss lover man's manner means mind minister moral nature never noble one's pain perfect person pleasure poem poet possess poverty praise prosperity prove pure reason riches ruin rule sages says sense shame smile soul speak speech stand stanzas strong Study subjects sure sweet Tamil thing thought tion tree true truth verses vice Vide virtue virtuous wealth wife wisdom wise woman worth