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The Holy Kural
Written over two millenia ago by Saint Tiruvalluvar,
translated under the guidance of Gurudeva, Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
The Kindly Look |
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Verse 571
The world thrives when that great beauty
Called the kindly look flourishes.
Verse 572
The world's existence is sustained by kindliness.
The very existence of those bereft of it burdens the earth.
Verse 573
What use is a melody in an unmusical song?
What use are eyes which express no kindness?
Verse 574
Other than a facial appearance, what do eyes
With no quality of kindness really do?
Verse 575
A kindly look is the ornament of the eyes.
Without kindness the eyes are two unsightly sores.
Verse 576
Eyes may be fixed in their face, but those without
A kindly look might as well be tree stumps fixed in dirt.
Verse 577
Those who lack a kindly look are indeed without eyes,
And those who truly have eyes never lack a gracious look.
Verse 578
The world belongs to men who can behold others benevolently,
Without being distracted from their duty.
Verse 579
To grant forbearing kindness even to those
Who grieve us is the foremost of virtues.
Verse 580
Those desiring gracious goodness above all else could accept with
Friendliness poison they watched their host prepare and serve.
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