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I thought that there is yet hope for someone who was caught in the river’s whirlpool, but none exists for those who are trapped in the vortex of a beautiful woman’s eyes.
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Sumeetha Manikandan (Ponni's Beloved - Volume 1: New Floods, An English Translation Of Kalki Krishnamurthy's Ponniyin Selvan)
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அடித்துக்கொண்டு பறந்தன. ஆயிரம் பதினாயிரம் குயில்கள் ஒன்று சேர்ந்து இன்னிசை பாடின. மலை, மலையான வண்ண மலர்க் குவியல்கள் அவன் மீது
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Kalki (பொன்னியின் செல்வன், பாகம் 1: புது வெள்ளம் (Ponniyin Selvan, Part 1))
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The mist wishes to have the sun but what does the sun do - it burns so fiercely that the mist disappears.
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Sumeetha Manikandan (Ponni's Beloved - Volume 1: New Floods, An English Translation Of Kalki Krishnamurthy's Ponniyin Selvan)
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Stars! It looks as if you're winking amused at the idiocy of the people on this earth. You have every reason to laugh. You saw the battle that happened a hundred years ago, and the blood that flooded the ground a long time afterwards. You wonder why there should be so much enmity among human beings, so much carnage and bloodshed. And why this should be known as heroism!"
"Even after a man has been dead a hundred years, people continue to hate him. This is an enemy's pallipadai where people gather to torture the living in name of the dead. Stars in the sky! Why wouldn't you laugh! Laugh!
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Kalki (பொன்னியின் செல்வன், பாகம் 1: புது வெள்ளம் (Ponniyin Selvan, Part 1))
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It doesn't seem to me that Siva Peruman or Narayanan are fighting amongst themselves; from what I can see, they're on very friendly terms with each other.
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Kalki (Fresh Floods (Ponniyin Selvan #1))
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Among all the dark complexioned women she looked like an apsara. Ramba , Urvasi , Indrani and all other heavenly damsels are incomparable to her beauty.
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Sumeetha Manikandan (Ponni's Beloved - Volume 1: New Floods, An English Translation Of Kalki Krishnamurthy's Ponniyin Selvan)
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A person's nature is determined by the characteristics he inherits through his birth. It is modified by circumstances, by ways of living and by experiences.
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Kalki (Ponniyin Selvan - All Volumes)
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இளவரசே! ஒன்று நினைத்து ஒன்றைச் சொல்லிவிட்டேன். தங்களை இங்கு வைத்துக் கொண்டிருப்பது பாரமாயிருந்தாலும், அதை ஒரு பாக்கியமாகக் கருதுகிறேன். தங்கள் தந்தையாகிய சக்கரவர்த்தியும், தமக்கையார் இளைய
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Kalki (Ponniyin Selvan - Part 5 (Tamil))
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Or, perhaps you thought I might ape your blessed Kannan, stealing ghee and curds from the homes of the Gopis, getting beaten up with churners and—” Azhwarkkadiyaan
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Kalki (Fresh Floods (Ponniyin Selvan #1))
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What do you want to know from the astrologer, akka?” “Will I get married? Or will I have to stay single all my life?
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Sumeetha Manikandan (Ponni's Beloved - Volume 1: New Floods, An English Translation Of Kalki Krishnamurthy's Ponniyin Selvan)
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Prince Arulmozhivarmar is like that pole star. If young men like you follow his ideals, you will achieve your goal in life.
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Sumeetha Manikandan (Ponni's Beloved - Volume 1: New Floods, An English Translation Of Kalki Krishnamurthy's Ponniyin Selvan)
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Pazhuvetarayar got a welcome that befitted the treasurer of the kingdom. You got a welcome that befits a true warrior.
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Sumeetha Manikandan (Ponni's Beloved - Volume 1: New Floods, An English Translation Of Kalki Krishnamurthy's Ponniyin Selvan)
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Well, if at all I have to get married, I will choose a poor soldier, who won’t take me away from this Chola Kingdom.
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Sumeetha Manikandan (Ponni's Beloved - Volume 1: New Floods, An English Translation Of Kalki Krishnamurthy's Ponniyin Selvan)
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Religious leaders should keep to religion. If they interfere in politics, it spells doom for religion as well as for the kingdom.
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Kalki (Ponniyin Selvan - All Volumes)
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ego —! There's nothing more powerful when it comes to destroying a man, my friend. Nothing else that would assure his swift and inglorious descent into Pathalam, the goriest underworld!
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Kalki (Fresh Floods (Ponniyin Selvan #1))
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The sages compared a spider’s web to man’s lust for land, gold and women. The spider spins its web and waits. A fly comes from somewhere and gets caught in it. The spider pulls the fly in slowly and devours it. The three kinds of lust were like that.
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Kalki (Ponniyin Selvan - All Volumes)
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If someone was going to hell, Kundavai would stop him and take him to heaven. That's one kind of power. But do you know what Nandini would do? It must be said that her power goes a step further. She would convince him that hell is heaven, and make him jump happily into hell!
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Kalki (Ponniyin Selvan - All Volumes)
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வஜ்ராயுதத்தைப் பிடுங்கி மேகக் கூட்டங்களின் மீது பிரயோகிக்க ஆசைப்படுகிறேன். வஜ்ராயுதத்தினால் தாக்கப்படும்போது அந்தக் கரிய மேகங்களிலிருந்து ஆயிரம் பதினாயிரம் மின்னல்கள் கற்றைக் கற்றையாகக் கிளம்பி வான மண்டலத்தைச் சுக்கு நூறாகப் பிளப்பதைப் பார்க்க ஆசைப்படுகிறேன். இப்போதெல்லாம் வானத்திலிருந்து இடி விழுந்தால் எங்கேயோ கடலில் அல்லது காட்டில் விழுந்து விடுகிறதல்லவா? நான் அப்படி இடிகளை வீணாக்க மாட்டேன். அரசர்களும் அரசிகளும், இராஜகுமாரர்களும்
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Kalki (பொன்னியின் செல்வன், பாகம் 4: மணிமகுடம் (Ponniyin Selvan, Part 4))
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have we ever heard of any one dynasty ruling endlessly, beyond all bounds of time? Never! Even the illustrious Ishvaku clan, which boasted Lord Rama, died out. The Rettai Mandalathar rose to bring the Chalukya reign to an end. Empires and dynasties do have a habit of rising to tremendous greatness, and crashing to hollow depths; entirely natural, don't you think? There are kingdoms that have ruled for centuries, and disappeared without a trace.
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Kalki (Fresh Floods (Ponniyin Selvan #1))
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Narasimha Varmar, who single-handedly crushed Pulikesi, a man who ruled an Empire from Narmadha in the north to Thungabhadhra in the south—and even erected a column of victory in Vathapi?
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Kalki (Fresh Floods (Ponniyin Selvan #1))
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the Chalukyas gained in strength, built an Empire, gathered their massive forces and swept down south for revenge. Kanchi and Uraiyur were reduced to ashes; they descended even as far as Madurai. Had Nedumara Pandiyan not decided to make a stand and destroy them in Nelveli, all of the southern lands would be under Chalukya suzerainty
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Kalki (Fresh Floods (Ponniyin Selvan #1))
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mere subjects and can engage in petty quarrels about the superiority of our faiths until the end of time; a king, however, has a duty towards his people and must ensure that he supports the growth of all the faiths in his land.
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Kalki (Ponniyin Selvan Book 2: Whirlwinds)
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How can I—how can an insignificant little dewdrop on the grass ever aspire to the sun? How would it ever come to pass?” “Indeed; there’s no comparing them, after all. But the dewdrop does capture the vast, seething ball of fire within itself, doesn’t it?
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Kalki (Fresh Floods (Ponniyin Selvan #1))
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சுத்தமாக மெழுகிப் பெருக்கித் தரையைக் கண்ணாடி போல் வைத்திருந்தார்கள். சில வீடுகளின் வாசல்களில் நெல் உலரப் போட்டிருந்தார்கள். அந்த நெல்லைக் கோழிகள் வந்து கொத்தித் தின்றுவிட்டு, ‘கொக்கரக்கோ!’ என்று கத்திக்கொண்டு திரும்பிப் போயின. நெல்லைக் காவல் காத்துக்கொண்டிருந்த பெண் குழந்தைகள் அக்கோழிகளை விரட்டி அடிக்கவில்லை. ‘கோழி அப்படி எவ்வளவு நெல்லைத் தின்றுவிடப் போகிறது?’ என்று அலட்சியத்துடன் அக்குழந்தைகள் சோழியும் பல்லாங்குழியும் ஆடிக்கொண்டிருந்தார்கள்.
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Kalki (பொன்னியின் செல்வன், பாகம் 1: புது வெள்ளம் (Ponniyin Selvan, Part 1))
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Those who are born to uphold Dharma in this world always have to wage war.
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Kalki (Ponniyin Selvan - All Volumes)
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Vandiya Devan: “You dare to ask ‘me’ who I am? I am Vallavareyan, Vandiya Devan of the Vanar Clan in Thiruvallam . Once upon a time, soldiers like you, proudly carved the names of my ancestors on their chests.
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Sumeetha Manikandan (Ponni's Beloved - Volume 1: New Floods, An English Translation Of Kalki Krishnamurthy's Ponniyin Selvan)
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ஓ! நட்சத்திரங்களே! உங்களை இன்றைக்குப் பார்த்தால் பூவுலக மக்களின் அறிவீனத்தைப் பார்த்துக் கேலி செய்து கண்சிமிட்டிச் சிரிப்பவர்களைப் போலத் தோன்றுகிறது. சிரிப்பதற்கு உங்களுக்கு வேண்டிய காரணம் உண்டு. நூறு வருஷத்துக்கு முன்னால் இதே இடத்தில் நடந்த பெரும் போரையும், போர் நடந்த பிறகு இங்கே வெகு நாள் வரை இரத்த வெள்ளம் பெருகிக் கிடந்ததையும் பார்த்திருக்கிறீர்கள். மனிதர்கள் எதற்காக இப்படி ஒருவரையொருவர் பகைக்க வேண்டும் என்று அதிசயிக்கிறீர்கள். எதற்காக இப்படி மனித இரத்தத்தைச் சிந்தி வெள்ளமாக ஓடச் செய்ய வேண்டும் என்றும் வியக்கிறீர்கள் இதற்குப் பெயர் வீரமாம்.
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Kalki (பொன்னியின் செல்வன், பாகம் 1: புது வெள்ளம் (Ponniyin Selvan, Part 1))
Kalki (Ponniyin Selvan - All Volumes)
Kalki (பொன்னியின் செல்வன் [Ponniyin Selvan (Tamil)])
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Riding an elephant is very difficult. It’s like ascending a throne: to climb up and sit on it is a strenuous task and getting down from it is the most difficult of all! Still, one has to go through such experiences sometimes
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Kalki (Ponniyin Selvan - All Volumes)
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the fish that live in the water are better than human beings who live on land or in the forest. They don't talk viciously. They swim and float in the deep sea and spend their time so happily.
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Kalki (Ponniyin Selvan - All Volumes)
Kalki (The Sword - Ponni's Beloved Volume 3: An English Translation Of Kalki Krishnamurthy’s Ponniyin Selvan)
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Why do you think it’s not possible? The sparrow can look up the sky and Garuda too can look down and desire the sparrow.
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Kalki (The Sword - Ponni's Beloved Volume 3: An English Translation Of Kalki Krishnamurthy’s Ponniyin Selvan)
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He was ready to sail the seven seas to get her the treasures of the world or to pluck the stars from the sky.
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Sumeetha Manikandan (Ponni's Beloved (Kindle Editon All Volumes): An English Translation of Kalki Krishnamurthy's Ponniyin Selvan)
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Fruits will ripen and drop from the tree on their own if left untouched. But people do pick some fruits. Sometimes, the wind blows and makes the fruit fall. Each fruit has its destiny, which is decided by nature. It is the same with people. Regardless of age, nature decides the time for us to depart. Accept destiny and surrender to nature. It will reduce your suffering.
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Sri Devi Om (The King of Kings: An Abridged Retelling of Ponniyin Selvan)
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Magician! Do you know how long I’ve been looking for you? I was afraid you wouldn't come or that Yama had taken you," Devaralan said. The magician, Ravidasan, laughed loudly. "Why would Yama come near me? He's with Sundara Chozhan and his two sons. Tomorrow their lives will end!" cried the magician. Lightning flashed suddenly, brightening the sky and the earth.
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Kalki (The Pinnacle of Sacrifice - Volume 1 Ponniyin Selvan - Part 5)
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இவர் ஏன் பார்த்துக் கொண்டு நின்றார்? ஏன் இளவரசரைத் தடுக்கவில்லை? ஏழையும் அநாதையுமான என்னைக்
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Kalki (பொன்னியின் செல்வன், பாகம் 4: மணிமகுடம் (Ponniyin Selvan, Part 4))
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கோமகனே! அதற்குப் பரிகாரம் ஒன்றும் கிடையாது. இறந்தவர்கள் இறந்தவர்கள்தான்! இறந்தவர்களைப் பிழைக்கச் செய்யும் சக்தி இந்த உலகில் யார்க்கும் கிடையாது. கதைகளிலே காவியங்களிலே சொல்கிறார்கள். நாம் பார்த்ததில்லை" என்றாள்.
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Kalki (பொன்னியின் செல்வன், பாகம் 5: தியாக சிகரம் (Ponniyin Selvan, Part 5))
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இந்தச் சோழ குலத்து மன்னர்களே அதிசயமானவர்கள்தான்! அவர்கள் வீரத்தில் எப்படியோ, அப்படியே அறத்திலும் மிக்கவர்கள். அறத்தில் எப்படியோ அப்படியே தெய்வபக்தியில்
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Kalki (பொன்னியின் செல்வன், பாகம் 1: புது வெள்ளம் (Ponniyin Selvan, Part 1))
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