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The Kural, sung

Each song sings one couplet in Valluvar's own words, twice, with plain modern Tamil around it that says what the verse says. Press play and it runs through the whole collection — or pick any verse.

Chapter 1 · The Praise of God

Kural 1

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50 songs · 5 chapters · about 1 h 54 min

Chapter 1 கடவுள் வாழ்த்து · The Praise of God

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Chapter 8 அன்புடைமை · The Possession of Love

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Chapter 31 வெகுளாமை · Abstaining from Anger

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Chapter 40 கல்வி · Learning

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Chapter 79 நட்பு · Friendship

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The couplet in each chorus is quoted from the published record. The music and the added verses are AI drafts, pending review by a Tamil scholar.

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The couplet in every chorus is quoted from the published record and is never rewritten — the words are cut from the source text itself. The music and the explanatory verses around it are AI drafts, checked line by line against the couplet and Parimelazhagar's commentary, and every take is listened to for dropped or altered words before it is published. They are labelled drafts until a named Tamil scholar certifies them.

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