<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=502215" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Marriage is irrevocable bond.[India]</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Kovelon, in love and arts an acumen, <br>Had as consort, Kannakhi of his commune, <br>Won as beloved, Madhavi, a courtesan, <br>And left her, to return to pavilion.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Kannakhi’s love for him was devotional.<br>Kovelon’s in return was conventional.<br>His love for Madhavi was passion ridden.<br>Madhavi’s love in turn was emotional.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Madhavi was deserted and forgotten.<br>But she did not desert the ill gotten.<br>She stayed single against her frailties, <br>And surpassed Kannakhi in all chastity.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Love of passion and love of emotion<br>Are for harmony a better combination.<br>Love of convenience and of devotion<br>Hardly can contribute to its elevation.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">What made Kovelon return to Kannakhi, <br>A woman with no art and romance? <br>The marriage is irredeemable bond<br>Above flesh, where return all prodigal men.<br>27.05.2001, Pmdi.<br>[This is the summery of a Tamil historical classic, Silappathikaram, written more than a millennium]</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Rm.+Shanmugam+Chettiar">Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=502215" data-title="Marriage is irrevocable bond.[India] de Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar" data-description="Kovelon, in love and arts an acumen, Had as consort, Kannakhi of his commune, Won as beloved, Madhavi, a courtesan, And left her, to return to pavilion. Kannakhi’s love for him was devotional. Kovelon’s in return was conventional. His love..."></div> </div> </div>

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