Love (காமத்துப்பால்) — The Post-marital love (கற்பியல்) — The Pleasures of Temporary Variance (ஊடலுவகை)

Kural 1321:
இல்லை தவறவர்க்கு ஆயினும் ஊடுதல்
வல்லது அவர்அளிக்கு மாறு.
illai thavaravarkku aayinum ootudhal
valladhu avaralikku maaru
English couplet:
Although there be no fault in him, the sweetness of his love
Hath power in me a fretful jealousy to move.
Explanation: Although my husband is free from defects, the way in which he embraces me is such as to make me feign dislike.

Kural 1322:
ஊடலின் தோன்றும் சிறுதுனி நல்லளி
வாடினும் பாடு பெறும்.
oodalin thoandrum sirudhuni nallali
vaatinum paadu perum
English couplet:
My 'anger feigned' gives but a little pain;
And when affection droops, it makes it bloom again.
Explanation: His love will increase though it may (at first seem to) fade through the short-lived distress caused by (my) dislike.

Kural 1323:
புலத்தலின் புத்தேள்நாடு உண்டோ நிலத்தொடு
நீரியைந் தன்னார் அகத்து.
pulaththalin puththelnaadu undoa nilaththodu
neeriyainh thannaar akaththu
English couplet:
Is there a bliss in any world more utterly divine,
Than 'coyness' gives, when hearts as earth and water join?.
Explanation: Is there a celestial land that can please like the feigned dislike of those whose union resembles that of earth and water?.

Kural 1324:
புல்லி விடாஅப் புலவியுள் தோன்றுமென்
உள்ளம் உடைக்கும் படை.
pulli vidaaap pulaviyul thondrumen
ullam udaikkum padai
English couplet:
'Within the anger feigned' that close love's tie doth bind,
A weapon lurks, which quite breaks down my mind.
Explanation: In prolonged dislike after an embrace there is a weapon that can break my heart.

Kural 1325:
தவறிலர் ஆயினும் தாம்வீழ்வார் மென்றோள்
அகறலின் ஆங்கொன் றுடைத்து.
thavarilar aayinum thaamveezhvaar mendroal
akaralin aangon rudaiththu
English couplet:
Though free from fault, from loved one's tender arms
To be estranged a while hath its own special charms.
Explanation: Though free from defects, men feel pleased when they cannot embrace the delicate shoulders of those whom they love.

Kural 1326:
உணலினும் உண்டது அறல்இனிது காமம்
புணர்தலின் ஊடல் இனிது.
unalinum undadhu aral-inidhu kaamam
punardhalin oodal inidhu
English couplet:
'Tis sweeter to digest your food than 'tis to eat;
In love, than union's self is anger feigned more sweet.
Explanation: To digest what has been eaten is more delightful than to eat more; likewise love is more delightful in dislike than intercourse.

Kural 1327:
ஊடலில் தோற்றவர் வென்றார் அதுமன்னும்
கூடலிற் காணப் படும்.
oodalil thotravar vendraar adhumannum
kootalir kaanap padum
English couplet:
In lovers' quarrels, 'tis the one that first gives way,
That in re-union's joy is seen to win the day.
Explanation: Those are conquerors whose dislike has been defeated and that is proved by the love (which follows).

Kural 1328:
ஊடிப் பெறுகுவம் கொல்லோ நுதல்வெயர்ப்பக்
கூடலில் தோன்றிய உப்பு.
ootip perukuvam kolloa nudhalveyarppak
koodalil thoandriya uppu
English couplet:
And shall we ever more the sweetness know of that embrace
With dewy brow; to which 'feigned anger' lent its piquant grace.
Explanation: Will I enjoy once more through her dislike, the pleasure of that love that makes her forehead perspire?.

Kural 1329:
ஊடுக மன்னோ ஒளியிழை யாமிரப்ப
நீடுக மன்னோ இரா.
ootuka mannoa oliyizhai yaamirappa
needuka mannoa iraa
English couplet:
Let her, whose jewels brightly shine, aversion feign!
That I may still plead on, O night, prolong thy reign!.
Explanation: May the bright-jewelled one feign dislike, and may the night be prolonged for me to implore her!.

Kural 1330:
ஊடுதல் காமத்திற்கு இன்பம் அதற்கின்பம்
கூடி முயங்கப் பெறின்.
oodudhal kaamaththirku inpam adharkinpam
kooti muyangap perin
English couplet:
A 'feigned aversion' coy to pleasure gives a zest;
The pleasure's crowned when breast is clasped to breast.
Explanation: Dislike adds delight to love; and a hearty embrace (thereafter) will add delight to dislike.