Love (காமத்துப்பால்) — The Post-marital love (கற்பியல்) — Pouting (புலவி)

Kural 1301:
புல்லா திராஅப் புலத்தை அவர்உறும்
அல்லல்நோய் காண்கம் சிறிது.
pullaa thiraaap pulaththai avar-urum
allalnoai kaankam siridhu
English couplet:
Be still reserved, decline his profferred love;
A little while his sore distress we 'll prove.
Explanation: Let us witness awhile his keen suffering; just feign dislike and embrace him not.

Kural 1302:
உப்பமைந் தற்றால் புலவி அதுசிறிது
மிக்கற்றால் நீள விடல்.
uppamain thatraal pulavi adhusiridhu
mikkatraal neela vidal
English couplet:
A cool reserve is like the salt that seasons well the mess,
Too long maintained, 'tis like the salt's excess.
Explanation: A little dislike is like salt in proportion; to prolong it a little is like salt a little too much.

Kural 1303:
அலந்தாரை அல்லல்நோய் செய்தற்றால் தம்மைப்
புலந்தாரைப் புல்லா விடல்.
alandhaarai allalnoai seydhatraal thammaip
pulandhaaraip pullaa vidal
English couplet:
'Tis heaping griefs on those whose hearts are grieved;
To leave the grieving one without a fond embrace.
Explanation: For men not to embrace those who have feigned dislike is like torturing those already in agony.

Kural 1304:
ஊடி யவரை உணராமை வாடிய
வள்ளி முதலரிந் தற்று.
ooti yavarai unaraamai vaatiya
valli mudhalarin thatru
English couplet:
To use no kind conciliating art when lover grieves,
Is cutting out the root of tender winding plant that droops.
Explanation: Not to reconcile those who have feigned dislike is like cutting a faded creeper at its root.

Kural 1305:
நலத்தகை நல்லவர்க்கு ஏஎர் புலத்தகை
பூஅன்ன கண்ணார் அகத்து.
nalaththakai nallavarkku aeer pulaththakai
pooanna kannaar akaththu
English couplet:
The Even to men of good and worthy mind, the petulance
Of wives with flowery eyes lacks not a lovely grace.
Explanation: An increased shyness in those whose eyes are like flowers is beautiful even to good and virtuous husbands.

Kural 1306:
துனியும் புலவியும் இல்லாயின் காமம்
கனியும் கருக்காயும் அற்று.
thuniyum pulaviyum illaayin kaamam
kaniyum karukkaayum atru
English couplet:
Love without hatred is ripened fruit;
Without some lesser strife, fruit immature.
Explanation: Sexual pleasure, without prolonged and short-lived dislike, is like too ripe, and unripe fruit.

Kural 1307:
ஊடலின் உண்டாங்கோர் துன்பம் புணர்வது
நீடுவ தன்றுகொல் என்று.
oodalin untaangoar thunpam punarvadhu
needuva thandrukol endru
English couplet:
A lovers' quarrel brings its pain, when mind afraid
Asks doubtful, 'Will reunion sweet be long delayed?'.
Explanation: The doubt as to whether intercourse would take place soon or not, creates a sorrow (even) in feigned dislike.

Kural 1308:
நோதல் எவன்மற்று நொந்தாரென்று அஃதறியும்
காதலர் இல்லா வழி.
noadhal evanmatru nondhaarendru aqdhariyum
kaadhalar illaa vazhi
English couplet:
What good can grieving do, when none who love
Are there to know the grief thy soul endures?.
Explanation: What avails sorrow when I am without a wife who can understand the cause of my sorrow?.

Kural 1309:
நீரும் நிழலது இனிதே புலவியும்
வீழுநர் கண்ணே இனிது.
neerum nizhaladhu inidhae pulaviyum
veezhunar kannae inidhu
English couplet:
Water is pleasant in the cooling shade;
So coolness for a time with those we love.
Explanation: Like water in the shade, dislike is delicious only in those who love.

Kural 1310:
ஊடல் உணங்க விடுவாரோடு என்நெஞ்சம்
கூடுவேம் என்பது அவா.
oodal unanga viduvaaroadu en-nenjam
kooduvaem enpadhu avaa
English couplet:
Of her who leaves me thus in variance languishing,
To think within my heart with love is fond desire.
Explanation: It is nothing but strong desire that makes her mind unite with me who can leave her to her own dislike.