Verse 1097: Room for thought

1097. Room for thought

கூட்டம் கலைந்தபின் கூடும் நினைவொன்றுகூட்டத்துள் கூடா கனா

koottam kalaindapin koodum ninaivondrukoottathul koodaa kanaa

When a gathering breaks up, a single memory gathers; within a gathering, a dream does not gather.
“Gather” here also means come together, take shape; in Tamil the word for the crowd comes from the same root as that verb.