Verse 463: Closing out the world

463. Closing out the world

மூடினான் வீட்டை முழுவானங் கண்டானோமூடினான் கண்ணை முதல்

moodinaan veettai muzhuvaanang kandaanomoodinaan kannai mudhal

Did the man who shut his house see the whole sky? He had shut his eyes to begin with.
Tamil uses one verb, ‘closed’, for both the house and the eyes, as though they were one kind of act.