தவமும் தவமுடையார்க்கு ஆகும் அதனை அஃதிலார் மேற்கொள் வது.

Thavamum Thavamutaiyaarkku Aakum Adhanai Aqdhilaar Merkol Vadhu

Austerities can only be borne, and their benefits enjoyed, by those who have practised them (in a former birth); it will be useless for those who have not done so, to attempt to practise them (now)