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Thirukkural 1022

Chapter 103: குடிசெயல் வகை (The Way of Maintaining the Family) · Wealth

Kural 1022

ஆள்வினையும் ஆன்ற அறிவும் எனஇரண்டின்
நீள்வினையால் நீளும் குடி.

Aalvinaiyum Aandra Arivum Enairantin
Neelvinaiyaal Neelum Kuti

The manly act and knowledge full, when these combineIn deed prolonged, then lengthens out the race's line

Meaning

One's family is raised by untiring perseverance in both effort and wise contrivances.

Plain English meaning from the 19th-century prose translation by W. H. Drew and John Lazarus. The verse above is G. U. Pope's translation (1886).

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