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Thirukkural 1028

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

Kural 1028

குடிசெய்வார்க் கில்லை பருவம் மடிசெய்து
மானங் கருதக் கெடும்.

Kutiseyvaark Killai Paruvam Matiseydhu
Maanang Karudhak Ketum

Wait for no season, when you would your house uprear;'Twill perish, if you wait supine, or hold your honour dear

Meaning

As a family suffers by (one's) indolence and false dignity there is to be so season (good or bad) to those who strive to raise their family.

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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