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Thirukkural 1030

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

Kural 1030

இடுக்கண்கால் கொன்றிட வீழும் அடுத்தூன்றும்
நல்லாள் இலாத குடி.

Itukkankaal Kondrita Veezhum Atuththoondrum
Nallaal Ilaadha Kuti

When trouble the foundation saps the house must fall, If no strong hand be nigh to prop the tottering wall

Meaning

If there are none to prop up and maintain a family (in distress), it will fall at the stroke of the axe of misfortune.

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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