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Thirukkural 1031

Kural 1031

சுழன்றும்ஏர்ப் பின்னது உலகம் அதனால்
உழந்தும் உழவே தலை.

Suzhandrumerp Pinnadhu Ulakam Adhanaal
Uzhandhum Uzhave Thalai

Howe'er they roam, the world must follow still the plougher's team; Though toilsome, culture of the ground as noblest toil esteem

Meaning

Agriculture, though laborious, is the most excellent (form of labour); for people, though they go about (in search of various employments), have at last to resort to the farmer.

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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