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Thirukkural 1033

Kural 1033

உழுதுண்டு வாழ்வாரே வாழ்வார்மற் றெல்லாம்
தொழுதுண்டு பின்செல் பவர்.

Uzhudhuntu Vaazhvaare Vaazhvaarmar Rellaam
Thozhudhuntu Pinsel Pavar

Who ploughing eat their food, they truly live:The rest to others bend subservient, eating what they give

Meaning

They alone live who live by agriculture; all others lead a cringing, dependent life.

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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