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Thirukkural 1034

Chapter 104: உழவு (Farming) · Wealth

Kural 1034

பலகுடை நீழலும் தங்குடைக்கீழ்க் காண்பர்
அலகுடை நீழ லவர்.

Palakutai Neezhalum Thangutaikkeezhk Kaanpar
Alakutai Neezha Lavar

O'er many a land they 'll see their monarch reign, Whose fields are shaded by the waving grain

Meaning

Patriotic farmers desire to bring all other states under the control of their own king.

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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