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Thirukkural 1036

Kural 1036

உழவினார் கைம்மடங்கின் இல்லை விழைவதூஉம்
விட்டேம்என் பார்க்கும் நிலை.

Uzhavinaar Kaimmatangin Illai Vizhaivadhooum
Vittemen Paarkkum Nilai

For those who 've left what all men love no place is found, When they with folded hands remain who till the ground

Meaning

If the farmer's hands are slackened, even the ascetic state will fail.

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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