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Thirukkural 1039

Kural 1039

செல்லான் கிழவன் இருப்பின் நிலம்புலந்து
இல்லாளின் ஊடி விடும்.

Sellaan Kizhavan Iruppin Nilampulandhu
Illaalin Ooti Vitum

When master from the field aloof hath stood; Then land will sulk, like wife in angry mood

Meaning

If the owner does not (personally) attend to his cultivation, his land will behave like an angry wife and yield him no pleasure.

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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