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Thirukkural 1041

Chapter 105: நல்குரவு (Poverty) · Wealth

Kural 1041

இன்மையின் இன்னாதது யாதெனின் இன்மையின்
இன்மையே இன்னா தது.

Inmaiyin Innaadhadhu Yaadhenin Inmaiyin
Inmaiye Innaa Thadhu

You ask what sharper pain than poverty is known; Nothing pains more than poverty, save poverty alone

Meaning

There is nothing that afflicts (one) like poverty.

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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