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Thirukkural 1042

Chapter 105: நல்குரவு (Poverty) · Wealth

Kural 1042

இன்மை எனவொரு பாவி மறுமையும்
இம்மையும் இன்றி வரும்.

Inmai Enavoru Paavi Marumaiyum
Immaiyum Indri Varum

Malefactor matchless! poverty destroysThis world's and the next world's joys

Meaning

When cruel poverty comes on, it deprives one of both the present and future (bliss).

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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