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Thirukkural 1045

Chapter 105: நல்குரவு (Poverty) · Wealth

Kural 1045

நல்குரவு என்னும் இடும்பையுள் பல்குரைத்
துன்பங்கள் சென்று படும்.

Nalkuravu Ennum Itumpaiyul Palkuraith
Thunpangal Sendru Patum

From poverty, that grievous woe, Attendant sorrows plenteous grow

Meaning

The misery of poverty brings in its train many (more) miseries.

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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