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Thirukkural 1047

Chapter 105: நல்குரவு (Poverty) · Wealth

Kural 1047

அறஞ்சாரா நல்குரவு ஈன்றதா யானும்
பிறன்போல நோக்கப் படும்.

Aranjaaraa Nalkuravu Eendradhaa Yaanum
Piranpola Nokkap Patum

From indigence devoid of virtue's grace, The mother e'en that bare, estranged, will turn her face

Meaning

He that is reduced to absolute poverty will be regarded as a stranger even by his own mother.

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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