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Thirukkural 1063

Chapter 107: இரவச்சம் (The Dread of Mendicancy) · Wealth

Kural 1063

இன்மை இடும்பை இரந்துதீர் வாமென்னும்
வன்மையின் வன்பாட்ட தில்.

Inmai Itumpai Irandhudheer Vaamennum
Vanmaiyin Vanpaatta Thil

Nothing is harder than the hardness that will say,'The plague of penury by asking alms we'll drive away.'

Meaning

There is no greater folly than the boldness with which one seeks to remedy the evils of poverty by begging (rather than by working).

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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