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Thirukkural 1065

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

Kural 1065

தெண்ணீர் அடுபுற்கை ஆயினும் தாள்தந்தது
உண்ணலின் ஊங்கினிய தில்.

Thenneer Atupurkai Aayinum Thaaldhandhadhu
Unnalin Oonginiya Thil

Nothing is sweeter than to taste the toil-won cheer, Though mess of pottage as tasteless as the water clear

Meaning

Even thin gruel is ambrosia to him who has obtained it by labour.

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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